I designed a little swing jacket for a small person and was asked time and time again if I could work out the design for an adult version; ORCHARD ROSE – here is a version without the rose.

Worked top down with no seams. Cables always look so amazing, stocking stitch and garter stitch are always easy and when one gets into the rhythm can knit up quite quickly. The sleeves are added on after the main body is complete, as is the button band. If you would prefer to clasp the fronts together with no buttons, say with a shawl pin, omit the buttons holes, or leave to swing freely.

The aesthetic works, the design works and the knitting experience is a joy.
YOU WILL NEED
8 x 100g COBBLESTONE, 211m/100g, 60% superwash merino, 20% silk, 10% yak
Circular needles (worked forwards and backwards) 3mm (80cm) for neck, 4.5mm (80cm) for body and 4mm double-pointed needles for sleeves, sewing-up needle + 5 x 2cm buttons

GAUGE: 20sts and 24 rows to 10cm over stocking st

FINISHED SIZE: from shoulder to shoulder: 60cm, from underarm to underarm: 60cm, from cuff to cuff: 130cm, bodice (from shoulder to beginning of cable ‘skirt’): 25cm, cable ‘skirt’: 50cm, from shoulder to hem/length: 75cm

ABBREVIATIONS:
k: knit | p: purl | st(s): stitch(es)
Rnd: round | R: row
pm / slm: place marker / place marker
RS/WS: right side facing/wrong side facing | sl: slip a st without working
CF6: ‘Cable 6 to front’; hold 3sts to front, k3 from working needle, k3 from cable needle
yo: yarn over, starting at front of work pass yarn over needle to back. If st before yo was a knit st, first bring yarn to front underneath needle
k2tog: knit 2sts together to make one st
m1: Lift yarn lying between st just worked and next st and place it on left-hand needle, then k into back of this loop