A 1950s design
The Drive-In Jacket
rewritten for your size, yarn and gauge
A short, swingy late-1950s jacket in bulky seed stitch, quick to knit in three simple pieces. Wide dolman sleeves are cast on at the sides and finish in deep turn-back cuffs. The straight front edges roll back above the top button into a shawl collar, and three buttons close it at the waist.
- Fit
- About 5 in (13 cm) of ease at the bust, buttoned; waist length
- Skill level
- Easy. Three pieces in seed stitch, with the sleeves knitted in one with the body. Quick in bulky yarn.
- Sizes
- US 4 to 24 (UK 8 to 28, EU 36 to 56): 32 to 52 in (81 to 132 cm) bust
- Yarns
- Bulky / chunky, Worsted / Aran, DK / light worsted
- Original yarn
- Bulky (chunky), at about 16 sts and 26 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over seed stitch. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge.
- Gauge
- Your own, from 14 to 24 stitches per 4 in (10 cm)
- You get
- Your complete pattern straight away, to read on screen, print or save, plus an email link back to it
Super bulky yarns and anything finer than DK aren't offered: the seed-stitch collar would be too stiff, or the jacket would lose its textured, cosy look.
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What you'll get
- Every piece written out in full for your size and gauge
- Row counts with the length to check against, so you always know where you are
- Row-by-row planners for the tricky bits, where shaping happens on both edges at once
- Drawings of each piece with your measurements, and full making-up instructions
Every design is chosen by a knitter and checked against its original pattern. If you get stuck, email us and a real person will help.
This one needs a swatch. Please measure your gauge over seed stitch (knit the purls and purl the knits on every row). The whole jacket is in seed stitch. A yarn label's gauge is for plain stockinette, so it won't give the right size here. Here's how to measure your gauge.
