Girl’s Jacket in Schachenmayr Catania - S7364 - Downloadable PDF

Girl's Jacket in Schachenmayr Catania – Pattern S7364

This free downloadable knitting pattern from Schachenmayr produces a charming girl's jacket (Mädchenjacke) worked in the brand's popular Catania sport-weight yarn. The design is available in three children's sizes — 104/110, 116/122, and 128/134 — making it a versatile project for knitters who want to create a stylish, lightweight layering piece for young girls. The jacket features a delicate V-neckline and an elegant eyelet (Ajour) panel at the hem, giving it a feminine, polished finish that transitions beautifully into a smooth stockinette body.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a knitted girl's jacket with set-in sleeves, a V-neck opening, and decorative lace detailing at the lower edge. It is a classic, structured children's garment suitable for everyday wear or special occasions. The pattern is published by Schachenmayr under model number S7364 and is offered as a free downloadable PDF.

Construction Technique

One of the most notable construction details of this pattern is that the back and both front pieces are knitted together in one piece up to the armhole shaping. Because of the large number of stitches involved, the pattern instructs knitters to use a circular needle worked back and forth in rows — a practical technique that accommodates the full stitch count comfortably without the need for seaming the lower body. At the armhole level, the work is divided and each section — the left front, right front, and back — is completed separately. This seamless lower-body approach reduces finishing work and creates a neat, uninterrupted fabric through the hem and side sections.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns Used

• Eyelet / Ajour pattern (Ajourmuster): The first 16 rows of the jacket are worked in a decorative lace pattern based on a 20-stitch repeat, creating an open, airy border along the hem. This type of lace knitting involves deliberate yarn-overs and decreases to form small holes arranged in a repeating motif — a technique that adds visual interest without requiring advanced lace skills.
• Stockinette stitch (glatt rechts): From row 17 onward, the body transitions to smooth stockinette stitch — knit on the right side, purl on the wrong side — which forms the main fabric of the jacket. Stockinette is the foundational stitch of garment knitting, producing a flat, even surface that drapes well and showcases the yarn's color.
• Armhole shaping: Worked by binding off stitches at the beginning of rows and then decreasing at regular intervals — specifically, binding off 2 stitches twice and then 1 stitch one to three times (depending on size) every other row on each armhole edge.
• V-neck shaping: The neckline is created through a series of gradual decreases along the front edge. After an initial single decrease, stitches are reduced 5 times every other row and then 9 to 11 times every fourth row (depending on size). The decrease method specified is k2tog (2 Maschen rechts zusammenstricken) worked three stitches before the end of the row, creating a clean, diagonal neckline edge.
• Edge/selvage stitches (Randmaschen): Used consistently throughout to maintain tidy selvedges for seaming and finishing.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Schachenmayr Catania in shade 00252 Kamelie (a warm camellia/rose tone). The quantities required are 250 g for size 104/110, 300 g for size 116/122, and 350 g for size 128/134. Catania is a smooth, mercerized 100% cotton sport-weight yarn known for its stitch definition, soft hand, and wide color palette — qualities that make it especially well suited to children's garments where comfort and washability are priorities.
• Needles: A circular needle is required for the initial body section to accommodate the large stitch count when working