Noro Center-Cable Pullover Jumper Knitting Pattern

Noro Center-Cable Pullover

What Is Being Made

The Noro Center-Cable Pullover is an intermediate-level knitted sweater designed as a pullover-style jumper. This garment features a prominent center cable motif running down the front, creating visual interest and texture. The pullover is available in four sizes: Small (bust 40in/101.5cm), Medium (bust 44in/111.5cm), Large (bust 47in/119cm), and X-Large (bust 50in/127cm). The finished length ranges from 23 to 24½ inches depending on size, with upper arm circumferences between 14¼ and 16½ inches, making it a fitted, wearable garment suitable for layering or standalone wear.

Techniques Used

This pullover employs several key knitting techniques that contribute to its intermediate difficulty level. The sweater is worked flat, meaning pieces are knitted in flat panels rather than in the round, allowing for easier cable work and shaping. The construction follows a bottom-up approach, where the body and sleeves are knitted starting from the lower edges and progressing upward. Seaming is used to join the finished pieces together, requiring careful attention to selvage stitches for clean, professional-looking seams. The design incorporates cables as a primary decorative element, which require the use of a cable needle to create twisted stitch patterns. Striping is worked throughout the garment, adding color variation and visual complexity. Shaping techniques include increases such as knitting into the front and back of stitches, make-one increases (both knitwise and purlwise), and decreases using slip-slip-knit methods to maintain stitch count and create fitted shaping at the armholes and neckline.

Stitches Used

The Noro Center-Cable Pullover utilizes a range of fundamental and intermediate knitting stitches. Knit and purl stitches form the foundation of the fabric, creating stockinette stitch in most areas. Cable stitches are central to the design, formed by crossing groups of stitches over one another using a cable needle to create the distinctive twisted patterns. Selvage stitches are worked at the edges of pieces to facilitate easier seaming and create finished-looking edges. Slip stitches are used for decreasing and shaping, executed by slipping stitches knitwise or purlwise as specified in the pattern. Make-one increases (both knitwise and purlwise) are employed for gradual shaping, lifting the strand between stitches and working into it to add new stitches without creating visible holes. The pattern also includes slip-slip-knit decreases, where two stitches are slipped individually and then knitted together to decrease by one stitch while maintaining a neat appearance.

Materials and Tools

The Noro Center-Cable Pullover is knitted using Noro Kureyon Air yarn in colorway #416, a premium yarn choice that creates beautiful striped effects throughout the garment. The yardage requirement varies by size: Small requires 7 hanks, Medium requires 8 hanks, Large requires 9 hanks, and X-Large requires 10 hanks, with each hank weighing 100 grams. Two pairs of needles are specified to accommodate different stitch gauges: size US 13/9mm needles for the main body and size US 15/10mm needles for ribbing or other sections requiring different gauge. Additional essential tools include a cable needle for executing the cable stitches, stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats and shaping points, and a small amount of waste yarn for seaming the pieces together with a tapestry needle. These materials and tools work together to create a finished pullover with professional construction and beautiful color variation characteristic of Noro yarns.