Totora Baby Jacket Pattern

September 12, 2025

The Totora Jacket is an ideal project for beginners in garment crochet. It's worked from the yoke in one piece, then the sleeves are added. The result is a lightweight, fluffy jacket with a beautiful flecked effect thanks to Rubi Bambino Jaspe yarn.

📥 Download the pattern in PDF inserted below
🎥 Follow the step-by-step video tutorial at the bottom of this page

✨ Materials

Ruby Bambino Jasper Baby Wool
3mm crochet hook (for knitting the garment).
4 mm crochet hook (only for casting on the initial chains, so they are not tight).
3 buttons of 2cm.
Other accessories: stitch markers, wool needle for finishing strands, scissors, sewing needle.

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📐 Sizes

The pattern is available in four sizes:

0-3 months -> 1 ball
3-6 months -> 1 ball
6-9 months -> 2 balls
9-12 months -> 2 balls

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Throughout the pattern, the stitches and rows are indicated by size in that order, followed by a "/". For example, if it says "knit 4/6/8/10 stitches," for size 0-3m, knit 4 stitches; for size 3-6m, knit 6 stitches; for size 6-9m, knit 8 stitches; for size 9-12m, knit 10 stitches.

📐 Display of tension

With a 3mm crochet hook, my 10x10cm sample in double crochet is:

16 points
9 laps

It's important to check your swatch. If your knitting is tighter or looser, you can try a larger or smaller needle size to adjust the swatch.

Step by step

1. Yoke (top of the jacket)

With the 4 mm needle, cast on 54/59/64/70 chains .
Change to the 3mm needle.
Distribute the stitches by placing markers to separate the yoke areas:
- 7/8/9/10 chains → front
- 1 marker
- 10/11/12/13 chain stitches → shoulder
- 1 marker
- 16/17/18/20 chain stitches → back
- 1 marker
- 10/11/12/13 chains → shoulder
- 1 marker
- 7/8/9/10 chains → front

The first row is knitted from point A to point B.

Knit in double crochet for 7/9/9/9 rows with the following considerations:
- At the beginning of each round, chain 2 stitches in height, which do not count as a stitch.
- At each marker (raglan), knit the following: 1 double crochet + 1 chain + 1 double crochet in the same stitch → this will be your raglan increase.
- Note that on each round you will increase 8 stitches (2 for each raglan).
- By the end of the last round you will have 110/131/136/142 points in total.

2. Body

Next, we'll join the armholes to continue with the body (we'll leave the sleeves for later). To do this, we knit the front, back, and other front pieces in a row. We'll explain step by step how to knit this joining row:
- Knit 14/17/18/19 double crochets (front).
- Knit 1 double crochet in the raglan. Knit 1 double crochet in the next raglan (skipping the unknitted sleeve).
- Knit 30/35/36/38 double crochets (back).
- Knit 1 double crochet in the raglan. Knit 1 double crochet in the next raglan (skipping the unknitted sleeve).
- Knits 14/17/18/19 double crochet (front).
At the end of this joining row you will have the body of the jacket with 62/73/76/80 double crochet stitches .
Knit a total of 11/12/13/14 rows in double crochet (including the joining row).

3. Jacket edge

Once we've completed the body, our crochet hook will be in the bottom corner of one front piece. With the right side of the garment facing you, make a full round of single crochet around the inside edge (front, neck, and the other front piece), keeping the following in mind:

At the corners of the neck , do: single crochet + 1 chain + single crochet in the same stitch so that the turn is smooth and rounded.
When going up and down the sides (where the double crochets are lying down): knit 2 single crochets wrapping each double crochet .
When you reach the end, chain 1 and close with a slip stitch to the next stitch for a clean finish.

4. Sleeves

Retake the stitches of a sleeve (those that were left on hold).
Start from the back raglan of the armhole .
Knit like this:
- 1 double crochet in the first raglan.
- All stitches pending for the sleeve (24/29/30/31 double crochets).
- 1 double crochet in the next raglan.
- Add 1 extra double crochet in the gap between the two raglan stitches.
Knit 8/9/9/10 rows of double crochet (including this first one), with the following considerations:
- Work in back and forth motions (not in circles), just like we did with the body.
- Remember to make 2 chain stitches in height at the beginning of each row (which do not count as a stitch).
- Close each row with a slip stitch in the first stitch, turn the work and continue.
- Place a marker on the first and last stitch of each round so you don't lose them.
On the cuff, finish with 1 row of slip stitch on the right side .
Repeat the same on the other sleeve.

5. Finishing touches

To finish your jacket, use a wool needle to hide all the excess threads between the stitches, ensuring they are secure and not visible on the right side of the work.

Next, sew three buttons onto the front, placing them equidistant from the holes we left as buttonholes.

6. Blocking and caring for the garment

Washing: machine max. 30ºC
Drying: horizontally to maintain shape (do not use dryer)
Do not iron

🎉 And that's it!

You've now finished your Totora Jacket . A lightweight, practical, and very special garment for babies, perfect for beginners who want to make the transition to garments with a yoke and sleeves.

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