Classic Elite Yarns Felix Jumper Knitting Pattern

Classic Elite Yarns Felix Sweater

What is Being Made

Felix is a classic aran-style pullover sweater designed by Susan Mills and originally published in Fall 2012 in the Liberty Wool Kids collection. This intermediate-level knitting project creates a fitted pullover with decorative cable detailing and moss stitch edging, suitable for children in multiple sizes.

Knitting Techniques

The Felix sweater employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its structured, classic appearance:

• Bottom-up construction: The sweater is knitted from the bottom edge upward, beginning with the back piece and working toward the shoulders and neckline.
• Worked flat: All pieces are knitted flat on straight needles rather than in the round, allowing for seamed assembly.
• Seamed construction: Individual pieces are knitted separately and then sewn together to create the finished garment.
• Cable work: Decorative cables form the central design element, requiring careful stitch manipulation and chart reading throughout the body.
• Shaping techniques: The pattern includes increases for the cable expansion row, armhole bind-offs for sleeve cap shaping, and strategic decreases at the neckline for proper fit.

Stitches Used

The Felix pattern incorporates two primary stitch patterns that work together to create visual interest and structure:

• 1x1 Rib: An alternating knit and purl stitch worked on an even number of stitches. This elastic stitch appears at the lower edge of the sweater, creating a fitted waistband that stretches and recovers. The ribbing is worked for 1¼ to 2 inches depending on size.
• Moss Stitch: A textured stitch created by alternating knit and purl stitches in a checkerboard pattern across two rows, then reversing the pattern for the next two rows. Moss stitch appears on the side edges of the sweater body, framing the central cable panel and providing a subtle textured border.
• Cable stitches: Detailed cable patterns are worked from charts provided in the pattern. These cables form the primary design focus of the sweater front and back, requiring knitters to cross stitches over each other to create the raised, twisted rope-like texture characteristic of aran sweaters.

Materials and Gauge

The Felix pattern is designed to be worked with Classic Elite Yarns yarn on two sizes of needles to achieve proper gauge and fabric drape. The pattern specifies smaller needles for the ribbed waistband and larger needles for the main body and cable sections. This needle size transition allows the ribbing to remain elastic and fitted while the larger needles create a more open fabric for the cable panel.

Pattern Details

The sweater is available in five sizes with stitch counts ranging from 64 to 92 stitches at the cast-on edge. The back piece begins with ribbed edging, followed by an increase row that expands the stitch count to accommodate the cable panel. The main body is worked even until the armholes are shaped by binding off stitches at each edge. Neck shaping occurs near the completion, with center stitches bound off and edge decreases worked every other row to create a rounded neckline. The pattern concludes with shoulder stitches bound off while working knit-two-together decreases across cables to reduce bulk.