Polluce Jacket in Adriafil Mistero - Downloadable PDF

Polluce Jacket Knitting Pattern in Adriafil Mistero Yarn – Free Downloadable PDF

The Polluce Jacket is a beautifully structured, chunky-weight knitted jacket designed for confident knitters who want a stylish, wearable garment with elegant raglan shaping. This free downloadable PDF pattern from Adriafil uses their signature Mistero yarn to create a cosy, substantial jacket complete with front button closure, shaped side seams, and a crochet-finished edge for a polished result.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a full raglan-sleeved jacket worked in separate pieces — a back, a right front, a left front, and two sleeves — which are then joined together using a crochet hook. The finished jacket features side shaping for a tailored silhouette, raglan armhole and sleeve shaping, a shaped neckline on both fronts, and a decorative crochet border along the bottom edge. The jacket is fastened with three red-purple buttons, 3 cm in diameter, adding a striking colour accent to the finished piece.

Size and Fit

The pattern is written for size 44 as the primary size, with sizes 42 and 46 given in parentheses throughout the instructions. All stitch counts and row measurements are clearly presented for each size, making it straightforward to follow whichever size is required.

Yarn and Materials

• Yarn: Adriafil Mistero in colour 25 — a chunky-weight yarn that creates a warm, textured fabric ideal for outerwear
• Quantity: 600 g total
• Knitting needles: sizes 7 and 8
• Crochet hook: size 5, used for seaming and finishing
• Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
• 3 red-purple buttons, 3 cm in diameter, for the front closure

Tension and Gauge

The stated gauge for this pattern is 12.5 stitches and 18.5 rows to 10 x 10 cm, worked in knit stitch on size 7 knitting needles. Achieving the correct tension is especially important with a chunky yarn like Mistero, as even small variations can significantly affect the finished dimensions of the jacket. It is always recommended to work a tension swatch before beginning.

Knitting Techniques Used

The Polluce Jacket is constructed using a classic flat knitting method, with each piece worked separately before being seamed. Key construction techniques include:

• Side shaping: Decreases are worked at both ends every 10 rows, 7 times, beginning after the first 13 cm of the back and fronts, creating a gently fitted silhouette
• Raglan armhole shaping: On the back, stitches are bound off at each end, then decreased every 4 rows and every 6 rows to create the characteristic diagonal raglan line
• Sleeve shaping: The sleeves are tapered by decreasing at each end every 16 rows, then shaped at the top with raglan decreases to match the body
• Neckline shaping: On both fronts, stitches are bound off and then decreased every 2 rows to form a neat, shaped neckline
• Seaming with crochet: All pieces are joined using the crochet hook with chain loops and double crochet, a technique that creates a flexible and decorative seam

Stitches Used

• Knit stitch — the primary stitch used throughout the body and sleeves, creating a smooth, classic fabric
• Garter stitch — listed as a pattern stitch, adding textural variety where specified
• Single crochet (sc) — used in the finishing and seaming process
• Double crochet (dc) — used to join sections and to work the decorative border