Girls’ Sweater in Schachenmayr Wool 125 - S9202 - Downloadable PDF

Girls' Jacket Knitting Pattern – Schachenmayr Wool 125 Design S9202

This free downloadable PDF knitting pattern from Schachenmayr provides full instructions for knitting a girls' jacket (Mädchen-Jacke) in DK weight yarn. The design is sized to fit girls across four size ranges — 104/110, 116/122, 128/134, and 140/146 — making it a versatile pattern that can grow with a child. The finished garment is a classic, structured knitted jacket with a combination of textured and smooth stitch patterns, shaped side seams, and a neat ribbed or seed-stitch border finish.

What Is Being Made

The pattern instructs knitters to create a girls' knitted jacket worked in separate pieces — including a back panel (Rückenteil) — which are then assembled. The jacket features elegant side shaping through decorative decreases, giving the garment a tailored silhouette suited to everyday wear or smarter occasions. The construction follows a traditional flat-knitting approach, reading chart rows from right to left on right-side rows and left to right on wrong-side rows.

Techniques Used

• Flat knitting – all pieces are worked back and forth in rows rather than in the round
• Side shaping with decorative decreases – worked at both sides of the back after 8 cm of stocking stitch; decreases are made once, then repeated every 14th, 16th, 18th, or 20th row (depending on size) a total of three times
• Emphasised (betont) decreases – a specific technique using a slip-stitch decrease on one side (slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over) and a corresponding decrease on the other side for a mirrored, decorative effect
• Working from a stitch chart – the pattern includes a chart for the textured stitch pattern, with stitches drawn as they appear on the right side of the fabric
• Repeat-based pattern construction – the textured stitch pattern is built on a 4-stitch repeat, with additional edge stitches worked before and after the repeat to keep the fabric balanced
• Needle changes – a smaller needle size is used for the border/cuff sections, switching to a larger needle for the main body

Stitches Used

• Glatt rechts (stocking stitch / stockinette) – used for the main body of the jacket, producing a smooth, classic knitted fabric
• Kleines Perlmuster (small seed stitch or small moss stitch) – used for the lower border, worked over approximately 7 rows (around 2 cm) to create a neat, non-curling edge with a subtle textured appearance
• Strukturmuster (textured / structure pattern) – a charted stitch pattern worked over a 4-stitch repeat across 8 rows, adding visual interest and dimension to sections of the jacket
• Randmaschen (selvedge / edge stitches) – worked at each end of every row to create clean, stable edges for seaming

Gauge and Needle Information

The pattern specifies a tension/gauge of 22 stitches and 30 rows to 10 cm × 10 cm, measured over both stocking stitch and the textured structure pattern using 4 mm knitting needles. The border sections are worked on 3.5 mm needles to ensure a firmer, neater finish. Achieving the correct gauge is important for the jacket to match the intended sizing across all four size ranges.

Materials

The pattern is designed to be knitted in Schachenmayr Wool 125, a DK weight yarn from the well-known German yarn brand Schachenmayr. As the name suggests, this yarn is a wool-based DK yarn, well suited to children's knitwear due to its warmth, stitch definition, and durability. 3.5 mm and 4 mm knitting needles are required.

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