Lana Grossa 12 Jacket Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa 12 Jacket in Ecopuno

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa 12 Jacket is a knitted cardigan designed from Filati Handstrick 71. This garment is constructed as a fitted jacket with set-in sleeves, available in sizes 36 through 48. The design features refined shaping and elegant eyelet detailing, making it suitable for both casual and polished styling.

Knitting Techniques

This cardigan employs several key construction techniques to achieve its tailored fit and refined appearance:

• Bottom-up construction: The jacket is knitted from the lower edge upward, allowing for straightforward sizing adjustments and traditional garment assembly.
• Worked flat: All pieces are knitted flat on straight needles rather than in the round, making this an accessible project for knitters who prefer traditional needle work.
• Seamed assembly: Individual pieces—front panels, back, and sleeves—are knitted separately and then seamed together, creating clean, professional finishing.
• Lace detailing: An eyelet row worked from Chart A introduces delicate lace patterning, adding visual interest and a sophisticated touch to the design.
• Full-fashion shaping: Sleeve increases are worked using full-fashion techniques, creating decorative increase lines that enhance the garment's aesthetic.

Stitches Used

The Lana Grossa 12 Jacket utilizes fundamental knitting stitches combined with decorative elements:

• Stockinette stitch (St st): The primary stitch throughout the body and sleeves, worked as knit on right-side rows and purl on wrong-side rows, creating the smooth, classic fabric base.
• Ribbed knit: A 2x2 rib pattern (knit 2, purl 2) is worked at the cuffs and edges, providing elasticity and a finished appearance.
• Garter selvage: Slip-stitch selvages are maintained on every row by slipping the first stitch knitwise and knitting the last stitch, creating neat, professional edges ideal for seaming.
• Eyelet lace: Charted eyelet rows introduce openwork patterning, adding textural variety and visual sophistication to the stockinette base.

Materials and Specifications

The Lana Grossa 12 Jacket calls for Lana Grossa Ecopuno yarn, a blend of natural and sustainable fibers. The yarn composition is 72% cotton, 17% pure wool, and 11% alpaca, offering breathability, warmth, and a luxurious feel. The yarn is worked at 215 meters per 50-gram ball. The pattern shown is worked in Sapphire Blue (color 11).

Yardage requirements vary by size: 300 grams (approximately 1,290 meters) for size 36, 350 grams (approximately 1,505 meters) for size 40, and 400 grams (approximately 1,720 meters) for sizes 42/44 and 46/48.

The project requires multiple needle sizes to create proper gauge and shaping: size 3 mm and 4 mm straight needles for flat pieces, size 4 mm circular needles in both 60 cm and 100 cm lengths, a 120 cm size 3 mm circular needle, and a size 3 mm crochet hook for finishing details.

Construction Details

The jacket begins with cast-on at the lower edge, with increases worked evenly across a wrong-side row to establish the correct stitch count for the main fabric. The body is worked in stockinette stitch until the specified length is reached, at which point stitches are bound off to create armhole shaping. The eyelet row is incorporated early in the design, adding a delicate lace element that breaks up the solid stockinette fabric.

Sleeves are cast on separately and worked with ribbed cuffs before transitioning to stockinette. Full-fashion increases are worked at regular intervals to gradually enlarge the sleeve cap, creating a professional appearance. The sleeves are then bound off and attached to the armholes through seaming, completing the garment's structured silhouette.