Lana Grossa Short-Sleeved Pullover Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Short-Sleeved Pullover in Cool Wool

What is Being Made

This is a classic short-sleeved pullover sweater designed in four sizes: 36/38, 40/42, 44/46, and 48/50. The pullover features a crew neckline and is constructed using a bottom-up, seamed approach with pieces worked flat on straight needles before assembly. The finished garment showcases a sophisticated brioche rib texture throughout, creating visual interest and subtle depth in the knit fabric.

Techniques Used

The pullover is constructed using several key knitting techniques that define its structure and appearance:

• Bottom-up construction: The sweater is knitted from the cast-on edge upward, beginning with the back and front pieces, followed by the sleeves. This method allows for easy fitting adjustments and straightforward length modifications.
• Flat knitting: All major pieces—back, front, and sleeves—are worked flat on straight needles rather than in the round, then seamed together at the completion of knitting.
• Seamed assembly: Finished pieces are joined using seaming techniques to create the final garment structure.
• Raglan shaping: The armholes are shaped using raglan decreases, which create diagonal lines from the underarm toward the neckline. This shaping technique provides a comfortable fit and elegant silhouette.
• Full-fashion decreases: Decreases are worked using full-fashion methods (k2tog and skp stitches) positioned several stitches in from the edges, creating neat, chain-like decrease lines that enhance the garment's visual appeal.
• Neck shaping: The front neckline is shaped by dividing the center stitches and working each side separately, allowing for a fitted crew neck opening.

Stitches Used

The pullover relies primarily on brioche rib as its signature stitch pattern, supplemented by fundamental knitting stitches:

• Brioche rib: This textured stitch is the foundation of the entire garment. Brioche rib is worked differently depending on whether it is knitted in rows (flat) or rounds. In rows, the pattern alternates between wrong-side rows (where all stitches are knitted) and right-side rows featuring the brioche element. The brioche stitch itself—abbreviated as k1b—involves inserting the right needle through the center of a stitch in the row below and knitting a new stitch while dropping the original stitch from the left needle. This creates a lifted, dimensional effect. The brioche rib pattern repeats over a multiple of 3 stitches, with 1 additional stitch and 2 selvage stitches for edge definition in flat knitting.
• Knit stitch (k): Used throughout the pattern for structure and in brioche rib rows.
• Purl stitch (p): Used in the brioche rib pattern to create the characteristic textured appearance.
• Knit 2 together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease used in full-fashion shaping at the end of wrong-side rows.
• Slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over (skp): A left-leaning decrease used in full-fashion shaping at the beginning of wrong-side rows, creating balanced decrease lines.
• Selvage stitches: Edge stitches maintained throughout to ensure neat, finished edges suitable for seaming.

Materials and Gauge

The pullover is designed to be knitted with Lana Grossa Cool Wool Mélange, a yarn composed of 100% pure wool. The yardage required varies by size: 450 grams (approximately 1,440 meters) for size 36/38, 500 grams (approximately 1,600 meters) for size 40/42, 550 grams (approximately 1,760 meters) for size 44/46, and 600 grams (approximately 1,920 meters) for size 48/50. The yarn is worked at a gauge of 26 stitches and 38 rows over 10 centimeters in brioche rib pattern.

The pattern specifies size 3.5 mm straight needles for working the flat pieces and a size 3.5 mm circular needle measuring 40–50 centimeters for any sections requiring circular knitting. The yarn color used in the sample is Natural Mél