Lana Grossa Pullover Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Pullover in Bingo Mélange

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa Pullover in Bingo Mélange is a knitted sweater design available in four size ranges: 36/38, 40/42, 44/46, and 48/50. This pullover features a classic crew neckline with ribbed collar and combines stockinette stitch with decorative lace patterning for visual interest and texture variation throughout the garment.

Techniques Used

This pullover is constructed using a combination of fundamental and intermediate knitting techniques:

• Bottom-up construction: The sweater is knitted from the lower edge upward, allowing for easy fitting adjustments and modifications during the knitting process.
• Worked flat and in the round: The body and sleeves are primarily worked flat on straight needles in stockinette stitch, while the collar is worked in the round using circular needles for a seamless ribbed finish.
• Seamed construction: After individual pieces are completed, the shoulder and overarm seams are sewn together, creating a structured garment with defined seam lines.
• Lace patterning: A decorative lace pattern is incorporated into the design, worked over 42 stitches according to a provided chart and repeated over 12 rows. This technique involves yarn overs and decreases to create openwork details.
• Blocking: The finished pieces are pinned to measurements and blocked to achieve proper dimensions and even fabric texture.

Stitches Used

The pullover employs several essential knitting stitches:

• Stockinette stitch (St st): The primary stitch throughout most of the garment, created by knitting on right-side rows and purling on wrong-side rows. This produces the smooth, classic fabric appearance that forms the base of the sweater.
• Reverse stockinette stitch (Rev St st): Used selectively, this stitch is created by purling on right-side rows and knitting on wrong-side rows, providing textural contrast.
• Ribbed pattern (K2, P2): A 2x2 rib pattern is used for the cuffs and neckline, creating elastic edges that provide stretch and a finished appearance. This rib helps the garment maintain its shape around the wrists and neck.
• Lace pattern with yarn overs: The decorative lace section incorporates yarn overs and strategic decreases to create openwork motifs, adding visual complexity and allowing light to pass through the fabric.
• Selvage stitch: Edge stitches are maintained throughout to create neat, finished edges that facilitate seaming.

Materials and Tools

The Lana Grossa Pullover in Bingo Mélange requires the following materials:

• Yarn: 650 to 800 grams of Lana Grossa Bingo Mélange yarn, depending on size. This yarn is composed of 100% pure wool and provides 80 meters per 50-gram ball. The specified colorway is Mint Mélange (color 237), offering a soft, muted green tone with subtle color variation characteristic of mélange yarns.
• Needles: Size 5 mm and 6 mm straight needles for working the body and sleeves flat. Size 5 mm and 6 mm circular needles, each 40–50 centimeters in length, for working the ribbed collar in the round.
• Gauge: The pattern is worked to a gauge of 16 stitches and 22 rows per 10 centimeters in stockinette stitch and lace pattern on the larger (6 mm) needles. Achieving proper gauge is essential for obtaining the correct finished measurements.

Construction Details

The sweater begins with casting on stitches and working a ribbed cuff before transitioning to the main stockinette and lace pattern sections. The body is worked straight until reaching the armhole depth, at which point sleeve shaping begins with increases worked at regular intervals. The front and back pieces are shaped independently, with the front featuring a deeper neckline that requires binding off the center stitches and working each shoulder separately with graduated decreases to create a smooth neck opening. All pieces are then blocked to measurements before seaming, and a ribbed collar is worked in the round using circular needles to finish the neckline.