Jacket & Sweater in King Cole Chunky - 4422 - Downloadable PDF

Jacket & Sweater in King Cole Chunky – Pattern 4422

Pattern 4422 from King Cole is a downloadable PDF knitting pattern offering two classic knitwear designs for adults: a jacket and a sweater, both knitted in King Cole Chunky weight yarn. The designs are rated as intermediate difficulty and are sized to fit chest measurements ranging from 86 to 112 cm (34 to 44 inches), making them suitable for a wide range of adult sizes. The chunky weight yarn and relatively straightforward construction make these achievable projects for knitters who are comfortable with basic shaping and simple cable techniques.

Design Overview

Both the jacket and the sweater share a cohesive aesthetic rooted in classic, textured knitwear. The combination of ridge patterning and cable detailing gives each garment visual interest and a satisfying tactile quality, while the chunky yarn weight ensures the knitting works up quickly and produces a warm, substantial fabric ideal for cooler weather.

The Jacket

The jacket is a structured, shaped garment featuring a defined back, fronts, and sleeves. It incorporates neck shaping, with stitches placed on a thread holder to shape the neckline, and includes front opening construction typical of a classic knitted jacket. The back begins with a garter stitch border worked on 5.5mm needles before transitioning to the main body fabric on 6mm needles. Increases are worked at each end of the fabric at regular intervals to shape the garment, with the exact frequency of increases varying by size. The jacket's body fabric is built around a ridge and cable pattern, and additional stitches added through increases are incorporated into the ridge section of the pattern, keeping the cable panel consistent throughout.

The Sweater

The sweater shares the same yarn, needle sizes, and core stitch patterns as the jacket, offering a pullover alternative within the same pattern leaflet. Like the jacket, it is constructed using the ridge and cable pattern as the primary fabric, with garter stitch borders providing a neat, stable edge. The sweater is worked in the same size range and uses the same tension requirements, meaning knitters familiar with one garment will find the other straightforward to approach.

Techniques Used

This pattern draws on a range of intermediate knitting techniques that make it a satisfying step up from beginner-level projects. Key techniques include:

• Cable knitting – Both C6B (cable 6 back) and C6F (cable 6 front) cables are used, each involving slipping three stitches onto a cable needle, holding them at the back or front of the work respectively, knitting three stitches from the left-hand needle, and then knitting the held stitches from the cable needle. This creates the classic twisted rope or plait effect characteristic of traditional Aran-style knitwear.
• Ridge pattern – A textured stitch pattern that alternates knit and purl rows to create a ridged, horizontal surface. This contrasts beautifully with the smooth vertical lines of the cable panels.
• Garter stitch borders – Every row is knitted to produce a firm, non-curling edge, used at the cast-on and for border sections of both garments.
• Neck shaping – Stitches are placed on a thread holder and worked separately to create a shaped neckline, a technique common in garment construction that requires careful attention to row counts and stitch counts by size.
• Increasing and decreasing – Standard shaping techniques are used throughout, including increases at each end of rows for sleeve and body shaping, and decreases for armhole and neck shaping. The pattern specifies that increase stitches are worked into the ridge pattern rather than the cable section, keeping the design clean and consistent.
• Tension square knitting – The pattern strongly emphasises checking tension before beginning, with guidance on adjusting needle size if the stitch or row count differs from the stated tension.

Stitches Used

• Knit (K) and Purl (P) – the foundational stitches used throughout both garments
• Garter stitch (gst) – every row knitted, used for borders
• Ridge and cable pattern – a 12-row repeat combining ridged stocking-stitch-based rows with cable crossings; the pattern notes that these 12 rows form the complete ridge and cable