Silk Garden Jacket
Difficulty level: 
Intermediate
Free Knitting Pattern
I couldn't resist buying 8 skeins of Noro Silk Garden Yarn at the craft show I visited last summer. When I decided to
start knitting a jacket, it appeared that there was not enough yarn and I didn't have a clue what I was going to knit
from this wonderful yarn. After knitting a couple of samples I decided that I needed to add some solid color yarn to balance the
contrasting color changes in the Noro yarn. You can see the result on the pictures below. I hope you'll like it.
Note: Noro yarn skeins have each color change only once. When starting the front and side parts of the front make
sure to start with the same color to achieve color symmetry.
Size: 12/14 (42/44)
Materials: Noro Silk Garden Yarn 249 - 8 skeins 50 g/122 yds (110 m)
Berroco Ultra Alpaca Oceanic Mix 6285 Yarn - 5 skeins, 100g/215 yds
Needles 2.5 (3 mm) and 4 (3.5 mm)
7 wooden buttons
Gauge:16 sts x 26 rows = 4" x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm).
Patterns:
Stocking Stitch
Rib:1 k, 1 p
Cable:1, 3, 5 and 7 rows - 8 k.
2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 - 8 p.
Row 9: C8F (Cable 8 Front).
Repeat rows 1-10.
Directions: Back and front consists of 3 parts each. The side parts of back and front and cable inserts of back
and front are knitted as one piece each.
Front
Right Front
Central part
Cast on 5 sts on 4 (3.5 mm) needles with Noro yarn and knit stocking stitch. In each oddd row increase 1 stitch
on both sides until there are 37 sts + 2 edge sts.
Continue to increase 1 st at the beginning of th row and decrease 1 st at the end of the row. The amount of
stitches should remain the same. Knit for 23 in. (57 cm)
Begin shaping the neck hole by descreasing 1 st at the beginning of the row 8 times.
Knit 8 rows without descreasing at the beginning of the row.
Continue for 6 row increasing 1 st at the beginning of the row.
To shape the shoulder line descrease 1 st at the beginning of the row and at the end of the row until 5 sts remain. Cast off.
Left front
Knit as right front.
Cable inserts:
cast on 16 sts with Berroco yarn on 4 (3.5 mm) needles.
Knit 1 edge st, 3 p, cable on 8 sts, 3 p, 1 edge. Continue for 50 in. (128 cm). Cast off.
Knit 2 inserts.
Side part of the right front and right back
cast on 20 sts with Noro yarn on 4 (3.5 mm) needles. Continue stocking stitch for 50 in. (128 cm). Cast off.
Knit 2 side panels.
Back central panel
Cast on 12 sts with Noro yarn on 4 (3.5 mm) needles.
Knit 1 edge sts, 1 k, cable on 8 sts, 1 k, 1 edge st.
Increase for 1 st on both sides of the cable kntting on both sides of the cable stocking stitch. Knit until there are
72 sts including edge sts.
Now continue uncreasing for 1 st on both sides of the cable and start descreasing for 1 sts at the beginning and
the end of each odd row to maintain the same amount of stitches.
Knit thus for 25" (64 cm).
To shape the neck line start knitting each half of the back separately, decreasing 1 sts in each odd row. Knit
for 16 rows.
To shape the shoulderline continue decreasing for 1 st in each row for 10 rows. Cast off.
Sleeves
Cast on 34 sts on 2.5 (3 mm) needles. Knit rib for 14 rows. In the las row increase evenly for 16 sts
Continue on 4 (3.5 mm) needles. Knit as follows: 1 edge st, 20 p, cable on 8 sts, 20 p, 1 edge st. Knit reverse
stocking stitch on both sides of the cable.
Knit for 18" (45 cm) increasing evenly for 34 sts on each side. Cast off.
Finishing:
Join seams of the middle panels with the seams of the cable panels. Join seams of the cable inserts with the
seams of the side panels. Join top of the sleaves with the other side of the side panels. Join sleeve seams and side
seams. Cast on circular 2.5 (3 mm) needles approx 200 st with Berroco yarn on the bottom of the jacket. Knit rib for
2" (5 cm), cast off.
Button bands
Cast on circular 2.5 (3 mm) needles approx 10 st with Berroco yarn and knit rib to make button bands for 23 in.
(57 cm). On the right band make 7 buttonholes as follows: yo, k2tog. Cast off. Sew bands to the center of the front
panels.
Collar
Cast on circular 2.5 (3 mm) needles 104 sts with Berroco yarn on the neck edge and the short sides of
buttonhole bands and knit rib for 6.5" (16 cm). This is the half of the collor. Start increasing evenly the collor
stitches while knitting another 6.5" (16 cm) of rib to add 50 sts. Cast off.
Sew buttons on.
Enjoy!
