Antille Jacket in Adriafil Benessere - Downloadable PDF

Antille Jacket Knitting Pattern by Adriafil – Downloadable PDF

The Antille Jacket is a beautifully constructed women's knitted jacket worked in Adriafil Benessere yarn, a luxurious DK weight yarn. This free downloadable PDF pattern produces a relaxed, elegant jacket featuring a distinctive construction method that divides the garment into cleverly worked sections, making it an interesting and rewarding project for knitters with some experience. The pattern is offered in three sizes: 40, 42, and 44.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a full jacket with set-in style sleeves, a front opening, a collar, and a back yoke. The garment is constructed in multiple separate pieces that are later seamed and joined together, including a combined back-and-fronts lower section, two mirrored sleeve-and-yoke sections, and a front opening edge with an integrated collar strip. The result is a wearable, structured jacket suitable for cooler weather.

Construction Method

The Antille Jacket uses a clever multi-section construction approach rather than a conventional top-down or bottom-up method. The key sections are:

• Back, right front, and left front – first section: All three pieces are worked together as a single unit. Stitches are cast on and worked flat, then bound off after the lower body is complete.
• Left sleeve, half back yoke, and left front yoke: These are worked as a single piece beginning from the sleeve cuff, with shaping for the sleeve and front neckline built in progressively.
• Right sleeve, half back yoke, and right front yoke: Worked as a mirror image of the left section to ensure symmetry across the back yoke and neckline.
• Front opening edge and collar: A long, narrow strip is worked separately and sewn along the front opening and neckline to create a neat, finished edge and collar detail.

Techniques Used

• Flat knitting worked back and forth on straight needles throughout all sections
• Sleeve shaping using paired increases worked inside 2 stitches at each end, every 2 rows
• Front neckline shaping using stepped bind-offs worked every 2 rows to create a smooth curved edge
• Joining stitches in knit stitch – a specific technique used to seam the back yoke sections together by working the live stitches together rather than sewing them
• Seaming and making up, including sewing the undersleeve seam, attaching the lower body to the yoke with deliberate folds to ease the difference in width, and sewing the collar and opening border strip into place
• Evenly spaced decreases across a single row when transitioning from the ribbed border into the main body of the sleeve sections

Stitches Used

• K1/P1 rib stitch – used for the lower border of the back-and-fronts section and for the end border of the collar/opening strip, creating a neat, slightly elastic edge
• K2/P2 rib stitch – used for the cuff borders of both sleeve sections, providing a firmer, more structured cuff finish
• Knit stitch (stockinette / stocking stitch) – the primary fabric stitch used throughout all main sections of the jacket, creating a smooth, classic knitted surface
• Knit stitch join – a specific finishing stitch used to seam the live stitches of the back yoke sections together seamlessly

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Benessere in colour no. 62 – approximately 250 g is required for size 40, with 15 g and 16 g additional amounts noted for sizes 42 and 44 respectively. Benessere is a DK weight yarn from Adriafil, known for its soft, comfortable handle, making it well suited to a wearable jacket.
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