Lana Grossa 53 Top Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa 53 Top in Linarte

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa 53 Top in Linarte is a knitted pullover sweater designed for sizes 34–38. This garment features a sophisticated lace pattern integrated throughout the body, creating an elegant, semi-sheer fabric suitable for layering or warm-weather wear. The top is constructed with a fitted silhouette achieved through strategic shaping at the armholes and neckline.

Construction Method and Techniques

This top is worked flat on straight needles and assembled using seaming techniques, meaning the front and back pieces are knitted separately and then sewn together. The garment is constructed using the bottom-up method, beginning at the lower edge and working upward toward the shoulders and neckline.

Full-fashion decreasing is employed throughout the shaping process to create clean, professional-looking edges. This technique involves working decreases one stitch in from the selvage edge on both sides of the piece, resulting in a neat, tailored appearance. The decreases are strategically placed at the armholes and neck edges, with the pattern instructions specifying alternating k2tog and skp decreases to maintain balanced shaping.

A key design feature is the integration of lace patterning, which requires careful attention to stitch pairing. The pattern instructions emphasize that each yarn over (yo) must be paired with a corresponding decrease and vice versa, ensuring the lace motif remains balanced and structurally sound throughout the garment.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette stitch (St st): The primary stitch used for the base fabric, created by knitting on right-side rows and purling on wrong-side rows
• Knit 2 together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease used for full-fashion shaping
• Slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over (skp): A left-leaning decrease used alternately with k2tog for balanced shaping
• Yarn overs (yo): Used to create the lace pattern openings; each yo is paired with a decrease to maintain stitch count
• Purl stitches: Used on wrong-side rows and in finishing details
• Selvage stitches: Edge stitches worked on every row; the first stitch is knitted and the last stitch is slipped purlwise with yarn in front (wyif) to create a neat, finished edge for seaming

Lace Pattern Details

The lace pattern is worked according to a chart and spans 62 rows total. After completing rows 1–62 once, rows 57–62 are repeated to extend the lace motif. The pattern is worked across the width of the garment between marked arrows, with the lace sections separated by stockinette stitch sections. On wrong-side rows, all stitches are purled and yarn overs are worked as specified, maintaining the integrity of the lace design.

Materials and Tools

The Lana Grossa 53 Top in Linarte requires 300 grams of Lana Grossa Linarte yarn in Dark Grey (color 46). This yarn is a luxurious blend composed of 40% viscose, 30% cotton, 20% linen, and 10% polyamide, offering a sophisticated drape and breathable quality ideal for a lace top. The yarn provides 125 meters per 50 grams, making it a worsted to bulky-weight yarn suitable for creating a fabric with good structure and definition.

The project requires size 4 mm needles for the main knitting and a size 3.5 mm crochet hook for finishing details. The crochet hook is typically used for seaming or edge finishing in garment construction.

Shaping and Fit

Armhole shaping begins with full-fashion decreases worked every right-side row for 17 consecutive rows, with additional decreases staggered across the width of the piece every 10th row (twice) and then every 8th row (once), resulting in a total of 51 stitches remaining. The armhole depth measures 16 centimeters at completion.

Neckline shaping differs between the back and front pieces. The back neck binds off 29 center stitches, followed by binding off