Classic Elite Yarns Flamingo Jumper Knitting Pattern

Classic Elite Yarns Flamingo Knit Sweater

What Is Being Made

Flamingo is a knitted boatneck pullover sweater featuring a sophisticated lace stitch design. This garment combines elegant lace patterning with practical garter stitch edging, creating a refined piece suitable for warm-weather wear. The sweater features a modified drop shoulder construction with short sleeves, offering a contemporary silhouette that balances structure with delicate detailing.

Construction Method

This pattern uses a bottom-up, worked-flat construction with seamed assembly. The back and front pieces are worked separately from the cast-on edge upward, then the sleeves are added and all pieces are seamed together. This approach allows for precise shaping and fitting adjustments throughout the knitting process.

Primary Stitch: Fleurette Pattern

The Fleurette pattern is the signature lace stitch used throughout the body and sleeves of this sweater. This is a 12-row repeating pattern worked over a multiple of 6 stitches plus 5 additional stitches. The pattern is notable for its dynamic stitch count that increases on rows 4 and 10, then decreases back to the original stitch count on rows 6 and 12, creating an organic, flowing lace fabric.

Fleurette Pattern Details

• Row 1 and all wrong-side rows: Purl across
• Row 2 (right side): K2, *k1, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo; repeat from * to last 3 sts, k3
• Rows 4 and 10: K4, *yo, k3; repeat from * to last st, k1
• Row 6: K2, k2tog, *yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, s2kp; repeat from * to last 9 sts, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, ssk, k2
• Row 8: K2, *k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk; repeat from * to last 3 sts, k3
• Row 12: K2, *k1, k2tog, yo, s2kp, yo, ssk; repeat from * to last 3 sts, k3

Stitches and Techniques Used

The Flamingo pattern employs a variety of essential knitting techniques to create its lace effect and structure:

• Garter stitch (Gtr St): Used for all edging and ribbing details, providing a textured, reversible fabric that frames the lace sections
• Stockinette stitch (St st): Used for the body sections between garter stitch and lace pattern
• Yarn overs (yo): Creates the openwork and lace holes characteristic of the Fleurette pattern
• Decreases: Slip, slip, knit (ssk), knit 2 together (k2tog), and slip 2 stitches together, knit 1, pass slipped stitches over (s2kp) create the directional shaping within the lace
• Bind off: All pieces are bound off to finish edges
• Seaming: Pieces are assembled using seamed construction for a polished finish

Garment Shaping

The sweater is constructed in six different sizes with graduated stitch counts. The back and front pieces begin with cast-on counts ranging from 71 to 113 stitches depending on size. Armhole shaping is achieved by binding off 6 stitches at the beginning of the next 2 rows. Sleeve shaping uses strategic increases worked at each edge at regular intervals—either every 4th row or every 6th row depending on the size—to create the proper sleeve cap and length.

Yarn and Needle Requirements

The pattern calls for two needle sizes: larger needles for the initial garter stitch sections and stockinette body, and smaller needles for the lace pattern work and sleeve construction. This needle size variation helps create definition between the different stitch sections and allows for proper gauge in the delicate lace work. The