Cascade Yarns A Everyday Pullover Jumper Knitting Pattern

Cascade Yarns A Everyday Pullover

What Is Being Made

The Cascade Yarns A Everyday Pullover is an advanced-level knitted sweater designed by Melissa Leapman. This pullover features a sophisticated cable panel construction and is available in five sizes ranging from Small to 2X. The finished measurements include a bust circumference of 40 to 56 inches, with a total back length of 28 inches and a front length of 26 inches, making it a versatile everyday garment suitable for various body types and styling preferences.

Techniques Used

This pullover employs several intermediate to advanced knitting techniques that elevate it beyond basic garment construction. The primary techniques include cable knitting, which creates dimensional texture through the manipulation of stitches. Fully-fashioned decreases are used for the front neck shaping, providing a professional finish to the neckline. The pattern also incorporates working with multiple balls of yarn simultaneously for seamless shaping on both sides of the front neck opening. Cable work requires the use of a cable needle to hold stitches while crossing them over one another, creating the characteristic twisted rope-like appearance that defines cable knit sweaters.

Stitches Used

The sweater utilizes several key stitches to achieve its finished appearance:

• Garter Rib: A textured stitch pattern created by alternating knit and purl stitches on the right side (K1, P1 across) followed by a full purl row. This creates a ribbed texture with subtle garter stitch characteristics.
• Cable Panel: A 20-stitch repeat pattern that measures 3 inches across when worked to gauge. The cable panel features multiple cable crosses worked over 6-row repeats, including 4x4 cables (slipping 2 stitches onto a cable needle and holding them to the back or front while knitting the next 2 stitches, then knitting the held stitches). The panel is framed with reverse stockinette stitch (purl stitches on the right side).
• Knit 2 Together (K2tog) and Slip, Slip, Knit (SSK): Decrease stitches used for shaping the neck opening and creating fully-fashioned decreases that are both functional and decorative.
• Stockinette Stitch: The base stitch used throughout the body of the sweater between patterned sections.

Materials and Tools

The Cascade Yarns A Everyday Pullover is worked in Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash Aran, a 100% Superwash Merino Wool yarn. Each skein contains 3.5 ounces (100 grams) and yields 150 yards (137.5 meters). The pattern requires 10 to 13 skeins depending on the size selected, with the sample shown in color #242 (Deep Sea Coral). The yarn weight is Aran, which is a medium-heavy weight suitable for creating structured garments with good stitch definition.

Construction requires US 9 (5.5 mm) knitting needles or the size necessary to achieve the specified gauge of 17 stitches and 24 rows over 4 inches (10 centimeters) in stockinette stitch. Additional tools include a cable needle for managing cable crossings, stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats and shaping points, and a yarn needle for weaving in ends and seaming the finished pieces together.