Ella Rae Coat Knitting Pattern

Ella Rae Violet Coat

What is Being Made

The Ella Rae Violet Coat is a knitted cardigan-style coat designed to be worked from the bottom up. This garment is available in five sizes ranging from Small (to fit bust 32-34 inches) through XX-Large (to fit bust 48-50 inches), with finished bust measurements from 39½ inches to 55¼ inches. The coat features a full length ranging from 35½ inches to 41 inches depending on size, with sleeve lengths of approximately 17½ to 18½ inches. The design incorporates decorative cable and texture work throughout, making it a sophisticated layering piece suitable for various occasions.

Techniques Used

This knitting pattern employs several key construction and embellishment techniques:

• Bottom-Up Construction: The coat is worked from the bottom edge upward, allowing for straightforward sizing adjustments and progressive garment building.
• Seamed Assembly: Pieces are knitted flat (in rows rather than in the round) and then seamed together, creating clean, professional finishing.
• Cable Work: Multiple cable techniques are featured throughout the pattern, including two-stitch and four-stitch cables worked both to the back and front, as well as crossed stitches that combine knit and purl elements for textural interest.
• Bobble Embellishment: The pattern includes make bobble (MB) instructions, which involve knitting into the front, back, and front of a single stitch, then working decreases to create a three-dimensional textured element.
• Increases and Decreases: Strategic shaping is achieved through various increase methods, including knit into front and back (Kfb) and purl into front and back (Pfb) techniques, as well as standard decreases.

Stitches Used

The Violet Coat pattern utilizes a range of fundamental and decorative knitting stitches:

• Basic Stitches: Knit (K) and purl (P) stitches form the foundation of the pattern.
• Cable Stitches: The pattern includes C2B (cable 2 back), C2F (cable 2 front), C4B (cable 4 back), and C4F (cable 4 front), all worked by slipping stitches onto a cable needle and rearranging their order for twisted effects.
• Crossed Stitches: Cr3L (cross 3 left) and Cr3R (cross 3 right) combine knit and purl stitches in crossed arrangements, creating diagonal textural lines.
• Bobble Stitch: The make bobble technique creates small raised bumps of texture across the fabric.
• Shaping Stitches: Decreases including P2tog (purl 2 together) and K2tog (knit 2 together), as well as pass slipped stitch over (psso), allow for fitted shaping.
• Slip Stitches: Slipping stitches (sl 1) is used both for cable work and for edge finishing.

Materials

The Ella Rae Violet Coat is designed to be worked in a premium yarn and requires specific needles:

• Yarn: The pattern calls for 12 to 16 balls of Ella Rae Cashmereno Aran weight yarn (100g per ball), depending on the size being knitted. The sample shown is worked in shade 06 Verbena. Cashmereno is a blend yarn offering the luxury feel of cashmere combined with the durability and ease of care of acrylic fibers, making this coat both luxurious and practical.
• Needles: Two pairs of needles are required: US 6 (4 mm) needles and US 8 (5 mm) needles. The pattern uses these in combination, likely with the smaller needles for ribbed edges and the larger needles for the main fabric, which is typical for creating definition and preventing edge curl.

Pattern Summary

The Violet Coat combines classic knitting techniques with contemporary design elements. The bottom-up, flat construction method makes this pattern accessible to intermediate knitters, while the cable and bobble details add visual interest and sophistication. The use of Ella Rae Cashmereno Aran yarn ensures a fabric with excellent drape and a luxurious hand, suitable for a coat that will be worn as a statement piece