Lana Grossa 47 Top Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa 47 Top in Linarte

What Is Being Made

The Lana Grossa 47 Top in Linarte is a knitted pullover sweater designed as a one-size garment. This top features a sophisticated combination of ribbed and lace patterning, creating a lightweight, elegant piece suitable for warm-weather wear. The design is worked in a bottom-up construction method, with the body pieces knitted flat and then seamed together for a finished, tailored appearance.

Techniques Used

This pattern employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its refined aesthetic:

• Bottom-up construction: The garment is worked from the cast-on edge upward, beginning with the back and front pieces before assembly
• Worked flat: All pieces are knitted on straight needles in rows rather than in the round, allowing for precise shaping and patterning control
• Lace patterning: An intricate lace motif creates openwork sections that provide visual interest and breathability, ideal for the fiber content
• Seamed construction: Shoulder and side seams are sewn together after blocking, creating clean, professional finishing
• Full-fashion shaping: Armhole decreases are worked using full-fashion double decreases positioned strategically at the beginning and end of rows for a polished edge detail
• Ribbed edging: A knit-purl rib pattern creates structured edges and a neckband worked in the round on a circular needle

Stitches Used

The pattern incorporates fundamental and intermediate knitting stitches:

• Stockinette stitch: The base fabric structure
• Ribbing: Knit and purl combinations (p1, k2tbl, p1) create elasticity and definition at edges
• Lace stitches: Yarn overs and decreases form the decorative lace pattern as outlined in Chart B
• Decreases: Slip, slip, knit (sk2p) and knit three together (k3tog) decreases, worked in full-fashion placement for shaping armholes and neckline
• Knit through back loop (k2tbl): Used in the ribbing pattern for a twisted effect

Materials and Gauge

The Lana Grossa 47 Top in Linarte is designed to be worked with Lana Grossa Linarte yarn, a blend of 40% viscose, 30% polyester cotton, 20% linen, and 10% polyamide. This fiber composition creates a lightweight, breathable fabric with excellent drape and a subtle sheen. The pattern requires 350 grams of yarn (approximately 437 meters total, as the yarn is 125 meters per 50 grams), worked in Yellow (color 307).

The recommended needle sizes are size 4 mm and size 5 mm straight needles for the flat pieces, with a size 4 mm circular needle measuring 50 centimeters in length for the neckband. The working gauge is 21.5 stitches and 28 rows over 10 centimeters in the lace pattern (Chart B) when worked on size 5 mm needles. Achieving proper gauge is essential for obtaining the intended finished measurements and drape of this garment.

Pattern Structure

The pattern begins with a ribbed cuff worked over 24 rows (approximately 7 centimeters) using Chart A, which is worked once and then repeated. The main body is then worked using Chart B, the lace pattern chart, over 104 rows (approximately 37 centimeters), with the pattern repeat worked seven times across the width. Armhole shaping follows, using full-fashion decreases to create a refined silhouette. The neckline is shaped with graduated decreases, and a ribbed neckband is picked up and worked in the round to finish the top edge. All pieces are blocked to measurements before seaming to ensure professional results.