Tipo Waistcoat and Bag in Adriafil Mirtillo and Crea - Downloadable PDF

Tipo Waistcoat and Bag Knitting Pattern by Adriafil – Free Downloadable PDF

This free downloadable PDF from Adriafil contains knitting patterns for two projects: the Tipo Waistcoat and a coordinating Bag, both worked in Adriafil Mirtillo and Adriafil Crea yarns. The designs are richly textured, combining classic stitch patterns with decorative cable-style motifs to create a stylish, handcrafted set suitable for confident knitters.

The Tipo Waistcoat

What Is Being Made

The Tipo Waistcoat is a sleeveless, fitted knitted garment worked in pieces and seamed. It features shaped sides, split hems, armhole shaping, and a shaped neckline, making it a structured and wearable wardrobe piece. The pattern is offered in three sizes: 40 (42 – 44), making it adaptable for a range of fits.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Mirtillo in green shade no. 91 – 300 g required
• Knitting needles: size no. 6½
• Cable needle: size no. 6½
• Tapestry needle for finishing and seaming

Yarn Weight and Gauge

Adriafil Mirtillo is a chunky to super chunky weight yarn, which knits up quickly and produces a warm, substantial fabric. The pattern specifies two tension/gauge swatches, both worked over 10 x 10 cm on no. 6½ needles:

• In purl stitch: 14 stitches and 19 rows
• In the various pattern stitches: 17 stitches and 19 rows

Checking gauge carefully before beginning is especially important here, as the waistcoat uses multiple stitch patterns simultaneously, each of which may pull differently across the fabric.

Stitches and Techniques Used

• Knit stitch – used for column borders and structural lines within the pattern
• Purl stitch – the main background stitch used across the body panels
• k1/p1 rib stitch – used for the side border stitches (3 stitches each side) and armhole borders, beginning with a knit stitch
• Diamond motif – a 34-stitch decorative panel worked from a chart, positioned centrally on the front panel; this is a cable-style or textured motif requiring a cable needle
• Bobble stitch – a four-row bobble technique worked over a single base stitch: Row 1 increases one stitch to five by alternating knit and purl into the same stitch (k1, p1, k1, p1, k1); Row 2 is worked in knit; Row 3 decreases back to one stitch (k5tog); Row 4 is worked in purl
• Side shaping – decreases of 1 stitch at each end every 8 rows, worked 4 times, followed by increases of 1 stitch at each end every 8 rows, worked twice, to create a gently fitted silhouette
• Split hem shaping – the side border stitches are worked separately for the first 17 cm to create hem splits, after which all stitches are continued together in purl
• Armhole shaping – decreases of 1 stitch every 2 rows, worked 15 (16–17) times, inside the 3-stitch rib borders, beginning at 41 (42–43) cm from cast-on
• Neckline shaping – the work is divided at centre front at 38 (39–40) cm; each half is worked separately with decreases of 1 stitch every 2 rows, 13 times,