Juniper Moon Farm Imerovigli Pullover Knitting Pattern

Juniper Moon Farm Imerovigli Pullover

What Is Being Made

The Imerovigli Pullover is a seamless, bottom-up knit sweater from the Santorini Collection, designed by Kathleen Dames. This pullover is worked in the round and features horizontal stripes created with multiple contrast colors. The pattern is available in seven sizes, ranging from 28 inches to 52 inches bust circumference, making it suitable for a wide range of body sizes.

Techniques Used

This sweater employs several key knitting techniques that contribute to its construction and design:

• Bottom-Up Construction: The sweater is knit from the bottom edge upward, allowing for easy adjustments to length during the knitting process.
• Seamless, Worked in the Round: The body and sleeves are worked circularly using a long circular needle, eliminating the need for seaming and creating a smooth, professional finish. The pattern notes that the Magic Loop technique is recommended for sleeve knitting, which allows knitters to work small circumferences on a circular needle.
• Striped Colorwork: Horizontal stripes are created by alternating between main color and contrast colors across rounds, adding visual interest without the complexity of intarsia or fair isle techniques.
• Increases for Sleeve Shaping: The pattern uses m1L (make one left) and m1R (make one right) increases to gradually expand the sleeve width as you progress upward, creating a fitted sleeve cap.

Stitches Used

The Imerovigli Pullover is constructed primarily using fundamental knitting stitches:

• Stockinette Stitch: The main fabric is worked in stockinette stitch (knit on right side rounds, purl on wrong side rows when working flat sections), which creates the smooth, classic sweater fabric. The gauge is 16 stitches by 24 rows per 4 inches in stockinette stitch.
• Knit and Purl Stitches: These basic stitches form the foundation of the stockinette stitch fabric throughout the pullover.
• Increase Stitches: m1L and m1R stitches are used for invisible increases that blend seamlessly into the fabric while shaping the sleeves.
• Decrease Stitches: The ssk (slip, slip, knit) decrease is employed for shaping, creating a left-leaning decrease that pairs visually with right-leaning decreases for balanced shaping.
• Bind Off: Cast-off stitches finish the edges of the sweater.

Materials

The Imerovigli Pullover is designed to be knit with Juniper Moon Farm Dromedary yarn, a worsted-weight yarn provided in 100-gram skeins. The pattern calls for three colors:

• Main Color (MC): 2 to 3 skeins of Juniper Moon Farm Dromedary in color #02 Sand Stones, depending on size.
• Contrast Color 1 (CC1): 2 to 3 skeins of Juniper Moon Farm Dromedary in color #05 Grizzly River, depending on size.
• Contrast Color 2 (CC2): 1 skein of Juniper Moon Farm Dromedary in color #09 Falling Springs.

The pattern requires a US 8 (5mm) circular needle measuring 40 inches in length, which accommodates the body circumference and allows for working in the round. Additional notions include stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats and shaping points, waste yarn or stitch holders for temporarily securing stitches, and a tapestry needle for weaving in yarn ends.