Lucy Jacket in Adriafil Point - Downloadable PDF

Lucy Jacket in Adriafil Point – Free Knitting Pattern Summary

The Lucy Jacket is a classic, structured women's knitting pattern designed for sizes 42, 44, and 46. Published by Adriafil Yarns and worked in their Point yarn, this downloadable PDF pattern produces a fully fashioned zip-front jacket featuring a striped body, set-in sleeves, and a yoke construction. The pattern is available as a free downloadable PDF and is suited to knitters with intermediate experience who are comfortable working flat pieces, shaping armholes and necklines, and seaming garments together.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a zip-front women's jacket with long sleeves, a shaped silhouette, and a two-colour stripe design across the body and sleeves. The jacket features a ribbed hem and cuff detail, a striped main body worked in a contrasting colour, and a separate yoke section. A dark brown 36 cm zipper is incorporated into the front opening for a clean, contemporary finish. The garment is knitted in separate pieces — back, right front, left front, two sleeves, and a yoke — which are then assembled using a tapestry needle.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Point in brown No. 57 (200 g) and pink No. 52 (150 g), totalling 350 g — an aran weight elastic yarn ideal for structured knitwear
• Needles: No. 3½ for ribbed sections and No. 5 for the main stripe pattern
• Notions: A dark brown 36 cm zipper, a stitch holder pin, and a tapestry needle for seaming

Techniques Used

• Flat knitting – all pieces are worked back and forth in rows
• Armhole shaping – worked identically on back, fronts, and sleeves for a neat set-in sleeve construction
• Neckline shaping – gradual decreases on the right and left fronts to create a shaped V or round neck opening
• Side shaping – worked on the wrong side of the front pieces to create a tailored fit
• Sleeve shaping – 1 stitch increased on each side every 8 rows, repeated 10 times, for a gradual sleeve taper
• Stitch decreasing at yoke transition – 5 stitches decreased in the first row when changing to the stripe pattern, refining the silhouette
• Colour changing – switching from brown to pink when moving from ribbing to the main body, creating a deliberate two-tone stripe effect
• Zipper insertion – a 36 cm dark brown zipper is sewn into the front opening using a tapestry needle
• Seaming – all pieces are joined using a tapestry needle after blocking or pressing

Stitches Used

• Elastic rib (K1/P1 rib) – worked on smaller No. 3½ needles for the cuffs and lower hem; approximately 1 cm in depth, providing stretch and a neat edge
• Stripe pattern – worked across all stitches on the larger No. 5 needles in the pink yarn, creating the main visual interest of the jacket body and sleeves

Construction Notes

The jacket begins with the back piece, cast on and worked in brown elastic rib before transitioning to the pink stripe pattern on larger needles. Armhole shaping is worked at the appropriate measurement and the stitches are then placed on hold. The right front mirrors this construction, with the addition of simultaneous side shaping and neckline shaping on the wrong side of the work. The left front is worked as a mirror image of the right. Each sleeve begins with a brown ribbed cuff on No. 3½ needles before increasing gradually along both edges to the armhole, where shaping matches the back. A separate