Lana Grossa Jacket Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Jacket in Puno Due

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa Jacket in Puno Due is a knitted cardigan jacket designed as Design 16 from the Lana Grossa lookbook. This intermediate-level project is constructed as a structured jacket with front button closures, featuring a tailored fit available in three sizes: 36/38, 40/42, and 44. The garment combines a ribbed front band with decorative lace patterning across the body, creating a sophisticated layering piece suitable for various occasions.

Techniques Used

This knitting project employs several intermediate techniques to achieve its finished design. The construction begins with a ribbed front band worked in a classic knit-purl pattern, providing structure and elasticity at the front opening. The main body transitions from ribbed edging into stockinette stitch, which forms the foundation of the garment. A diagonal lace pattern is incorporated as a decorative element, created through yarn-over decreases that produce an elegant openwork design. The jacket features set-in armholes with shaping worked at specific measurements, and the neckline is shaped through strategic bind-offs on both sides to create a finished neck opening. Shoulder shaping is executed symmetrically on both front and back pieces, and the garment includes selvage stitches maintained throughout for clean finishing edges.

Stitches Used

• Rib Pattern: Alternating knit and purl stitches (k1, p1) used for the front bands and initial ribbed sections, providing elasticity and structure
• Stockinette Stitch (St st): Knit stitches on right-side rows and purl stitches on wrong-side rows, forming the primary fabric of the garment body
• Diagonal Lace Pattern: A decorative stitch pattern worked over a multiple of 2 stitches plus 1, plus 2 selvage stitches. The pattern is created using k2tog (knit two together) decreases worked without slipping stitches off the left needle, followed by knitting into the first stitch, then slipping both stitches to the right needle. This technique creates diagonal lines of decreases and yarn-overs that form the lace openwork
• Selvage Stitches: Edge stitches maintained throughout the piece for neat, finished edges
• Bind-off Stitches: Used strategically for armhole shaping and neckline construction

Materials and Tools

The Lana Grossa Jacket in Puno Due is knitted using Lana Grossa Puno Due yarn, a blend of 63% cotton and 37% baby alpaca with a yardage of 210 meters per 50-gram ball. The yarn is worked in the colorway Light Green/Yellow (color 18). Yardage requirements vary by size: 400 grams for size 36/38, 450 grams for size 40/42, and 500 grams for size 44. Two needle sizes are required: size 2.5 mm needles for the ribbed sections and initial cast-on, and size 4 mm needles for the main body and lace pattern work. The finished jacket is fastened with eight 15 mm mother-of-pearl buttons by UNION KNOPF (item 37604, color 12), which provide an elegant closure and visual detail to the front opening.

Pattern Structure and Measurements

The jacket is constructed in separate pieces: left front, right front, and back. The left front begins with 77 (83, 87) cast-on stitches depending on size, with a 7-stitch front band worked in ribbed pattern. The piece measures 2 cm from cast-on before transitioning to size 4 mm needles and the main pattern. The front is worked for 56 cm in the main pattern before the remainder is completed in stockinette stitch. Armhole placement is marked at 37 cm from cast-on. Neckline shaping begins at 56 (57, 58) cm from cast-on, with successive bind-offs of 10 (11, 10) stitches once, 4 stitches once, 3 stitches once, 2 stitches once, and 1 stitch three times. The right front mirrors the left front construction with reversed shaping for symmetry.