Ladies’ long Jacket with Cables and Lace in Schachenmayr Sun City - 6284 - Downloadable PDF

Ladies' Long Jacket with Cables and Lace in Schachenmayr Sun City – Pattern 6284

This free downloadable knitting pattern (Modell 6284) from Schachenmayr guides knitters through the construction of an elegant, long ladies' jacket featuring a sophisticated combination of cable knitting and lace (eyelet) patterning. The garment is worked in Schachenmayr Sun City, an aran-weight yarn, and is designed to reach a finished length of approximately 82 cm, making it a true longline jacket with a graceful, feminine silhouette. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF at no cost, making it an accessible project for intermediate and experienced knitters alike.

Garment Overview

The jacket is a multi-piece knitted construction comprising a back piece, a left front panel, and by implication the corresponding right front panel and sleeves, all worked flat on straight needles. The design combines two distinct surface textures — structured cables (Zöpfen) and delicate lace or eyelet work (Lochmuster) — set against a main stitch pattern (Grundmuster) that unifies the fabric. A ribbed cuff/welt border (Bündchenmuster) of approximately 8 cm is worked at the lower edges to provide a neat, elasticated finish.

Construction and Shaping Details

Back Piece

The back is cast on and worked upward through the ribbed border, then transitioned into the main pattern using the larger needle size. Shaping is carefully structured:

• Armhole shaping begins at 60 cm height (varying slightly by size: 60/58/56 cm), where 16 stitches are cast off on each side, reducing the stitch count to 90, 106, or 122 stitches depending on the size being worked.
• Neckline shaping begins at 79 cm height, with the central 18 (24/24) stitches cast off straight across, followed by graduated decreases on each side — 2 × 7 stitches and then 1 × 4 stitches in every second row — to create a smooth, rounded neckline.
• Shoulder shaping begins at 80 cm height, worked from the outer edge inward in every second row, with multiple stepped cast-offs that vary by size to create a clean, tailored shoulder line.
• The total finished height of the back piece is 82 cm.

Left Front Panel

The left front is cast on with 58 (66/74) stitches and begins with the same 8 cm ribbed border as the back, using the smaller needle size. The first wrong-side row of the border is set up with a specific stitch arrangement: edge stitch, 1 knit stitch, 2 purl stitches, mirrored at the opposite end. After the border, the work transitions to the larger needles and the main pattern, with the stitch repeat positioned to align correctly with the back piece. Armhole shaping on the right side of the left front mirrors the back construction at the same height intervals.

Techniques Used

• Cable knitting (Zöpfen) — a classic technique in which groups of stitches are crossed over one another using a cable needle, creating twisted rope-like columns of texture that add visual depth and structure to the fabric.
• Lace / eyelet knitting (Lochmuster) — an openwork technique using yarn-overs paired with decreases to form decorative holes in a regular pattern, lending the jacket a light, feminine quality.
• Ribbing (Bündchenmuster) — a combination of knit and purl stitches in alternating columns, used at the lower edges and cuffs to create a stretchy, self-finishing border.
• Stitch repeat (Rapport) management — the pattern instructs knitters to begin and end at specific points within the stitch repeat (e.g., beginning with the 9th or 1st stitch of the repeat and ending with the 16th or 8th stitch) to ensure the cable and lace motifs are correctly centred and aligned