Alabama Jacket in Adriafil Quarzo and Taffy - Downloadable PDF

Alabama Jacket Knitting Pattern in Adriafil Quarzo and Taffy — Free Downloadable PDF

The Alabama Jacket is a beautifully textured women's knitted jacket designed using two complementary yarns from Adriafil: the main fabric yarn Quarzo and the decorative accent yarn Taffy. This free downloadable PDF pattern produces a structured, fashionable jacket featuring a striking combination of a classic purled stitch body and an intricate, eye-catching Petal stitch detail worked in the contrasting Taffy yarn. The result is a garment that balances everyday wearability with a distinctive handcrafted texture.

Garment Overview

The Alabama Jacket is knitted flat in separate pieces — back, fronts, and sleeves — and then seamed together using a tapestry needle. It is sized to fit sizes 40, 42, and 44, making it suitable for a range of adult figures. The silhouette is shaped through side decreases and increases worked at regular intervals, giving the jacket a tailored fit rather than a boxy construction. The combination of two yarn weights and textures — the smooth, structured Quarzo and the softer, decorative Taffy — creates visual depth and tactile interest throughout the finished piece.

Yarns and Materials Used

This pattern calls for a total of 250 g of Adriafil yarn, divided between two specific yarns:

• Adriafil Quarzo — 200 g in colour no. 64, used as the primary yarn for the main body, sleeves, and structural sections of the jacket. Quarzo is a chunky weight yarn that works up quickly and provides the jacket's solid, warm foundation.
• Adriafil Taffy — 50 g in strawberry, colour no. 86, used as the contrasting accent yarn for the decorative Petal stitch panels. Taffy is a worsted weight yarn with a distinctive character that adds a pop of colour and textural contrast against the Quarzo base.

Additional materials required include:

• Knitting needles in sizes 5 and 7 (metric sizing), used for different sections of the garment to achieve the correct tension and fabric density
• A tapestry needle for seaming the finished pieces together

Tension and Gauge

The pattern specifies a gauge of 14.5 stitches and 17 rows over 10 cm × 10 cm, measured in purled stitch using knitting needles size 6. Achieving the correct tension is essential for the jacket to match the intended sizing, so knitters are encouraged to work a tension swatch before beginning the main pieces. Adjusting needle size up or down as needed will help match this gauge.

Stitches and Techniques

The Alabama Jacket uses two primary pattern stitches, each contributing a distinct visual element to the finished garment:

• Purled Stitch — This is the main stitch used throughout the body and sleeves of the jacket, worked in Adriafil Quarzo. Purled stitch (also known as reverse stocking stitch) creates a soft, textured fabric with a matte surface that drapes well and provides a neutral backdrop for the decorative Petal stitch panels.
• Petal Stitch — This is a more complex 12-row repeat stitch pattern worked over a multiple of 10 stitches plus 3. It is worked in Adriafil Taffy in strawberry no. 86 and creates a series of raised, petal-like motifs through a combination of knit stitches, purl stitches, and decreases. The specific decrease techniques used within the Petal stitch include:
  • Slip 1, k1, pass slipped stitch over (skpo) — a left-leaning single decrease
  • K2tog — a right-leaning single decrease
  • Slip 1, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over (sk2po) — a central double decrease that