Libra Jacket in Adriafil Candy - Downloadable PDF

Libra Jacket in Adriafil Candy – Free Knitting Pattern (Downloadable PDF)

The Libra Jacket is a striking, super-chunky knitted jacket designed for a relaxed, cosy fit and crafted entirely in Adriafil Candy yarn. This free downloadable PDF pattern produces a structured, textured garment featuring a combination of classic knit and purl fabric alongside impressive cable and twist stitch panels that give the jacket its distinctive, sculptural character. With its bold stitch patterns and chunky weight yarn, the Libra Jacket knits up relatively quickly while delivering a visually rich, professional finish.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a women's knitted jacket worked in separate pieces — a back, a right front, and a left front — which are then seamed together. The jacket features shaped armholes and a shaped neckline, giving it a properly tailored silhouette despite the chunky yarn weight. The design is available in size 48 (with 44–46 also provided), making it suitable for a range of figures. The combination of cable panels, twist stitch columns, and smooth stockinette sections creates a garment that is both warm and visually interesting.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Candy in grey shade 37 — approximately 1,100 g required for the largest size
• Yarn Weight: Super chunky, giving the jacket its substantial, cosy drape and warmth
• Knitting Needles: Size 8 mm standard knitting needles
• Two-tip (double-pointed or circular) knitting needles: Used as a cable needle for holding stitches during cable and twist stitch crossings
• Tapestry needle: For seaming the finished pieces together and weaving in ends

Tension and Gauge

Achieving the correct tension is essential for a well-fitting jacket. The pattern specifies two tension swatches worked on 8 mm needles:

• Stocking stitch: 10 sts and 14 rows over 10 × 10 cm
• Mixed stitch pattern (cables and twist stitches): 13 sts and 14 rows over 10 × 10 cm

The difference in stitch gauge between plain stocking stitch and the cable/twist sections is an important consideration — the textured panels pull in more stitches per centimetre, which is why the pattern carefully distributes stitch counts across the different pattern sections of each piece.

Stitches and Techniques Used

Knit Stitch and Purl Stitch

The foundation stitches of the jacket are knit stitch and purl stitch, used both to create areas of stocking stitch (smooth, flat fabric) and to form the purl stitch columns that frame and separate the cable and twist panels. These purl ribs act as visual dividers, making each textured panel stand out clearly against the surrounding fabric.

Cable Stitch (worked over 6 stitches)

The cable panel is a classic six-stitch cable worked over a 9-row repeat. Rows 1, 3, and 5 are worked in knit stitch on the right side, while all even rows are purled on the wrong side. The cable crossing occurs on Row 7, where a right-leaning cross is made by slipping 3 stitches onto the cable needle and holding them at the back of the work, knitting the next 3 stitches, then knitting the held stitches. This creates the characteristic rope-like twist that is the hallmark of traditional cable knitting. The repeat then continues from Row 3 onwards. Cables are a beloved technique in knitting for adding three-dimensional texture and visual interest without requiring complex construction.

Twist Stitch (worked over 12 stitches)

The twist stitch panel is a more complex, 15-row travelling cable worked over 12 stitches. This panel creates