This delicate jacket is inspired by traditional matinee styles and features one of my favourite cable patterns. I love how just two stitches – knit and purl – can be placed in different positions to create something so beautifully intricate. So simple, yet so effective.

The combination of garter stitch, smooth stocking stitch and the central cable creates a lovely rhythm – to me, it’s as though the ridges of garter stitch are gently holding the cable in place. A soothing knit with a timeless look. I hope you enjoy knitting it as much as I did.

CONSTRUCTION
The back, left front, right front, two sleeves are knitted flat in separate pieces and joined together. Neck edging is picked up after the pieces are knitted.

TECHNIQUES USED
Cast on, knit, purl, simple cables, increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches, buttonholes, cast off, joining seams, sewing on buttons. Optional but recommended to create a joy of joining your pieces: mattress stitch seaming and three needle cast off.

YARN
3(4:4:5:5) 100g hanks of WYS Bluefaced Leicester Aran.
100% British Bluefaced Leicester wool, 166m/182yds per 100g

SUGGESTED KNITTING NEEDLES
4.5mm and 5mm knitting needles.
Cable needle.

NOTIONS
4 buttons.

GAUGE (tension)
19 stitches and 28 rows to 10cm4ins square over rib pattern. I obtained this gauge with 5mm needles.
It is important to obtain the correct gauge so do work a swatch before you start the pattern and change your needle size to achieve the correct gauge if you need to.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

To Fit Age (suggested):
1-2 , (3-4, 5-6, 7-8 , 9-10)years old

Chest Circumference
62, (68, 75, 81, 88)cm
24½, (26¾, 29½, 31¾, 34½)ins

Length (from top of shoulder to cast on edge)
32, (36, 40, 44, 48)cm
12½, (14¼, 15¾, 17½, 18¾)ins

Sleeve Length (from underarm to cast on edge)
20, (24, 28, 34, 40)cm
7¾, (9½, 11, 13¼, 15¾)ins

NEED HELP?
I am here for you! Pop into the Skipton studio, send an email, or check out the Purl &Jane YouTube channel for tips, inspiration and guidance including handy resources like gauge (tension) guides and how to tutorials.