Lana Grossa Jacket Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Bingo Jacket

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa Jacket in Bingo is a cardigan-style jacket featured as Design 24 from the Merino Edition collection. This garment is constructed as a single-piece jacket worked from the bottom up, with a classic button-front closure and fitted silhouette achieved through strategic decreasing. The pattern is available in multiple sizes ranging from 36/38 through 50, accommodating a wide range of fit preferences.

Construction Techniques

This jacket employs a bottom-up seamed construction method, meaning the body is knitted beginning at the lower edge and progressing upward toward the shoulders. The garment is worked flat on circular needles rather than in the round, allowing the knitter to work back and forth in rows. The jacket is initially worked in one piece to the underarm, streamlining the construction process before shaping occurs. Decreases are strategically placed using markers to create a fitted waist and shoulder shaping, with decreasing rows repeated at varying intervals (every 8th row, then every 6th row, then every 4th row) to achieve the desired contoured fit.

Stitches Used

The Lana Grossa Bingo Jacket utilizes two fundamental knitting stitches:

• Garter Stitch: Created by knitting every row, garter stitch appears at the lower edge of the jacket and provides a textured, reversible fabric with excellent elasticity and stability.
• Stockinette Stitch: Formed by knitting on right-side rows and purling on wrong-side rows, stockinette stitch comprises the main body of the jacket and creates a smooth, classic appearance with visible V-shaped columns of stitches.

The pattern includes buttonholes worked into the fabric at specified intervals, spaced approximately 22 to 24 rows apart depending on the size being knitted.

Materials and Gauge

The Lana Grossa Bingo Jacket requires 600 to 850 grams of yarn depending on size selection. The recommended yarn is Lana Grossa Bingo in Bordeaux (color 184), a 100% pure wool yarn with a yardage of 80 meters per 50-gram ball. Knitting is executed on size 5 mm circular needles measuring 60 to 80 centimeters in length, with three 25 mm buttons required for the front closure. The pattern specifies two gauges: 16 stitches and 28 rows equal 10 by 10 centimeters in garter stitch, while 16 stitches and 23 rows equal 10 by 10 centimeters in stockinette stitch when worked on size 5 mm needles. Achieving the correct gauge is essential for proper fit across all size options.