Cropped Jacket with Round Yoke in Schachenmayr Micro - 6640

Cropped Jacket with Round Yoke in Schachenmayr Micro – Pattern 6640

This free downloadable knitting pattern (Model 6640) from Schachenmayr guides knitters through the construction of a cropped jacket featuring a distinctive round yoke. The design is worked in pieces — left front, right front, back, and two sleeves — before all sections are joined onto a long circular needle to complete the signature round yoke. The finished jacket is available in two sizes: 36/38 and 42/44.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a cropped jacket with a round yoke, a style that brings all body and sleeve pieces together at the upper section to create a seamlessly shaped yoke. The cropped length and textured stitch pattern give the garment a contemporary, fashion-forward look. The jacket also features four buttons as a front closure.

Construction Method

• Worked in separate pieces: The left front, right front, back, and both sleeves are each knitted individually and then placed on hold.
• Round yoke assembly: All five pieces are picked up in sequence onto a long circular needle — right front, first sleeve, back, second sleeve, and left front — and worked together in pattern. Decreases are worked at every join point to shape the yoke.
• Mirror construction: The right and left front panels are worked as mirror images of each other, with stitch pattern placement and decrease directions reversed accordingly.
• Decrease shaping at yoke joins: At each of the four transition points, stitches are decreased by working a yarn-over with a right-leaning decrease, followed by knitting four stitches together, creating neat, structured shaping lines across the yoke.

Stitch Patterns Used

• Stockinette stitch (glatt rechts): Knit on right-side rows, purl on wrong-side rows. Used for the main body sections and as a transitional band before the textured pattern begins.
• Reverse stockinette stitch (glatt links): Purl on right-side rows, knit on wrong-side rows. Used as a border or facing element at the cast-on edges.
• Textured main pattern (Grundmuster): A charted stitch pattern worked from a diagram, featuring an 18-stitch repeat on the front and back pieces, and a 9-stitch repeat on the sleeves. The pattern incorporates double decreases (worked as yarn-overs and slip-stitch decreases) and is adjusted slightly between the two sizes — size 36/38 uses single decreases at certain points where size 42/44 uses double decreases, ensuring the pattern repeat fits correctly within each stitch count.
• Yoke continuation: Once all pieces are joined, rows 33 and 34 of the chart are repeated continuously throughout the round yoke section.

Techniques Used

• Cast-on and border treatment: Each piece begins with a cast-on row worked as a wrong-side row of knit stitches, followed by four rows of reverse stockinette to create a neat rolled or folded border effect.
• Stitch holds: Rather than binding off, stitches are placed on hold at the completion of each piece so they remain live for joining onto the circular needle.
• Charted knitting: The main pattern is worked from a knitting chart, requiring the knitter to read and follow a visual stitch diagram, including understanding repeat brackets and size-specific start and end points.
• Circular knitting: The round yoke is worked on a long circular needle, transitioning the project from flat to in-the-round construction.
• Yoke decreases: Structured decreases at all four join points shape the yoke; these involve a yarn-over paired with a two-stitch right-leaning decrease, followed immediately by a four-stitch decrease, creating a defined decrease line.
• Size-specific adjustments: The pattern carefully differentiates between sizes in terms of stitch counts, pattern placement, and decrease types, making it important to follow the correct instructions for each size throughout.

Materials

• Yarn: Schachenmayr original Micro in shade 00112 marone (a warm