A 1970s design
The Fireside Jacket
rewritten for your size, yarn and gauge
A 1970s men's double-breasted jacket in deep k2 p2 rib, broken by bold cables: two up each front, three up the back and two down each raglan sleeve. A long V turns back into a wide ribbed shawl collar, with ten buttons in five pairs, a deep ribbed welt and cuffs. Warm and roomy, to wear over a shirt or a sweater. Men's sizes, chest 34 to 54 in.
- Fit
- Roomy, as the original: about 3 to 5.5 in (8 to 14 cm) of ease at the chest, buttoned; hip length
- Skill level
- Experienced. Rib and cables throughout, with the V neck, raglan and buttonholes worked from tick-off planners at the same time, mirrored sleeve tops and a separate shaped collar.
- Sizes
- Men's, chest 34 to 54 in (86 to 137 cm): S to 3XL (UK/US 34 to 54, EU 44 to 64)
- Yarns
- Worsted / Aran, Bulky / chunky, DK / light worsted
- Original yarn
- Heavy (Aran) wool, at about 20 sts and 24 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over the rib-and-cable pattern. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge.
- Gauge
- Your own, from 15 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
Yarn thicker than about 15 sts to 4 in (10 cm) isn't offered: the cables and the double front get too bulky. Anything finer than DK isn't offered: it stops being a jacket.
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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 the rib-and-cable pattern itself (the pattern shows you how to knit the swatch), not plain stockinette: the rib draws the knitting in. 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.
