Jackets, Hat & Pram Blanket Knitted in King Cole Aran - 5620 - Downloadable PDF

Pattern Summary: King Cole 5620 – Jackets, Hat & Pram Blanket in Aran

King Cole pattern 5620 is a downloadable PDF knitting pattern designed for babies and toddlers, covering sizes Newborn through 4 years (chest sizes 36–56 cm / 14–22 inches). The collection includes three distinct designs: a Jacket without Hood, a Jacket with Hood, and a Pram Blanket, with a Hat also featured. All pieces are knitted in King Cole Aran weight yarn, making this a satisfying and relatively quick knit that produces warm, cosy results ideal for newborns and young children. This pattern is rated as intermediate in difficulty, making it well suited to knitters who are comfortable with basic techniques and ready to tackle simple cable work.

Jacket Without Hood

The Jacket without Hood is a classic baby and toddler cardigan featuring a cabled hem detail that adds a decorative and structured finish to the lower edge. The body and main fabric are worked in stocking stitch (right side knit, wrong side purl), giving a smooth, clean appearance to the garment.

Tension

The stated tension for this jacket is 18 stitches and 25 rows to 10 cm (4 inches) over stocking stitch using 5mm needles. Checking tension before beginning is strongly recommended, as the pattern explicitly advises knitters to adjust needle size if their tension square does not match.

Techniques and Construction

• Cabled hem: The back and front sections begin with a cabled hem, worked using cable stitch abbreviations C4 and C6.
• Shaping: Standard knitting shaping techniques are used throughout, including increases, decreases, and passing slipped stitches over (psso), as well as K3tog for more pronounced decreases at certain points.
• Stocking stitch body: The main fabric above the hem is worked in classic stocking stitch.
• Sleeve and armhole shaping: Stitches are placed on a thread and shaped using standard decrease rows.

Stitches Used

• Stocking stitch (st-st) – knit on right side, purl on wrong side
• Garter stitch (gst) – every row knit, used for borders and edgings
• C4 Cable – slip 2 stitches to a cable needle held at back, knit 2 from left needle, then knit 2 from cable needle
• C6 Cable – slip 3 stitches to a cable needle held at back, knit 3 from left needle, then knit 3 from cable needle

Jacket With Hood

The Jacket with Hood is a more textured version of the baby cardigan, featuring an all-over cable pattern throughout the body as well as the hood. This makes it a slightly more involved knit than the hoodless jacket, but the result is a beautifully structured and warm garment ideal for cooler weather.

Tension

Because cable patterns pull the fabric in horizontally, the tension for this jacket differs from the hoodless version: 26 stitches and 25 rows to 10 cm (4 inches) over cable pattern on 5mm needles. Knitters should work a tension square specifically in the cable pattern before casting on.

Techniques and Construction

• Cable pattern throughout: Unlike the jacket without a hood, the cabled texture extends across the full body of the garment, not just the hem.
• Hood construction: The hood is integrated into the pattern as a continuation of the fronts and back neckline, shaped using standard increase and decrease methods.
• Shaping: Armhole, neck, and hood shaping are achieved using knit-two-together (K2tog),