Lana Grossa Shirt Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Shirt in Puno Luce

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa Shirt in Puno Luce is a knitted pullover sweater designed in three sizes: 36/38, 40/42, and 44/46. This garment features a sophisticated construction combining a fitted body with decorative shoulder yokes, creating a refined silhouette suitable for layering or wearing as a standalone piece.

Techniques Used

This design employs multiple advanced knitting techniques to achieve its polished appearance. The garment is worked flat on straight needles for the main body pieces, allowing for precise shaping and pattern control. The construction follows a bottom-up approach, beginning at the cast-on edge and working upward toward the shoulders. Seaming is used to join the various components together, including the side edges and the decorative shoulder yokes, which are sewn to the back and front shoulders with careful pattern matching. The design incorporates lace patterning through a charted lace motif that repeats throughout the body. Stripes are created through the alternation of pattern rows, with the main pattern consisting of four rows of charted lace followed by sixteen rows of stockinette stitch, creating a 20-row repeat. The neckband is worked in the round using a circular needle, providing a seamless finish at the neck opening.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette Stitch (St st): Knit on right-side rows and purl on wrong-side rows, forming the smooth, classic fabric that comprises the majority of the garment between lace pattern sections
• Ribbed Pattern (Rib patt): Alternating knit and purl stitches in a K1, P2 sequence, used for the shoulder yokes and neckband to create elasticity and a neat, finished edge
• Charted Lace Pattern: A two-stitch repeat lace motif worked across the body, creating decorative texture and visual interest. The chart is read with right-side row numbers indicated on the right edge and wrong-side row numbers on the left edge
• Selvage Stitches: Knitted on every row at the first and last stitch positions to create neat, finished side edges that are easier to seam
• Full-Fashion Decreases: Decreases worked at neck edges in a structured manner to create a professional, shaped neckline

Materials

The Lana Grossa Shirt in Puno Luce is designed to be worked in Lana Grossa Puno Luce yarn, a premium blend fiber containing 30% baby alpaca, 30% Merino wool, 20% polyamide, and 20% cotton. This sophisticated fiber composition provides softness, warmth, and durability. The yarn is supplied at 250 meters per 50-gram ball. Yardage requirements vary by size: 200 grams (approximately 1000 meters) for size 36/38, and 250 grams (approximately 1250 meters) for sizes 40/42 and 44/46. The pattern calls for size 2.5 mm and 4.5 mm straight needles for the main body pieces, and a size 2.5 mm circular needle measuring 40 centimeters in length for the neckband. The garment shown is worked in White (color 1).

Construction Details

The back and front pieces are worked separately from the cast-on edge upward, with increases worked into pattern to shape the sides. Armholes are marked and measured at 16.5 to 18.5 centimeters depending on size. Shoulder shaping is accomplished through strategic bind-offs at each shoulder edge, with varying numbers of stitches bound off in multiple steps to create a graduated shoulder line. The front features neck shaping with a center bind-off and full-fashion decreases at the neck edges worked on right-side rows. Two matching shoulder yokes are knitted separately in ribbed pattern and then sewn to the shaped shoulder edges of the back and front pieces, with careful alignment indicated by pattern markers on the schematic. The neckband is worked in the round to complete the garment. All pieces are pinned to measurements and blocked before assembly to ensure proper fit and finished appearance.