Frankie Jacket by Debra Kinsey Knits

Frankie Jacket

Knitting
October 2022
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
219 - 547 yards (200 - 500 m)
To fit baby (approx age) 0 (3, 6, 9, 12) months
English
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Frankie is a dropped-shoulder jacket for baby with little details designed to create a perfect finish.

There are two colour styles: a colour-blocked version with contrasting bands, sleeves and pocket linings or a more subtle colourway with contrasting cuffs and pocket linings. Alternatively, the jacket can be worked throughout in a single colour.
The main fabric is stocking stitch with K2, P2 rib bands.

The jacket features cutaway side pockets with a contrasting pocket lining.
The front edges with V-shaped neckline are finished with a rib buttoning band.

This dropped shoulder baby jacket requires average to intermediate knitting skills.

Finished measurements
To fit baby (approx age) 0 (3, 6, 9, 12) months

Body circumference (approx, after seaming)
40 (44, 51, 55, 62) cm/15¾ (17¼, 20, 21¾, 24½) ins

Length (approx, from centre of shoulder)
21 (24, 27, 30, 33) cm/8¼ (9½, 10½, 11¾, 13) ins

Sleeve length
10 (12, 15, 18, 20) cm/4 (4¾, 6, 7, 8) ins

Yarn
8 ply/DK weight wool

Style A - colour-blocked
approx 115 (145, 185, 230, 280) metres/125 (158, 202, 251, 305) yards of Colour 1 (C1) and approx 90 (120, 150, 185, 225) metres/98 (131, 164, 202, 245) yards of Colour 2 (C2)

Style B - contrasting pocket linings and cuffs
approx 170 (215, 280, 340, 425) metres/185 (234, 305, 370, 463) yards of Colour 1 (C1) and approx 25 (35, 40, 55, 60) metres/27 (38, 44, 60, 65) yards of Colour 2 (C2)

Needles and notions

  • 3.25mm/US 3 and 4mm/US 6 needles in straights or circulars depending on your preference when knitting in rows
  • spare 4mm needle and 1 stitch-holder
  • 3.25mm/US 3 circular needle 60-80cm/24-32ins long for front band
  • 8 removable stitch markers
  • yarn needle
  • 4 (5, 6, 6, 7) x 12mm/½ins diameter buttons