A short, stylish jacket with optional pockets. The light tweed fabric is created by holding fingering weight yarns double. Symmetrical Caliper cables add texture emphasizing the tweedy vibe. The jacket has slightly dropped shoulders, a boxy silhouette, and wider sleeves for freedom of movement. Subtle splashes of solid color accent the pockets, collar, and cuffs.

Make your own tweed fabric by holding two different colors of fingering weights together. Choose one of those or a completely different color for your collar, cuff, and pocket accents.

Use a heavier weight yarn that is already tweedy or multicolored held single - you will only need 1160 (1295, 1460, 1605, 1750, 1960, 2100, 2250) yards for the MC, plus 150 - 200 yards of CC as long as gauge is achieved.

Finished sizes, blocked: 40 (44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68) inches. Sample shown on Ravelry is a size 40” with 8” of ease.

Gauge: 18 stitches and 26 rows in 4 inches of stockinette and caliper cable, using needle A and fingering weight held double.

Needle A: one 32” circular and one set of double-pointed needles to achieve gauge (size 8 US) for the main fabric
Needle B (for collar and cuffs): one 32” circular one size smaller than gauge needle (size 7 US)

Notions: 4 - 1” buttons and 1 smaller button for collar, stitch markers, darning needle

The back and front pieces are knitted flat, then joined at the shoulders. Single row buttonholes are knit within the right front piece without a separate button band. Sleeves are picked up and knit flat from the shoulders to the cuffs. After blocking, side seams are sewn and cuffs are picked up and knit in the round changing colors to create the reversible cuff. The collar is picked up and knit flat, changing colors for another interior pop of color. Collar and cuffs are folded and sewn down on the inside to cover the seams. Optional pockets can be picked up from waste yarn and knit as the final step. Buttons are sewn in place.

This pattern has not been test knit.