Classic Elite Yarns Mohala Jumper Knitting Pattern

Classic Elite Yarns Mohala Seamless Raglan Sweater

What is Being Made

Mohala is a classic raglan-style tee sweater designed by Susan Mills and originally published in Sail Away 1703. This is a versatile, customizable garment that serves as a blank slate for personal color expression. The design is available in two versions: a solid body version or a striped body version, allowing knitters to choose their preferred aesthetic. The sweater is worked seamlessly from the top down, making it an ideal project for knitters seeking a modern construction method that eliminates the need for seaming.

Techniques Used

Mohala employs several advanced knitting techniques that make it suitable for intermediate-level knitters:

• Top-down construction: The sweater is worked from the neckline downward, allowing for easy fitting adjustments and the ability to try on the garment as you progress.
• Seamless, worked in the round: The entire garment is constructed in the round using circular needles, eliminating the need for seaming and creating a smooth, professional finish.
• Raglan shaping: The classic raglan sleeve cap is integrated into the yoke, creating a flattering fit with diagonal lines from the neckline to the underarms.
• Stripes: For the striped body version, the pattern features color work achieved through horizontal stripes. The instructions emphasize proper yarn management by loosely carrying unused strands up the wrong side of the work and twisting yarns together to avoid long floats. The pattern references the jogless stripes technique to minimize the visual jog that typically occurs when changing stripe colors in circular knitting.

Stitches Used

The neckband features a combination of fundamental and decorative stitches that create visual interest:

• Knit (k): The primary stitch used throughout the garment.
• Purl (p): Used in the neckband to create textural contrast and definition.
• Knit through the back loop (k1-tbl): Creates a twisted stitch for added texture in the neckband.
• Purl through the back loop (p1-tbl): Provides additional textural detail in the neckband ribbing.

Neckband Construction

The neckband is worked sideways before being joined into a circle. For the solid body version, the neckband is worked in a 2-color pattern alternating between 4-row stripes in two colors. For the striped body version, a single yarn color is used for the neckband. The neckband measures approximately 19 to 21 inches (depending on size) from cast-on to bind-off, and is then seamed into a closed circle with careful attention to avoid twisting.

Yoke and Body Shaping

The striped body version features 4-round stripes throughout the yoke and lower body sections, with the pick-up round counting as the first round of the first stripe. This systematic approach to color placement creates a cohesive, intentional striped design that knitters can customize with their chosen yarn colors.

Materials

This pattern is designed to be worked with yarn from Classic Elite Yarns and requires circular needles appropriate to the yarn weight specified in the full pattern instructions. The project accommodates multiple sizes, with neckband lengths ranging from 19 to 21 inches, indicating a range of finished garment sizes to suit different body measurements.

Design Philosophy

Mohala is intentionally designed as a customizable blank canvas. Knitters have complete creative control over color placement, with the option to add stripes allover, to the yoke only, to the body only, or to the neckband only. This flexibility makes Mohala an excellent project for knitters who want to explore color work and personalization within a classic, timeless silhouette.