Classic Elite Yarns Overton Jumper Knitting Pattern

Classic Elite Yarns Overton Knit Sweater

What is Being Made

The Overton is a moss stitch pullover sweater designed by Susan Mills and originally published in Mystique 1709A. This unfinished-edge garment features a prominent center cable flanked by moss stitch panels, with additional rib detailing at the raglan lines and sides. The sweater is available in six sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, and 2XL, making it suitable for a range of body measurements.

Construction Techniques

The Overton employs several key knitting techniques to create its structure and visual interest:

• Bottom-up construction: The sweater is worked from the lower body upward, beginning with the body pieces before moving to the sleeves.
• Seamless, worked in the round: The lower body is worked circularly using a longer circular needle, which eliminates the need for seaming and creates a smooth, continuous fabric. Markers are placed to identify the front, back, and side divisions.
• Cable work: The signature Overton Cable is a 14-stitch pattern that repeats every 8 rounds, creating a textured focal point down the center front and back of the garment.
• Raglan shaping: The pattern includes a dividing round where stitches are bound off at the underarms to create raglan armholes, allowing for seamless sleeve attachment.

Stitches Used

The Overton incorporates three primary stitch patterns:

• Stockinette Stitch (St st): Used for the edge stitches at each side of the front and back panels, creating clean selvage edges.
• Moss Stitch: A reversible textured stitch worked over either an even or odd number of stitches. The pattern alternates between knit and purl stitches across two rounds, then reverses the pattern for the next two rounds. This creates a subtle, bumpy texture that frames the central cable. The moss stitch sections measure 24 to 43 stitches wide depending on the size.
• Overton Cable: A 14-stitch cable pattern that repeats over 8 rounds. The cable features a 3-over-3 cross worked on round 5, where 3 stitches are slipped to a cable needle and held in back while 3 stitches are knitted, then the held stitches are knitted from the cable needle. This creates a braided, twisted effect. The cable is flanked by reverse stockinette (purl) stitches for definition.

Materials and Tools

The pattern requires Classic Elite Yarns yarn and the following needles and tools:

• Circular needles: A longer circular needle is used for working the lower body in the round.
• Double-pointed needles (dpn): Used for working the sleeves in the round.
• Cable needle (cn): Required for executing the cable crosses in the Overton Cable pattern.
• Stitch markers: Used to mark the beginning of rounds and the positions of the front, back, and side divisions.

Skill Level and Pattern Details

This pattern is rated as Intermediate difficulty, suitable for knitters with foundational skills who are comfortable working in the round, reading stitch patterns, and executing cable techniques. The lower body measures 14 to 16 inches from the cast-on edge depending on size before the armhole dividing round. Cast-on uses the cable cast-on method, which creates a sturdy, defined edge. The pattern includes multiple size options with stitch counts ranging from 128 stitches at the smallest size (XS) to 204 stitches at the largest (2XL), allowing for customization based on desired fit.