Jacket for Little Girls Knitting Pattern (K3035)
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Jacket for Little Girls Knitting Pattern (K3035)
A classic little girls’ jacket knitting pattern with moss-stitch borders, a buttoned front and sizes from 6–9 months to 3 years.
Knit a pretty, practical jacket for babies and toddlers. The Jacket for Little Girls is worked from the bottom up, with the body knitted in one piece to the armholes for fewer seams. Smooth stocking stitch forms the main fabric, while moss-stitch hems, front bands and neckline add texture and a neat finish.
The simple shape is especially effective in a long-gradient yarn such as Sesia Iride 4ply Organic Cotton, allowing the changing colours to flow naturally through the garment.
Pattern Format
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Why You’ll Love This Pattern
- Sizes from 6–9 months to 3 years
- Body worked in one piece to the armholes for fewer seams
- Classic stocking stitch with textured moss-stitch borders
- Neat buttoned front and comfortable neckline
- Designed for lightweight 4ply yarn
- Ideal for gradient and colour-changing yarns
Size Chart
| Size | 6–9 months | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To fit chest | 44 cm | 48 cm | 50 cm | 54 cm |
| Length | 33 cm | 36 cm | 40 cm | 45 cm |
Before You Start with Iride
The white leader yarn at the ends of an Iride cake is waste yarn. For a centre pull, remove the white leader before starting. If working from the outside, stop before the final white leader section and discard it. Do not knit or crochet the white leader into your project.
Yarn Requirements
| Size | 6–9 months | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4ply yarn required | 450 metres | 900 metres | 900 metres | 900 metres |
Recommended yarn: Sesia Iride 4ply Organic Cotton.
Needles, Tension and Notions
| Smaller needle | 3.00 mm circular knitting needle with an 80 cm cable |
| Main needle | 3.25 mm circular knitting needle with an 80 cm cable |
| Tension | 27 stitches and 36 rows to 10 cm over stocking stitch using 3.25 mm needles |
| Other notions | Stitch holders, stitch markers and a tapestry needle |
Always use the needle size needed to achieve the stated tension.
Button Requirements
| Size | 6–9 months | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttons required | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Pattern Details
| Pattern number | K3035 |
| Designer | Naturally Yarns |
| Craft | Knitting |
| Project | Baby and toddler jacket |
| Construction | Bottom-up body worked in one piece to the armholes, with sleeves worked separately |
| Yarn weight | 4ply / fingering weight |
Construction and Techniques
- Stocking stitch
- Moss-stitch hems, front bands and neckline
- Working the body flat in one piece to the armholes
- Working sleeves separately
- Increasing and decreasing for shaping
- Setting in and seaming sleeves
- Working evenly spaced buttonholes
- Blocking and sewing on buttons
About the Recommended Yarn
Sesia Iride is a soft Italian 4ply yarn made from 100% organic cotton. Its long gradient colour sequence adds movement to the jacket while producing a breathable fabric suited to babies’ and toddlers’ spring and summer garments.
Perfect For
- Intermediate garment knitters
- Babies and toddlers aged 6–9 months to 3 years
- Spring and summer layering
- Gradient and colour-changing 4ply yarns
- Handmade baby and birthday gifts
Work with one strand of Sesia Iride throughout.