Lana Grossa M Pullover Jumper Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa M Pullover in Fusione

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa M Pullover in Fusione is a classic knitted sweater designed as Design 03 from Filati Classici 17. This is a crew-neck pullover available in three sizes (46/48, 50/52, and 54/56), constructed using traditional seamed knitwear techniques. The garment features a sophisticated cable knit detail as a focal design element, making it suitable for both casual and refined wardrobes.

Techniques Used

This pullover is constructed using bottom-up seamed construction, meaning the body and sleeves are knitted separately from the cast-on edge upward, then joined together with seams. The garment is worked flat on straight needles rather than in the round, allowing for precise shaping and stitch control.

The design incorporates raglan decreasing for sleeve cap shaping, using full-fashion decreases that create a neat, finished appearance along the armhole edges. This technique involves working decreases one or two stitches in from the edge, creating visible decrease lines that are both functional and decorative. The front features neck shaping with strategic bind-offs to create a comfortable crew neckline.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette Stitch (St st): The primary stitch throughout the garment, created by knitting on right-side rows and purling on wrong-side rows. This creates the smooth, classic fabric base of the pullover.
• Garter Stitch: Knitting every row to create a textured, reversible fabric used in specific areas of the design.
• 12-Stitch Cable: A decorative cable motif worked according to a provided chart, repeating over 8 rows. This cable adds visual interest and texture to the sweater, typical of traditional knitwear design.
• Full-Fashion Decreases: Specialized decrease techniques (skp, sk2p, k2tog, k3tog) positioned strategically to shape the armholes and neckline while creating decorative decrease lines.

Materials

The Lana Grossa M Pullover in Fusione is knitted using Lana Grossa Fusione yarn, a premium blend containing 30% cotton, 26% extrafine Merino wool, 25% baby alpaca, and 19% polyamide. This fiber composition creates a yarn with excellent breathability, softness, and durability. The yarn is supplied at 140 meters per 50 grams, requiring 550 grams (600g or 650g for larger sizes) to complete the project. The colorway used is Light Brown Mélange (col 3), a versatile neutral tone.

Needles required include size 5 mm and 5.5 mm straight needles for the main fabric, a size 5 mm circular needle measuring 40 cm long for neckline finishing, and a cable needle for working the cable stitch pattern. The transition between needle sizes creates subtle gauge changes that contribute to the garment's structure and fit.

Construction Details

Back and Body: Cast on 86 (88, 90) stitches and work upward in stockinette stitch. The 12-stitch cable is incorporated into the design, with raglan decreases beginning at the armhole. Full-fashion decreases are worked at each end of right-side rows: 4 times every 2 rows, then 4 times every 4th row, then 6 times every alternate row, reducing to 34 stitches. The piece measures 68.5 (69.5, 70.5) centimeters from cast-on to bind-off.

Sleeves: Cast on 42 stitches and work 5 rows in stockinette stitch on size 5 mm needles before switching to size 5.5 mm needles. Sleeve increases are worked at each end of rows in a graduated pattern: increases occur every 5th, 7th, or 7th row initially, then alternate between every 4th and 6th row for 17 increases (with size-specific variations), reaching 78 (84, 90) stitches. This creates a smooth, tapered sleeve cap suitable for raglan armhole shaping.

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