36 Coat in Lana Grossa Silkhair - Downloadable PDF

Design 36 Coat in Lana Grossa Silkhair – Pattern Summary

This free downloadable PDF pattern from Lana Grossa presents Design 36, a sophisticated knitted coat originally featured in Filati Journal 59. Worked in the brand's luxurious Silkhair yarn, this elegant one-size coat is a rewarding project for knitters who enjoy working with fine, halo-rich fibers and structured ribbing techniques. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF, making it instantly accessible for home printing or digital use.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a full coat — a longer, statement outerwear piece designed in a single size. The silhouette is shaped through carefully placed decreases worked into a ribbed fabric, creating a tailored fit without the complexity of multiple size grading. The coat falls into the cardigans and coats project category, making it suitable for knitters looking to add a refined, wearable art piece to their wardrobe.

Materials Used

• Yarn: Lana Grossa Silkhair — a delicate laceweight yarn composed of 70% superkid mohair and 30% silk, with a yardage of 210 meters per 25 g skein. The pattern calls for 225 g in Green (colorway 142). Silkhair is celebrated for its extraordinary softness, lightweight warmth, and the luminous halo that superkid mohair and silk together produce, giving finished garments a dreamy, cloud-like texture.
• Needles: A 5 mm circular needle, 80 cm long, used for the main body of the coat.
• Hook: A size 4 mm crochet hook, referenced for finishing details.

Techniques and Construction

The coat is constructed using a combination of knitting techniques that balance texture with precise shaping. Key construction methods include:

• 5x5 Rib: The primary stitch pattern is a 5x5 rib — alternating five knit stitches with five purl stitches — which creates a deeply textured, vertically striped fabric with excellent elasticity and visual interest. This wide rib structure gives the coat its structured yet fluid drape.
• Garter Selvage: Every row begins with the first stitch slipped knitwise and ends with the last stitch knitted, creating a neat, stable garter selvage along the edges. This technique produces a clean, professional-looking edge that lies flat and is easy to seam or finish.
• Slip Stitch Selvage: An additional selvage technique is referenced, further refining the edge treatment of the coat panels.
• Shaped Side Decreases: The coat is shaped at the sides through a series of p2tog (purl two together) decreases worked strategically within the purl columns of the rib. These decreases are spaced across specific right-side rows, with 31 plain rows worked between each decrease row, allowing the shaping to be gradual and elegant. For example, the first decrease row reduces stitches from 72 to 68 by working p2tog in the first two stitches of selected purl sections, and subsequent decrease rows continue to reduce the stitch count to 65 and then 61 stitches, maintaining the rib pattern throughout.
• Crochet Finishing: The inclusion of a 4 mm crochet hook suggests a crocheted edging or border is used to finish the coat, a common technique when working with mohair-blend yarns to stabilize openings and add a polished finish.

Stitches Used

• 5x5 Rib (k5, p5 repeated) — the main body stitch pattern
• P2tog (purl two together) — used for side shaping decreases
• Slip stitch knitwise — used in the garter selvage on every row
• Garter stitch — incorporated into the selvage treatment

Skill Level and Project Notes

This pattern is well suited to intermediate knitters comfortable with ribbing, selvage techniques, and decrease shaping. The use of