Debbie Bliss Molly Jacket Knitting Pattern

Debbie Bliss Molly Jacket

What Is Being Made

The Debbie Bliss Molly Jacket is an intermediate-level knitted jacket featuring a distinctive shawl collar. This garment is designed as a seamed, flat-worked construction project, making it suitable for knitters with some experience beyond the beginner level. The jacket is available in seven different sizes, ranging from 23.5cm (9¼ inches) to 38cm (15 inches) in width measurement across the back and fronts.

Techniques Used

This jacket employs seamed construction and flat knitting techniques, meaning the pieces are knitted flat on straight needles rather than in the round, and then sewn together upon completion. The pattern uses standard abbreviations and instructions common to intermediate knitting projects, including shaping techniques necessary to create the jacket's fitted silhouette and structured shawl collar. The flat-worked method allows for precise stitch control and makes it easier to achieve consistent tension across the garment pieces.

Stitches and Stitch Techniques

The pattern incorporates fundamental knitting stitches and techniques essential to jacket construction:

• Stocking stitch (stockinette stitch) — the primary stitch used for the main fabric of the jacket
• Increases and decreases — including methods such as kfb (knit into front and back of stitch), m1 (make one stitch), ssk (slip, slip, knit), and k2tog (knit two together) to shape the garment
• Yarn overs and yarn round needle techniques — for creating decorative or structural elements
• Slipped stitches — for edge finishing and pattern work
• Purl stitches — including pfb (purl into front and back) for selective shaping

Materials

The Molly Jacket is designed to be worked in Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino Tonals yarn in the colorway Speedwell 09. Yarn quantities vary by size, requiring between 4 and 8 balls of 50g weight depending on which size is being knitted. The pattern is worked on 3.25mm (US 3) knitting needles. Achieving the correct tension (gauge) is emphasized as essential before beginning the project — knitters should work a tension square to ensure their stitch count matches the pattern's requirements, adjusting needle size if necessary to obtain the specified gauge.

Pattern Notes

The pattern provides instructions for the smallest size with larger sizes indicated in round brackets throughout. Where only a single figure or instruction appears without size variations, that direction applies to all sizes. The pattern includes comprehensive standard abbreviations to guide knitters through the construction process. Knitters are advised to consult the yarn ball band for specific washing and pressing instructions to maintain the finished garment's quality.