Lana Grossa Raglan Pullover Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Raglan Pullover in Dodici

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa Raglan Pullover in Dodici is a classic pullover sweater featuring a raglan sleeve construction. This design comes in four size options: 36/38, 40/42, 44/46, and 48/50, making it suitable for a range of body measurements. The pullover showcases a structured silhouette with set-in raglan sleeves and a crew neckline, designed to be a versatile wardrobe staple.

Techniques Used

This pullover employs several key knitting techniques that define its construction and finished appearance:

• Bottom-Up Construction: The garment is worked from the hem upward, allowing knitters to try on the piece as it progresses and adjust the final length if needed.
• Worked Flat: Most pieces are knitted flat on straight needles, creating individual front, back, and sleeve panels that are later seamed together.
• Worked in the Round: Certain sections, particularly the herringbone patterned detail, are worked circularly using circular needles for seamless integration.
• Seamed Construction: The pullover uses traditional seaming techniques to join the raglan sleeves, side seams, and sleeve seams, creating clean, professional finishing.
• Raglan Shaping: The sleeves feature raglan-style armhole shaping with strategic decreases that create diagonal seam lines from the underarm to the neckline, a hallmark of this classic sleeve style.
• Full-Fashion Shaping: Both sleeve increases and decreases are worked using full-fashion techniques, where increases and decreases are positioned one or two stitches in from the edges, creating decorative detail lines along the sleeve seams.

Stitches Used

The Lana Grossa Raglan Pullover utilizes a focused selection of fundamental stitches:

• Ribbed Pattern (K1, P1): Used for the cuff ribbing at the sleeve hems and the neckband finishing. This elastic ribbing stretches and recovers, ensuring a snug fit at openings and preventing rolling.
• Stockinette Stitch (St st): The primary stitch throughout the body and sleeves, created by knitting all stitches on right-side rows and purling all stitches on wrong-side rows. This creates the smooth, classic fabric surface characteristic of most pullover sweaters.
• Herringbone Pattern: A decorative textured pattern worked over three rows that adds visual interest and dimension. The herringbone pattern is created using knit-two-together and purl-two-together decreases worked in a specific sequence, with stitches dropped off the left needle to create the characteristic diagonal weaving effect. This pattern appears as a detail element, likely at the transition between the ribbed cuff and the main stockinette body.

Materials

The Lana Grossa Raglan Pullover in Dodici is constructed using premium materials selected for comfort and durability:

• Yarn: Lana Grossa Dodici yarn in the colorway Blue (col 12). This yarn is a carefully balanced blend of 65% cotton, 25% viscose, and 10% linen, offering breathability and a refined drape. The yarn provides 110 meters per 50-gram ball, making it a worsted-weight yarn suitable for structured garments. Yardage requirements range from 500 grams (approximately 1,100 meters) for size 36/38 up to 650 grams (approximately 1,430 meters) for size 48/50.
• Needles: The pattern calls for three needle sizes to achieve proper gauge and stitch definition. Size 3.5 mm needles are used for the ribbed cuffs and neckband. Size 5 mm needles are used for the main stockinette stitch body and sleeves. Size 6 mm needles are employed for the herringbone patterned detail rows. Both straight needles and short circular needles in these sizes are required to accommodate the different construction methods used throughout the garment.

Construction Details

The pullover begins with the back panel, worked flat on size 5 mm needles in stockinette stitch. The front panel is worked identically to the back until the neckline shaping begins. Sleeve caps feature a distinctive raglan decrease sequence, with full-fashion decreases worked at each end of right-side rows over a span of