Malabrigo Greenpoint Coat Knitting Pattern

Malabrigo Greenpoint: Long-Sleeve Knit Jacket

What Is Being Made

The Malabrigo Greenpoint is a long-sleeve jacket designed by Jacqueline van Dillen. This is a classic knit outerwear piece suitable for everyday wear, offered in six sizes ranging from Small through 3X. The jacket features a tailored fit with structured armholes and neckline shaping, designed to be worn closed with snap fasteners for a polished, finished look.

Techniques Used

This pattern employs bottom-up construction, meaning the garment is knitted starting from the lower edge and working upward toward the shoulders and neckline. The jacket is worked flat on straight needles, with pieces knitted as individual flat panels rather than in the round. All pieces are then seamed together using traditional garment assembly methods to create the finished jacket.

Stitches and Stitch Details

The Greenpoint is worked almost entirely in garter stitch, a fundamental knitting technique created by knitting every row on both sides of the fabric. This produces a reversible, textured fabric with horizontal ridges. Garter stitch is ideal for jackets because it provides excellent drape, stability, and a classic appearance suitable for structured outerwear. The pattern incorporates slip-stitch edges on every row, where the first stitch of each row is slipped rather than knitted, creating neat, finished selvages that make seaming cleaner and more professional.

The pattern includes decreases at side edges to shape the garment's silhouette, with decreases worked at regular intervals (every 8 rows initially, then every other row and every 4 rows as needed) to create fitted armholes and a tailored waist. Bind-off shaping is used to create the armhole openings and neckline, with multiple stitches bound off at once to establish clean edges. Pocket construction is incorporated into the front panels using a bound-off opening with a separate pocket lining held in place during knitting.

Materials: Yarn and Needles

The Greenpoint is designed to be knitted with Rasta by Malabrigo, a yarn produced by Malabrigo Yarn of Montevideo, Uruguay. Each hank weighs 5.25 ounces (150 grams) and contains approximately 90 yards (83 meters) of yarn. Yardage requirements vary by size: Small requires 9 hanks, Medium requires 10 hanks, Large requires 11 hanks, 1X requires 12 hanks, 2X requires 13 hanks, and 3X requires 14 hanks. The pattern specifies color #885 Arequita.

Knitting needles required include one pair of size 13 (9mm) straight needles for working the flat pieces, and one size 13 (9mm) circular needle measuring 40 inches (100 centimeters) long, which is used for seaming and finishing work. The pattern achieves a gauge of 9 stitches and 20 rows over 4 inches (10 centimeters) in garter stitch using size 13 (9mm) needles.

Additional Notions and Finishing

The jacket is finished with five ¾-inch (18mm) snap fasteners to close the front opening, providing a secure and professional closure for this jacket-style garment.

Finished Measurements

The pattern provides finished measurements across all six sizes. Bust measurements (when closed) range from 35¾ inches (90.5 centimeters) in Small to 53¾ inches (136.5 centimeters) in 3X. Length varies slightly by size, ranging from 25¼ inches (64 centimeters) in Small to 27¼ inches (69 centimeters) in 2X and 3X. Upper arm circumference ranges from 12½ inches (31.5 centimeters) to 15 inches (38 centimeters) depending on size.

Skill Level

This pattern is rated as Easy, making it accessible to knitters with basic skills while still producing a polished, wearable garment.