Lana Grossa 09 Pullover Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa 09 Pullover in Ecopuno

What Is Being Made

This is a knitted pullover sweater featuring a distinctive bobble stitch design. The garment is available in two sizes: 36/38 and 40/44. The pullover showcases a decorative cast-on edge with integrated bobbles and incorporates colorwork charting throughout the body, making it a sophisticated layering piece suitable for various occasions.

Techniques Used

The construction employs several advanced knitting techniques that add visual interest and texture to the finished garment. The pullover features a knitted cast-on with bobbles, which creates a decorative and structured edge. This technique involves creating slip knots, increasing stitches through knit-front-and-back increases, and then binding multiple stitches together through the back loop to form dimensional bobbles.

Full-fashion decreasing is used for shaping the armholes, ensuring clean, symmetrical decreases that sit in from the edge for a professional appearance. The piece incorporates chart-based colorwork that spans 76 rows and measures 27 centimeters in length, allowing for intricate patterning across the body of the sweater.

Selvage stitches are worked on every row—slipping the first stitch knitwise and knitting the last stitch—to create neat, finished edges suitable for seaming or picking up stitches.

Stitches Used

• Knit stitch (k) and purl stitch (p) as foundational stitches
• Knit through the back loop (k tbl) and purl through the back loop (p tbl) for textured ribbing
• Knit-front-and-back (k1f&b) increases to create the bobble stitches
• Slip stitch (sl) for creating bobbles and selvage edges
• Knit together through back loop (k8tog tbl) to close bobbles
• Ribbed pattern worked over 5 rows at the cast-on edge, measuring 2 centimeters
• Bind-off stitches for armhole shaping, with 5 stitches bound off at the beginning of consecutive rows

Materials and Specifications

The pullover is knitted using Lana Grossa Ecopuno yarn, a blend of 72% cotton, 17% Merino wool, and 11% baby alpaca. This fiber composition creates a breathable, soft, and durable fabric suitable for year-round wear. The yarn provides 215 meters per 50-gram ball.

For the smaller size (36/38), 250 grams of yarn is required. The larger size (40/44) requires 300 grams. The main color is Ecru (color 46), with accent colors in Peach (color 7) and Light Yellow (color 52), each requiring 50 grams.

The project uses size 3.5 mm and 4 mm needles for different sections of the garment. A size 3.5 mm circular needle measuring 60 centimeters is also required, likely for working the ribbed cuff or neckline. The combination of needle sizes allows for proper gauge and stitch definition across different pattern sections.

Construction Details

The pullover begins with the decorative bobbled cast-on, which creates 20 to 22 bobbles depending on size, resulting in 123 to 135 cast-on stitches. After the initial ribbed section, the piece transitions to size 4 mm needles and follows a 76-row chart pattern. Armhole shaping is achieved through bind-offs and subsequent full-fashion decreases over 7 rows, reducing the stitch count to 99 to 111 stitches. The armhole depth measures 18 to 19 centimeters before shoulder shaping begins, ensuring proper fit and proportion.