Lana Grossa 15 Jacket Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa 15 Jacket in Alta Moda Cotolana

What Is Being Made

This is a knitted jacket designed in the Classici collection by Lana Grossa. The garment is available in three sizes: 36/38, 40/42, and 44. The jacket features a structured, tailored construction with cable and texture pattern details throughout the body.

Construction Method

The jacket is worked bottom-up using a seamed construction and is worked flat on straight needles. The design begins with two front panels that are knitted separately, then joined at the shoulders. The back panel is subsequently worked downward to the lower edge. This method allows for precise shaping and fitting at key garment points.

Knitting Techniques and Stitches

The pattern incorporates several foundational and decorative knitting techniques:

• Ribbed Knit: The garment begins with a rib pattern (p2, k2) worked over 5 cm from the cast-on edge, creating an elastic, fitted cuff at the lower edge
• Stockinette Stitch: Abbreviated as St st, this fundamental stitch (knit on right-side rows, purl on wrong-side rows) forms the primary fabric base
• Reverse Stockinette Stitch: Abbreviated as rev St st, this creates textured contrast panels (purl on right-side rows, knit on wrong-side rows)
• Garter Stitch: Knit on every row, used for selvage edges to create clean, finished side seams
• Twisted Garter Selvage: A specialized edge treatment that provides neat, professional-looking selvage stitches for seaming
• Cable Patterns: The jacket features cable charts 1, 2, and 3, which create raised, twisted rope-like textures. Charts 1 and 2 repeat over rows 1–6, while chart 3 is integrated into the overall stitch pattern. These cables add visual interest and dimensional texture to the garment

Gauge and Sizing

The pattern is worked at a gauge of 23 stitches and 28 rows equal 10 x 10 cm on size 5 mm needles. Chart 3 measures approximately 7 cm in width. Precise gauge is essential for achieving the correct finished dimensions across all three sizes.

Materials and Tools

The jacket requires 750 (800, 850) grams of Lana Grossa Alta Moda Cotolana yarn in Ice Blue (color 11). This yarn blend consists of 45% Merino wool, 45% Pima cotton, and 10% polyamide, with a yardage of 150 meters per 50-gram ball. The fiber content provides a balance of warmth, breathability, and durability suitable for a structured jacket.

Required needles and tools include:

• Size 4.5 mm circular needles (120 cm length)
• Size 5 mm circular needles (120 cm length)
• Size 4 mm crochet hook
• Cable needle for managing cable stitches

Pattern Details

The left front begins with 116 (120, 124) cast-on stitches on size 4.5 mm needles. After working the ribbed cuff, stitches are increased evenly across the last wrong-side row, resulting in 124 (129, 134) stitches. The pattern then transitions to size 5 mm needles for the main body. The stitch pattern combines reverse stockinette panels, stockinette sections, and integrated cable charts to create a sophisticated, textured design. Decreases are worked using standard knitting techniques such as slip-stitch decreases and knit/purl decreases while maintaining pattern continuity.