The Marshmallow Jacket
rewritten for your size, yarn and gauge
A big mid-1980s batwing jacket in garter stitch. The back and fronts grow sideways into the sleeves, so there are no armholes at all. Every band is a strip of rib knitted sideways and sewn on: a hem band and cuffs that gather the body in, a small stand-up collar and five-button front bands. Two slit pockets, and a separate rib muffler that wraps round the collar and buttons at the front.
- Fit
- Oversized, about 14 in (36 cm) of ease at the bust; a short, blousy hip length
- Skill level
- Intermediate. Easy garter stitch, but knitted sideways, with several sewn-on bands, slit pockets and a separate muffler.
- Sizes
- US 4 to 24 (UK 8 to 28, EU 36 to 56): 32 to 52 in (81 to 132 cm) bust
- Yarns
- Super bulky / super chunky, Bulky / chunky
- Original yarn
- A looped alpaca of about super bulky (super chunky) weight, at about 11 sts and 20 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over garter stitch. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge.
- Gauge
- Your own, from 8.5 to 15 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
Only bulky (chunky) and super bulky yarns are offered: in thinner yarn the blown-up look is lost and the batwing droops, and in the very thickest yarns the rib bands turn into thick ropes.
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.
