Lana Grossa Top Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Top in Setacotone Hand Dyed

What Is Being Made

This is a knitted pullover top designed in a classic sweater silhouette with fitted armholes and a crew neckline. The garment is constructed using Lana Grossa Setacotone hand-dyed yarn, a luxurious blend of silk and cotton that creates a refined, drape-friendly fabric. The top is available in three sizes: 36/38, 40/42, and 44, accommodating a range of fit preferences.

Techniques Used

This pattern employs several key knitting techniques to create its structure and visual interest:

• Bottom-up construction: The garment is knitted from the cast-on edge upward, allowing for easy fitting adjustments during the knitting process
• Worked flat: The back and front pieces are knitted flat on straight needles rather than in the round, then seamed together for a finished appearance
• Seamed construction: Individual pieces are joined using seaming techniques to create the complete garment
• Stripe patterning: The design incorporates charted stripe patterns that repeat across the width of the fabric, adding visual texture and interest
• Full-fashion shaping: Armhole increases are worked using full-fashion increases, a technique that creates decorative paired increases at the edges for a polished, tailored look
• Shaped armholes: The armholes are gradually shaped through strategic increases worked at regular intervals, creating a fitted sleeve cap

Stitches Used

The pattern features specialized stitch techniques that define the garment's character:

• Slip stitch rib: A textured ribbing pattern worked over a multiple of 4 plus 3 stitches, created by slipping stitches and working yarn overs to produce a distinctive braided appearance
• Horizontal braid: A decorative stitch technique worked on right-side rows using yarn overs and knit stitches combined with a "swap" maneuver (inserting the left needle through stitches in a specific manner), followed by knit-two-together decreases. This creates a horizontal braided texture that contrasts with the main pattern
• Stockinette stitch: The primary stitch used for the main pattern areas, providing a smooth, classic knit fabric
• Selvage stitches: Edge stitches maintained throughout to ensure neat, finished edges suitable for seaming

Materials and Tools

The pattern specifies premium materials designed to showcase the hand-dyed yarn's qualities:

• Yarn: Lana Grossa Setacotone hand-dyed in the colorway Soya (color 903), a 50% silk and 50% cotton blend offering 340 meters per 100 grams. Yardage requirements are 300 grams for sizes 36/38 and 40/42, and 400 grams for size 44
• Needles: Size 5 mm straight needles for the main body construction, and size 4.5 mm circular needle for ribbed edgings
• Additional tools: Size 3 mm crochet hook for finishing techniques such as binding off or edge treatments

Pattern Details and Construction Notes

The back piece is cast on with 93 (101, 109) stitches depending on size, with selvage stitches framing the edges. The charted pattern is worked across the width, with the pattern repeat adjusted for each size. After 10 centimeters of knitting, a single stitch is increased at the center to create a subtle shaping detail. The main pattern continues until the piece reaches 26 centimeters from the cast-on edge.

Armhole shaping begins with full-fashion increases worked at each end of right-side rows. The frequency of these increases varies by size, creating a tailored fit. The increases are incorporated into the established main pattern, maintaining visual continuity. The back piece is worked until it reaches 58 to 60 centimeters in length (depending on size), at which point the shoulders are bound off and stitches are placed on holders for the neckline.

The front piece follows the same construction as the back until approximately 52 to 54 centimeters from the cast-on, when neck shaping begins. This staggered shaping ensures proper proportions for the crew neck