Damenjacke mit Blockstreifen in Schachenmayr Egypto Cotton - 5469

Damenjacke mit Blockstreifen in Schachenmayr Egypto Cotton – Pattern Summary

This free downloadable PDF knitting pattern from Schachenmayr provides instructions for a women's jacket featuring block stripes, knitted in the brand's Egypto Cotton yarn. The design is worked in three sizes — 36/38, 40/42, and 44/46 — making it accessible to a range of knitters looking for a classic, structured women's outerwear piece with a contemporary colour-block aesthetic.

What Is Being Made

The finished garment is a women's jacket with block stripe detailing. The pattern includes construction of multiple separate pieces that are later assembled, including a back panel (Rückenteil) and a left front panel (linkes Vorderteil), with references to armhole and neckline shaping throughout. The block stripe design is created by working sections in contrasting colours — with Sand referenced explicitly as one of the colourways used. The structured shaping of armholes, necklines, and shoulders gives this jacket a tailored, fitted silhouette suitable for everyday wear.

Construction and Techniques

The jacket is constructed using flat knitting worked back and forth in rows, with each main piece knitted separately before being joined. Key construction techniques referenced in the pattern include:

• Casting on (Anschlagen): The back piece begins with 102 (108/117) stitches, and the left front piece with 57 (62/66) stitches, cast on in Sand.
• Armhole shaping (Armausschnitt): Shaping begins at a height of 29 (32/30) cm on the front piece and at the corresponding point on the back. Stitches are decreased every 2nd row, 7 times, by 1 stitch on each side, reducing the back to 88 (94/103) stitches.
• Neckline shaping (Halsausschnitt): On the back, the central 36 (36/37) stitches are placed on hold at a height of 47 (52/52) cm, with further decreases of 2 stitches once and 1 stitch twice on each side in every 2nd row. On the left front, neckline shaping begins at 37 (42/42) cm with 5 stitches cast off, followed by decreases of 3 stitches twice, 2 stitches three times, and 1 stitch four times in every 2nd row, plus additional single decreases in every 4th row.
• Shoulder shaping (Schultern): Shoulders are cast off in stages every 2nd row — on the back: 5 stitches twice and 6 stitches twice (size 36/38), 6 stitches three times and 7 stitches once (size 40/42), or 7 stitches three times and 8 stitches once (size 44/46).
• Total height: The finished back piece measures 50 (55/55) cm in total length.

Stitches Used

The pattern references standard knitting stitches and techniques consistent with a structured garment knitted in the round of 4-ply weight yarn:

• Knit stitch (rechts stricken): The primary stitch used throughout the fabric panels.
• Selvedge stitches (Randmaschen): Edge stitches are maintained at both ends of each row to create neat seam edges for joining.
• Right-leaning decrease (2 Maschen rechts zusammenstricken): Two stitches knitted together through the front — used for armhole and neckline shaping.
• Left-leaning decrease (1 Masche abheben, 1 Masche rechts stricken, abgehobene Masche überziehen — slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over): Used in combination with the right-leaning decrease to create symmetrical, mirrored shaping on both sides of armh