Lana Grossa 05 Pullover Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa 05 Pullover in Puno Due

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa 05 Pullover in Puno Due is a knitted sweater designed in two sizes: 36/38 and 40/42. This intermediate-level pullover features a classic crew-neck construction with set-in sleeves and is worked from the bottom up using a combination of ribbed and patterned sections.

Techniques Used

This pullover employs several fundamental and intermediate knitting techniques. The garment begins with ribbed cuffs and waistband to create elastic edges that hug the body. The main body and sleeves are constructed using chart-based colorwork, which requires reading and following a stitch pattern diagram. Stripe sequences are worked throughout the piece, alternating between different colored yarns in a repeating pattern. The sweater incorporates armhole shaping marked with stitch markers and shoulder shaping worked through strategic bind-offs. Neck shaping is performed by binding off center stitches and decreasing gradually at the neck edges on both front and back pieces to create a finished neckline.

Stitches Used

• Ribbed Pattern: P2, k2 (purl 2, knit 2) creates the elastic cuffs and waistband sections
• Chevron Pattern: Worked according to a chart with a multiple of 14 stitches plus 1, plus 2 selvage stitches; the pattern is repeated across rows 1 and 2
• Stockinette Stitch: Implied as the base fabric for colorwork sections, with yarn overs (yos) incorporated as indicated on the chart
• Bind-off Stitches: Used extensively for shaping shoulders (13, 14, 15, or 16 stitches depending on size and shaping row) and neck edges (ranging from 1 to 13 stitches per row)

Materials

The Lana Grossa 05 Pullover is constructed from Lana Grossa Puno Due yarn, a blend of 63% cotton and 37% baby alpaca with a yardage of 210 meters per 50-gram ball. The pattern calls for 200 grams (250 grams for the larger size) of Light Beige/Cream (color 15) for the main color, 100 to 150 grams of Light Grey/Black (color 13), and 50 to 100 grams each of Orange/Yellow (color 17) and Turquoise/White Blue (color 20) for the stripe and colorwork sequences.

The pullover is worked on size 3.5 and 4.5 mm straight needles for the main sections and a size 4 mm circular needle measuring 40 cm long, which is typically used for working the neckline or ribbed sections in the round. The needle sizes allow for proper gauge with the Puno Due yarn weight and fiber blend.

Construction Overview

The back piece is cast on and worked in ribbed pattern before transitioning to the chevron chart with stripe sequences. Armhole markers are placed at 43 centimeters from the cast-on edge, and the piece continues until it measures 22 to 24 centimeters from the armhole markers. Shoulder shaping is then executed through a series of bind-offs, with simultaneous neck shaping that binds off the center 47 stitches and decreases 1 stitch at each neck edge.

The front piece follows the same construction as the back until it reaches 58 to 60 centimeters from the cast-on edge, at which point neck shaping begins. The front neck is shaped more gradually than the back, with a center bind-off of 13 stitches followed by multiple decrease rows (binding off 5, 4, 3, 2, and then 1 stitch at a time for 4 rows) to create a deeper, more refined neckline.

The sleeves are cast on with 50 stitches using size 3.5 mm needles and Light Beige/Cream yarn. They begin with ribbed cuffs before transitioning to the main pattern and stripe sequences, matching the body of the sweater.