Judy Set in Adriafil Memphis - Downloadable PDF

Judy Set in Adriafil Memphis – Knitted Cardigan and Skirt Pattern (Downloadable PDF)

The Judy Set is a charming coordinated children's knitwear collection designed under the "le idee di Chiara" label and worked in Adriafil Memphis yarn. The downloadable PDF pattern covers two separate garments — a cardigan and a skirt — sized for children aged 6 to 8 years. The two pieces are designed to be worn together as a matching set, united by a shared colour palette of white (shade 02) and blue (shade 22) in Adriafil Memphis worsted-weight yarn.

About the Yarn: Adriafil Memphis

Adriafil Memphis is a worsted-weight yarn used throughout both garments in this set. Its weight makes it well suited to children's knitwear, providing good stitch definition for colourwork and textural details alike. Both the cardigan and the skirt are knitted on 4.5 mm (no. 4½) knitting needles, with the cardigan also requiring a 3.00 mm crochet hook for finishing details.

Yarn Quantities Required

• Skirt: 150 g of Adriafil Memphis — 100 g in white (no. 02) and 50 g in blue (no. 22)
• Cardigan: 250 g of Adriafil Memphis — 200 g in white (no. 02) and 50 g in blue (no. 22)

The Skirt

The skirt is a knitted garment sized for 6 to 8 years and worked in Adriafil Memphis on 4.5 mm knitting needles. It features a combination of stocking stitch (also known as stockinette stitch) and a decorative cat tooth edge, which adds a delicate, lace-like picot border detail to the hem or waistband.

Stitches and Techniques – Skirt

• Stocking stitch: The main fabric of the skirt, created by alternating knit rows on the right side and purl rows on the wrong side, producing a smooth, classic knitted surface.
• Cat tooth edge: A fourteen-row repeating sequence used to create a decorative picot-style border. Rows 1–6 are worked in stocking stitch, row 7 introduces a pattern of k2tog, yarn over repeats to form the eyelet row, and rows 8–14 return to stocking stitch. This technique creates a neat, decorative edge when folded and sewn down.

Additional Materials – Skirt

• 4.5 mm knitting needles
• Tapestry needle for finishing and seaming

The Cardigan

The cardigan is the more complex of the two garments, incorporating colourwork alongside the same decorative edging used in the skirt. It is sized for 6 to 8 years and worked in Adriafil Memphis on 4.5 mm knitting needles, with a 3.00 mm crochet hook used for finishing. Six buttons are required for the button band closure.

Stitches and Techniques – Cardigan

• Stocking stitch: Forms the base fabric of the cardigan body and sleeves, worked in the same manner as in the skirt.
• Jacquard stitch: A stranded colourwork technique worked in stocking stitch, following a chart provided in the pattern. When changing between the white and blue shades of Adriafil Memphis, the unused yarn is carried across the back of the work at every colour change to prevent holes forming in the fabric. This technique creates the two-colour patterned sections of the cardigan.
• Cat tooth edge: The same fourteen-row decorative border sequence used in the skirt, featuring an eyelet row of k2tog, yarn over repeats to form a picot-style finish on hems or cuffs.