Lana Grossa 11 Top Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa 11 Top in Tropico

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa 11 Top in Tropico is a knitted pullover sweater available in three sizes: 36/38, 40/42, and 44/46. This design features a classic crew neckline and is constructed as a fitted garment with shaped armholes and tailored shoulders. The top is designed to be worn as a lightweight layer, making it suitable for warm weather styling.

Construction Techniques

This sweater is constructed using bottom-up seamed construction, meaning the pieces are knitted from the lower edge upward and then assembled together. The garment is worked flat on straight needles for the body and front panels, with a worked-in-the-round technique applied only to the neckband finishing. This hybrid approach combines the ease of flat knitting for shaping the main body pieces with the seamless finish of circular knitting for the neck ribbing.

The pattern employs full-fashion decreases for a refined, professional appearance at the armhole edges. These decreases are worked several stitches in from the edge rather than at the selvage, creating a decorative line that is visible on the finished garment. The decreases are performed on right-side rows only, with the pattern specifying a double decrease (s2kp and k3tog) technique to maintain consistent shaping every other right-side row across four repetitions.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette Stitch (St st): The primary stitch throughout the body, created by knitting on right-side rows and purling on wrong-side rows, producing the classic smooth, V-textured fabric
• Ribbed Pattern (K1, P1): Used for the neckband and cuff finishing, alternating knit and purl stitches to create an elastic, textured border that hugs the neckline
• Selvage Stitches: Applied on every row by slipping the first stitch knitwise and knitting the last stitch, creating neat, finished edges that are easier to seam
• Full-Fashion Double Decreases: Specialized decrease techniques (s2kp and k3tog) positioned four stitches in from the edges to create visible, decorative shaping lines at the armholes

Materials and Gauge

The Lana Grossa 11 Top in Tropico is knitted with Lana Grossa Tropico yarn, a blend of 70% cotton and 30% Merino wool. This fiber composition creates a breathable, moisture-wicking fabric ideal for warm-weather wear, with the cotton providing structure and the Merino wool adding softness and elasticity. Yardage requirements are 250 grams (approximately 312 meters) for size 36/38, 300 grams (375 meters) for size 40/42, and 350 grams (437 meters) for size 44/46, with each 50-gram ball containing 125 meters.

The pattern is worked on size 4 and 5 mm needles for the body, with a size 4 mm circular needle measuring 40 centimeters used for the neckband. The recommended gauge is 18 stitches and 28 rows per 10 centimeters in stockinette stitch on size 5 mm needles. Achieving proper gauge is essential for obtaining the correct finished measurements and fit.

Garment Shaping and Details

The back and front panels are worked identically until the armhole shaping begins at approximately 28 to 30 centimeters from the cast-on edge. Armholes are shaped by working full-fashion double decreases at each end of the needle on alternating right-side rows, reducing 2 stitches per decrease row for a total of four decrease rows. This creates a tapered armhole opening.

The back shoulders are shaped by binding off stitches in stages: 6 (6, 8) stitches once, then 5 (7, 8) stitches twice. The back neck is bound off as a single unit of 20 stitches at the center. The front features a more gradual neck shaping, with the center 10 stitches bound off first, followed by successive decreases at each neck edge (3 stitches once, 2 stitches twice, and 1 stitch multiple times) to create a smooth, curved neckline. The neckband is picked up and worked in the round using 1x1 ribbing for