Filatura Di Crosa Botticelli Top Jumper Knitting Pattern

Filatura Di Crosa Botticelli Top

What is Being Made

The Botticelli Top is a knitted sweater designed by Irina Poludnenko, available in three size ranges: Small/Medium, Large/XL, and 2X/3X. This garment features a finished bust measurement of 50 (58, 66) inches and a length of 21½ (22½, 23¾) inches, making it a versatile layering piece suitable for various body types and style preferences.

Techniques Used

This pattern employs several intermediate to advanced knitting techniques that create shaping and visual interest:

• Bottom-Up Construction: The sweater is knitted from the bottom edge upward, allowing for easy fitting adjustments and the ability to try on the garment as you progress.
• Worked Flat: The main body is worked flat on circular needles rather than in the round, requiring seaming to join the pieces together.
• Seamed Assembly: Finished pieces are seamed together using a yarn needle, creating clean, professional-looking seams.
• Short Rows with Wrap & Turn (W&T): This specialized technique is used extensively throughout the pattern to create shoulder shaping and garment contours. Short rows involve turning the work before completing a full row, then wrapping the yarn around the turned stitch to prevent holes. This technique allows for three-dimensional shaping without increasing or decreasing stitches dramatically.

Stitches Used

Stockinette Stitch forms the primary fabric of the Botticelli Top. This fundamental knit stitch creates a smooth, classic appearance with knit stitches on the right side and purl stitches on the wrong side. The pattern also incorporates basic stitch abbreviations including:

• K2tog (Knit 2 Together): A right-leaning decrease worked by knitting two stitches together through their front loops, used for shoulder shaping.
• M1 (Make 1): An increase technique that lifts the strand between needles onto the left-hand needle and works it through the front loop with a twist to prevent holes, used for initial shaping.
• Knit and Purl: Basic stitches that form the foundation of the stockinette pattern and edgings.

Materials and Tools

The Botticelli Top is designed to be worked in Filatura Di Crosa Tempo, a blended yarn containing 51% cotton, 37% acrylic, and 12% nylon. This fiber composition creates a breathable, durable fabric suitable for warm-weather wear. The yarn is supplied in 1.75-ounce (50-gram) balls with 115 yards (105 meters) per ball.

Yarn Requirements by Size:

• Small/Medium: 5 balls in color #71 golden glow (A) and 4 balls in color #72 tobacco road (B)
• Large/XL: 6 balls in color #71 golden glow (A) and 5 balls in color #72 tobacco road (B)
• 2X/3X: 7 balls in color #71 golden glow (A) and 6 balls in color #72 tobacco road (B)

Needles and Notions: The pattern calls for one size 6 (4mm) circular needle measuring 24 inches (60cm) long for the main body, worked at a gauge of 20 stitches and 28 rows equaling 4 inches (10cm) in stockinette stitch. Two size 4 (3.5mm) circular needles—one 24 inches (60cm) long and one 16 inches (40cm) long—are used for the neck and armhole edgings. Additional supplies include removable stitch markers to track pattern progression and a yarn needle for seaming and weaving in ends.

Design Details

The Botticelli Top features color work incorporating both the golden glow and tobacco road shades of Filatura Di Crosa Tempo yarn. The garment uses short-row shaping extensively to create fitted shoulders and a contoured silhouette. The pattern includes specific shaping sequences where stitches are decreased using k2tog at strategic points, with wraps picked up and worked together with slipped stitches to hide the short-row turns and create a polished finish. Neck and armhole edgings are worked on smaller needles to create a refined, finished appearance.