Alicia Jacket - Knitting Pattern for Women in MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino - Downloadable PDF

Alicia Jacket Knitting Pattern – Cable-Detailed Boxy Jacket for Women in MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino

The Alicia Jacket is a beautifully crafted, boxy women's jacket knitting pattern from MillaMia, available as a downloadable PDF. Designed for knitters who want to push their skills forward, this pattern combines traditional stitch textures with a modern, relaxed silhouette. The finished garment is a structured, seamed jacket featuring rich surface interest created through cables and bobble details, making it a rewarding project for those ready to move beyond the basics.

What Is Being Made

The Alicia Jacket is a boxy, seamed women's jacket with a traditional yet striking aesthetic. Its generous, relaxed fit is designed to be styled against sleek, minimal clothing and accessories, letting the intricate stitch patterns take centre stage. The jacket features set-in sleeves with a fixed sleeve length of 36 cm / 14¼ in and is worked in separate flat pieces that are then seamed together for a clean, tailored finish.

The pattern is offered in six sizes, designed to fit bust measurements of 82, 87, 92, 97, 102, and 107 cm (32–42 in), with actual bust measurements of 88 to 119 cm (34½–47 in) to allow for ease. The length to back neck ranges from 50 to 55 cm (19¾–21½ in) depending on size.

Techniques Used

• Cables: A core technique throughout the Alicia Jacket, cables involve crossing groups of stitches over one another using a cable needle to create twisted, rope-like columns of texture. They are a hallmark of traditional knitwear and give this jacket its distinctive, heritage-inspired character.
• Bobble Making (MB): The pattern uses a special abbreviation MB (make bobble), worked by knitting into the front, back, and front of a single stitch, then turning and working short rows across those three stitches before passing the extra stitches over to form a raised, three-dimensional bobble. This adds tactile surface detail that complements the cable work beautifully.
• Worked Flat: All pieces of the Alicia Jacket are worked flat (back and forth in rows), as opposed to in the round, which is the traditional approach for seamed garments and allows for precise shaping and stitch pattern alignment.
• Seamed Construction: The jacket is assembled using seaming techniques, joining the individually knitted pieces — back, fronts, and sleeves — into a finished garment. Seamed construction provides structure and durability, particularly important in a cable-heavy design where fabric stability matters.

Stitches Used

• Cable stitches – forming the primary decorative motifs across the jacket body
• Bobble stitch (MB) – a miniature short-row bobble worked over a single stitch position
• Knit and purl stitches – the foundational stitches used in combination to create the background fabric and set off the cable and bobble textures

Materials Required

The Alicia Jacket is designed specifically for MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino, a sport weight yarn available exclusively through LoveCrafts. This yarn is a 100% merino wool, prized for its softness, stitch definition, and the way it showcases intricate stitch work such as cables — making it an ideal choice for this pattern.

• Yarn: MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino — 10 (11:11:12:13:13) × 50g / 1¾oz balls, shown in Tempest Blue (167)
• Suggested alternative colourways: Claret (104), Butterscotch (168), Fawn (160), Plum (162)
• Needles: A pair each of 2.75mm (US 2), 3mm (US