Jo Sharp Ursula Cable Sweater Jumper Knitting Pattern

Jo Sharp Ursula Cable Sweater

What is Being Made

The Ursula Cable Sweater is a loose and comfortable women's pullover sweater featuring a distinctive cable panel at the centre front, a cowl collar, and simple shaping throughout. This design is suitable for an average skilled knitter with cable experience and is available in four women's sizes (A through D) to fit bust measurements of 80cm, 90cm, 100cm, and 110cm respectively.

Techniques Used

This sweater is constructed using several key knitting techniques:

• Bottom-up construction: The sweater is worked from the bottom upward, beginning with the ribbed hem and progressing through the bodice to the armholes and shoulders.
• Worked flat: The main body pieces are worked flat on straight needles, allowing for seaming later in the construction process.
• Worked in the round: Circular needles are used for the cowl collar, which is worked circularly for a seamless finish at the neckline.
• Seamed construction: Pieces are seamed together, creating defined seams along the sides and sleeves.
• Cable work: A cable panel measuring 4.5cm is featured at the centre front, incorporating cable crosses (C8B and C8F abbreviations indicate Cable 8 Back and Cable 8 Front).
• Neck shaping: The front neck features decreasing stitches worked on alternate rows to create the neckline opening for the cowl collar.
• Sleeve shaping: Sleeves are shaped with increases at each end to create proper sleeve cap fit.

Stitches Used

The Ursula Cable Sweater employs a variety of fundamental and decorative stitches:

• Knit and Purl (K and P): The foundation stitches used throughout the sweater.
• Ribbing (K2, P2): Used for the 4cm hem at the lower edge to create elasticity and a finished appearance.
• Stockinette Stitch (St st): The primary stitch for the body, worked over 5cm after the ribbed hem, creating a smooth, classic fabric.
• Cable stitches (C8B and C8F): These cable crosses are central to the design. C8B (Cable 8 Back) involves slipping the next 4 stitches onto a cable needle and holding at the back of the work, then knitting the next 4 stitches from the left-hand needle before knitting the stitches from the cable needle. C8F (Cable 8 Front) follows the same principle but holds the cable needle at the front of the work. These create the twisted, rope-like texture characteristic of cable knitting.
• Decrease stitches: K3tog (knit 3 together) and other decreases are used for neck shaping to create the proper neckline contour.
• Increase stitches: The pattern includes increases worked at each end of sleeve rows to shape the sleeve cap properly.

Materials

The Ursula Cable Sweater is designed to be worked in Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed yarn in the colour Dusk. Yarn quantities vary by size: Size A requires 12 x 50g balls, Size B requires 13 x 50g balls, Size C requires 13 x 50g balls, and Size D requires 14 x 50g balls.

The pattern calls for multiple needle sizes to achieve proper tension and construction:

• 4.50mm needles (USA 7, UK 7): Used for casting on and working the initial 4cm of K2, P2 ribbing at the hem.
• 5.00mm needles (USA 8, UK 6): The primary needles used for the main body in stockinette stitch and for the cable panel. Tension is measured over these needles at 18 stitches and 24 rows over 10cm of stockinette stitch.
• 4.00mm circular needles (USA 6, UK 8): Used for the cowl collar construction.
• 5.00mm circular needles (USA 8, UK 6): Also used for collar work.
• 6.00mm circular needles (USA 10