Ribbed Waterfall Jacket - Knitting Pattern For Women in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky by Debbie Bliss

Ribbed Waterfall Jacket – Knitting Pattern for Women by Debbie Bliss

The Ribbed Waterfall Jacket is a sophisticated women's knitting pattern designed by Debbie Bliss and worked in her signature Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky yarn. This intermediate-level pattern produces a stylish, relaxed-fit jacket featuring a flowing waterfall front opening and an all-over textured ribbed stitch pattern. The design is both elegant and wearable, making it an excellent project for knitters looking to move beyond beginner techniques while creating a genuinely luxurious finished garment.

What Is Being Made

This pattern creates a women's knitted jacket with a waterfall-style front — a design detail where the fronts cascade open rather than fastening with buttons or a zip, creating a graceful, draped silhouette. The jacket features set-in or structured sleeves with a cuff designed to be turned back, adding a refined finishing touch. It is sized to fit a range of chest measurements:

• 81–86 cm (32–34 in)
• 92–97 cm (36–38 in)
• 102–107 cm (40–42 in)
• 112–117 cm (44–46 in)
• 122–127 cm (48–50 in)

The finished back width ranges from 48 cm (19 in) in the smallest size up to 72 cm (28¼ in) in the largest. Length to shoulder ranges from 50 cm (19¾ in) to 58 cm (22¾ in) depending on size, and the sleeve length with the cuff turned back is a consistent 42 cm (16½ in) across all sizes.

Construction Techniques

The jacket is constructed using a bottom-up, worked flat, seamed method. This is a traditional approach to garment knitting that many intermediate knitters find reassuring and straightforward:

• Bottom-up construction means each piece — back, fronts, and sleeves — is begun at the lower edge and worked upward toward the shoulder, allowing shaping to be introduced gradually and intuitively.
• Worked flat means the pieces are knitted back and forth in rows on straight needles rather than in the round, producing a fabric with distinct right-side and wrong-side rows.
• Seamed construction means the individual pieces are joined together after knitting using mattress stitch or a similar seaming technique, giving the finished jacket a structured, tailored shape with clean edges.

A 5.5mm (US 9) circular needle is also called for, likely used for picking up and working border or edging stitches around the waterfall fronts or neckline, taking advantage of the circular needle's length to accommodate a large number of stitches without the need to work in the round.

Stitches Used

The primary stitch pattern used throughout the jacket is described in the pattern as moss stitch rib pattern (referred to as moss st rib patt). This is a textured combination stitch that blends the vertical columns of traditional ribbing with the seed-like, alternating knit-and-purl texture of moss stitch. The result is a fabric with excellent elasticity, visual depth, and a beautifully tactile surface that drapes well and holds its shape. Key stitches referenced in the pattern include:

• Knit (k) — the foundational knitting stitch
• Purl (p) — worked in combination with knit stitches to create the moss stitch rib texture
• Increase (inc) — used to shape the sleeves and body as the pieces are worked upward

The tension (gauge) for this pattern is 20 stitches and 23 rows to 10 cm / 4 in over the moss stitch rib pattern using 5.5mm (US 9) needles. Achieving this gauge is essential for the finished measurements to be accurate, and knitters are strongly advised to work a tension swatch before casting on.

Materials Required

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