Lana Grossa 38 Pullover Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa 38 Pullover in Lala Berlin Lovely Cashmere

What is Being Made

This is a classic pullover sweater designed in sizes 36 to 48. The garment features a structured silhouette with shaped shoulders, a fitted neckline, and tailored sleeves. The design originates from Filati Journal 58 and showcases the luxurious qualities of premium cashmere-blend yarn in a versatile Jeans colorway.

Knitting Techniques

The Lana Grossa 38 Pullover is constructed using a bottom-up, seamed, and worked-flat method. This traditional approach allows knitters to build the garment from the lower edges upward, working individual pieces—back, front, and sleeves—on flat needles before seaming them together. This technique provides excellent control over fit and shaping, particularly for the precise neck and shoulder decreases required in this design.

The pattern incorporates slip garter selvage throughout, a technique where the first stitch of every row is slipped knitwise and the last stitch is knitted. This creates neat, finished edges that are easier to seam and provide a professional appearance to the final garment.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

• Twisted rib: A textured ribbing pattern created by alternating knit through the back loop (k1tbl) with purl stitches. This elastic, refined rib is used at the cuffs and waistband, providing gentle shaping and recovery.
• Texture pattern: Worked according to a provided chart, this stitch pattern creates visual interest across the body and sleeves. The chart notation indicates right-side (RS) rows on the right edge and wrong-side (WS) rows on the left edge, guiding knitters through the pattern repeat.
• Stockinette stitch: The foundational stitch used in sections where the texture pattern is not being worked, creating a smooth, classic knit fabric.

Shaping is achieved through strategic increases and decreases. Sleeves begin with twisted rib at the cuff and transition to the texture pattern on larger needles, with increases worked at each end of the sleeve on specific rows to create the proper sleeve cap and length. The neck features bind-off decreases worked gradually over multiple rows to create a smooth, fitted neckline.

Materials and Tools

This pullover requires 375 to 400 grams of Lana Grossa Lala Berlin Lovely Cashmere yarn, depending on size. This premium yarn blend consists of 60% cashmere, 25% polyamide, and 15% pure wool, offering exceptional softness, durability, and warmth. The yarn is worked at a gauge of 60 meters per 25 grams.

Knitting needles required include size 9 and 10 mm straight needles for the main body and sleeves, with the smaller size used for ribbed cuffs and waistbands and the larger size for the texture pattern sections. A size 9 mm circular needle measuring 60 centimeters long is used for working the neckline. Additionally, a size 6 mm crochet hook is included in the materials list, likely for finishing details such as edging or securing bound-off edges.

Construction Details

The back and front pieces are worked identically until the front neck shaping begins at approximately 20 centimeters from the armhole markers. The neck is shaped by binding off the center 7 stitches, then decreasing 3 stitches at each neck edge once, 2 stitches twice, and 1 stitch once to create a smooth, graduated neckline. Sleeves are cast on with 31 stitches and increased to 55 or 59 stitches depending on size, with increases distributed strategically to maintain pattern integrity. All pieces are bound off after reaching their specified lengths, and seaming completes the garment construction.