Lana Grossa Jacket Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Jacket in About Berlin Sparkly

What Is Being Made

The Lana Grossa Jacket in About Berlin Sparkly is a knitted cardigan jacket designed as Design 06 from Lookbook 06. This garment is constructed in three size options: 36/38, 40/42, and 44, offering versatility for different body measurements. The jacket is worked as a seamed, flat-knit construction with a structured fit suitable for layering or wearing as a standalone piece.

Techniques Used

This jacket is created using bottom-up construction, meaning the pieces are knitted starting from the cast-on edge and worked upward to completion. The garment is worked flat on straight needles rather than in the round, and all pieces are seamed together after completion. This traditional approach allows for precise shaping and a professional finish. The finishing process includes blocking the pieces to measurements before seaming the shoulder seams, and a crochet hook is used to work a single crochet row along the edges for a refined border.

Stitches Used

The primary stitch throughout the Lana Grossa Jacket in About Berlin Sparkly is moss stitch, a classic textured stitch that creates visual interest and dimension. Moss stitch is worked over four rows in a simple alternating pattern: Row 1 knit one, purl one; Row 2 repeats row 1; Row 3 purl one, knit one; Row 4 repeats row 3. This stitch pattern is maintained across the back, fronts, and sleeves, with increases worked directly into the pattern to maintain stitch consistency during shaping.

Materials and Specifications

The jacket requires 600 (650, 700) grams of Lana Grossa About Berlin Sparkly yarn, depending on size selection. This yarn is composed of 82% cotton and 18% polyester, providing a blend of breathability and durability with subtle sparkle from the polyester content. The yarn is available in the colorway Linen/Khaki/Dark Green/Olive (color 11), offering neutral earth tones suitable for versatile styling. The yarn specifications indicate 120 meters per 50-gram ball.

Construction requires size 4 mm knitting needles for the main fabric and a size 4 mm crochet hook for the finishing edge work. The gauge is 20.5 stitches and 23 rows over 10 by 10 centimeters in moss stitch on size 4 mm needles, which is essential to achieve the correct finished measurements.

Pattern Construction Details

Back Piece: The back is cast on with 100 (108, 116) stitches and worked in moss stitch until the piece measures 55 centimeters from the cast-on edge. Armhole shaping is created by binding off 14 stitches at the beginning of the next 2 rows, reducing the stitch count to 72 (80, 88) stitches. The back continues in moss stitch until it reaches 71 (73, 75) centimeters in total length from cast-on.

Front Pieces: Each front is shaped with neck and armhole shaping worked simultaneously. The fronts are worked until they measure 54 (56, 58) centimeters from cast-on, ending with a right-side row. Neck shaping is accomplished by binding off 1 stitch at the beginning of the next 15 wrong-side rows, then binding off 1 stitch at the beginning of every other wrong-side row 4 times. The armhole shaping at the right edge mirrors the back armhole construction. The fronts continue until they reach 75 (77, 79) centimeters in length, with 19 (23, 27) shoulder stitches remaining to be bound off.

Sleeves: Each sleeve begins with 43 (47, 51) cast-on stitches and is worked in moss stitch with strategic increases for shaping. The first increase occurs at the 5th row from cast-on at each end, then increases continue every 6th row 12 (6, 2) times depending on size, followed by increases every 4th row 3 (12, 18) times. These increases bring the sleeve to 75 (85, 93) stitches total. All increased stitches are worked into the moss stitch pattern to maintain consistency. The sleeves are worked even until they measure 48 centimeters from cast-on before binding off all stitches.

Finishing Process

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