Lana Grossa Jacket Cardigan Crochet Pattern

Lana Grossa Jacket in Gomitolo Puno

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa Jacket in Gomitolo Puno is a sophisticated cardigan-style jacket designed for sizes 36-38, 40-42, and 44-46. This garment features a classic button-front construction with long sleeves, ribbed cuffs, and coordinated ribbed edging at the hem and neckline. The jacket is worked primarily in knit with strategic crochet finishing details, creating a refined layering piece suitable for various occasions.

Techniques Used

This jacket is constructed using a bottom-up, seamed, and worked-flat methodology. The main body pieces—left front, right front, back, and sleeves—are knitted flat on straight needles before being assembled through seaming. The construction process includes:

• Casting on stitches and working flat pieces to specified measurements before binding off
• Blocking and pinning pieces to precise dimensions for professional finishing
• Seaming shoulder and side seams to create the garment structure
• Picking up stitches along edges using circular needles for ribbed edgings and cuffs
• Crochet single crochet application along the front and neckline edges for a refined border

Stitches Used

The Lana Grossa Jacket employs several fundamental knitting stitches to create its textured and elegant appearance:

• Rib Pattern (K2, P2): A fundamental stitch combination used for cuffs, hem ribbing, and neckline ribbing. This creates vertical columns of knit and purl that provide elasticity and a classic finished appearance.
• Main Pattern (Rows 1-8 repeat): A textured stitch pattern combining knit and purl rows with yarn overs. Rows 1 and 2 establish a stockinette base. Rows 3-4 introduce yarn overs that are dropped and elongated in subsequent rows, creating an openwork or lacy texture. Rows 5-6 return to stockinette. Rows 7-8 repeat the yarn-over technique with double yarn overs for additional texture and drape.
• Single Crochet (sc): Applied along the front opening and neckline edges using a crochet hook, providing a neat, finished border before the final ribbed neckband is added.
• Selvage Stitches: Edge stitches that frame the pattern repeats and ensure clean, finished side edges.

Materials

The Lana Grossa Jacket in Gomitolo Puno is crafted from premium blended yarn and requires specific needle and hook sizes:

• Yarn: Lana Grossa Gomitolo Puno in Light Grey/Grey-Blue (color 3). This yarn is composed of 70% cotton, 19% pure wool, and 11% alpaca, offering a breathable yet warm blend ideal for a versatile jacket. The yarn provides 570 meters per 150-gram ball, with yardage requirements of 300 grams for size 36-38, and 450 grams for sizes 40-42 and 44-46.
• Needles: Size 4.5 mm straight needles for casting on and working the main body pieces; size 4 mm circular needles (both 40 cm and 120 cm lengths) for picking up stitches and working ribbed edgings; size 3.5 mm circular needle for the final neckband ribbing.
• Hook: Size 3.5 mm crochet hook for working the single crochet edging along the front and neckline.

Design Details

This jacket design, appearing as Design 14 in Filati Gomitolo 03, incorporates thoughtful construction elements. The textured main pattern creates visual interest while the strategic placement of ribbed sections—at the cuffs, hem, and neckline—provides structure and prevents stretching. The combination of knit and crochet finishing techniques demonstrates mixed-craft construction, blending knitting and crochet for a polished, professional result. The garment is designed to be blocked to precise measurements, ensuring proper fit and drape across all three size ranges.