Orange Mélange Girl's Coat with Hood in Adriafil Globe - Downloadable PDF

Orange Mélange Girl's Coat with Hood – Adriafil Globe Knitting Pattern (Free PDF)

This free downloadable knitting pattern from Adriafil creates a beautifully textured girl's coat with an attached hood, sized for ages 5/6 years. Worked in the brand's signature Adriafil Globe yarn in shade No. 52 (orange mélange), the design combines three distinct stitch patterns across the body of the coat, resulting in a richly detailed, warm, and visually striking garment. The finished coat features a button front fastening with six buttons, making it both practical and stylish for everyday wear.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Globe, shade No. 52 (orange mélange) – 450 g required. Globe is an aran weight yarn, known for its soft, rounded construction and warm tonal qualities that make textured stitchwork stand out beautifully.
• Knitting Needles: Size 4.5 mm (No. 4½) and 5 mm (No. 5) straight needles
• Spare Needle: One additional 5 mm (No. 5) needle, used for cable and plait crossings
• Notions: 6 buttons, and a tapestry needle with a rounded tip for seaming and finishing

Techniques and Construction

This is a flat knitting pattern, meaning the coat pieces are worked back and forth in rows and then seamed together. The construction is classic and structured, suitable for knitters with some experience of cable knitting and multi-stitch pattern management. The hood is integrated into the design and worked as part of the overall pattern, adding both warmth and a charming, child-friendly silhouette.

The button band and front opening are neatly incorporated, and finishing involves seaming the coat pieces using the included tapestry needle. The use of two needle sizes suggests that a smaller needle may be used for ribbing or border sections to create a neater, firmer edge, while the larger needle is used for the main body fabric.

Stitch Patterns Used

The coat is decorated with three distinct stitch patterns that work together to create a rich, tactile surface texture across the garment:

• Plaits (Cable Braid): A traditional cable technique creating a rope-like or braided effect. Cables are formed by crossing groups of stitches over one another using the spare needle, producing raised, three-dimensional columns of twisted knitting. This technique requires the extra size 5 mm needle to hold stitches while the cross is worked.
• Zigzag Stitch: Worked over an 11-stitch repeat, this pattern uses a series of rightwise cross stitches on both knit and purl rows to create a travelling diagonal or zigzag effect across the fabric. The crossing technique involves working the second stitch first by passing the right-hand needle in front of the first stitch, then working the first stitch normally — all without slipping either stitch from the left needle prematurely. This is repeated across the row in a shifting sequence, producing the characteristic zigzag movement. Both knit-side and purl-side rows feature their own version of the cross stitch, making this a fully reversible and rhythmic pattern to work once the sequence is established.
• Moss Stitch (Seed Stitch): A classic reversible stitch pattern created by alternating knit and purl stitches and then offsetting them on every row, so that knit stitches sit above purl stitches and vice versa. Moss stitch produces a firm, textured, non-curling fabric that is ideal for coat borders, panels, and areas where structure and stability are needed. It also complements the more elaborate cable and zigzag sections by providing visual contrast.
• Garter Stitch: The simplest of the stitch patterns used, garter stitch is formed by knitting every row. It creates a ridged, squishy, flat fabric that lies without curling, making it a practical choice for edgings and transitional sections within the coat.

Pattern Summary