Canopy Striped Duster in Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic - Downloadable PDF

Canopy Striped Duster in Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic – Knitting Pattern Summary

The Canopy Striped Duster is a relaxed, one-size knitted duster jacket designed by Lidia Karabinech and published as a downloadable PDF pattern by Tahki Yarns. Rated as a beginner difficulty project, this garment is an excellent introduction to working with simple knit-and-purl combinations while producing a stylish, wearable result. The finished piece measures 47 inches (119.5 cm) wide edge to edge including sleeves and 28 inches (71 cm) in length from the shoulder, making it a generously sized, flowing duster silhouette suitable for layering.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a striped duster-style jacket — a long, open-front knitted garment with sleeves and ribbed cuffs. The design features bold horizontal color stripes across the body and sleeves, giving it a modern, relaxed aesthetic. The duster is worked in flat panels and seamed, with cuffs picked up and worked in the round. The open front and easy construction make it a practical and fashionable wardrobe staple for knitters of all experience levels.

Construction and Techniques

The Canopy Striped Duster is constructed using a flat panel knitting method, meaning the main body sections — including the Left Panel, Right Panel, and Back — are worked back and forth in rows on straight needles. Key construction techniques include:

• Flat panel knitting – individual sections are knitted separately and then seamed together
• Seaming – front and back panels are joined along the sides, with armhole placement marked at 10½ inches (26.5 cm) down from the fold line, and sections sewn together from the bottom edge up to the armhole markers
• Picking up stitches in the round – approximately 104 stitches are picked up evenly around each armhole opening (at a rate of approximately 3 stitches for every 4 rows) using a 16-inch circular needle, then the cuffs are worked in the round
• Stripe colorwork – colors are changed at regular intervals of 38 rows per stripe, creating the signature bold striped pattern across the body
• Gauge checking – the pattern emphasizes taking time to check gauge, with a target of 18½ stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in Stockinette stitch

Stitches Used

The pattern relies on two foundational stitch patterns, both well-suited to beginner knitters:

• Stockinette Stitch (St st) – worked flat by knitting on the right side and purling on the wrong side; worked in the round by knitting every round. This stitch forms the smooth, classic fabric of the main body panels.
• K2, P2 Rib – a classic two-by-two ribbing stitch used for the border edges of the front panels and for the cuffs. On right-side rows, the rib is worked as knit 2, purl 2, repeated across; on wrong-side rows, stitches are worked as they face the knitter. The cuffs are worked in K2, P2 Rib for 5 inches (12.5 cm) and then bound off loosely in rib to maintain elasticity.

The combination of a ribbed front border integrated into the flat panel construction and the smooth Stockinette body gives the duster a polished, structured look without requiring complex techniques.

Materials – Yarn

The pattern is specifically designed for Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic, a 100% mercerized cotton DK-weight yarn sold in 1.75 oz / 50 g skeins, each containing 108 yards (100 m). The pattern calls for 4 skeins each of five colors, for a total of 20 skeins:

• Color A – shade 3248
• Color B