Sirdar Harlequin Sweater Jumper Knitting Pattern

Sirdar Harlequin Sweater in Haworth Tweed

What Is Being Made

The Sirdar Harlequin Sweater is an intermediate-level knitted pullover sweater featuring a classic harlequin pattern created through intarsia colorwork. This design is available in six sizes ranging from 81/86 cm to 132/137 cm chest measurement (32/34 inches to 52/54 inches), making it suitable for a wide range of body types. The sweater offers a full length of approximately 21¾ to 25¾ inches depending on size, with consistent sleeve length of 18½ inches across all sizes.

Knitting Techniques Used

The primary technique featured in this design is intarsia colorwork, which allows knitters to incorporate multiple colors into the fabric while maintaining a smooth, flat surface. Intarsia is an advanced color-knitting method that involves using separate yarn lengths or bobbins for different colored sections, preventing long floats across the back of the work. This technique creates a professional, tailored appearance with distinct color blocks rather than the stranded effect of Fair Isle knitting.

The pattern instructions emphasize that Sirdar triple-checks all patterns to guarantee success when using the recommended Sirdar yarns, providing knitters with confidence in following the intarsia charts and color placement guidelines included in the full pattern documentation.

Stitches and Stitch Details

While the complete stitch-by-stitch breakdown is detailed on the back pages of the pattern, the sweater is constructed using fundamental knitting stitches combined with the intarsia colorwork technique. The pattern is worked in double knitting weight yarn, which creates a fabric with good drape and structure suitable for a fitted pullover silhouette. The harlequin pattern itself is worked from charts that guide color placement throughout the body and sleeves.

Materials: Yarn and Needles

This pattern calls for Sirdar Haworth Tweed in double knitting (DK) weight, a yarn specifically designed to knit into a soft, tweed-like fabric with characteristic neps that create a rustic texture. The yarn is available in multiple richly colored shades including:

• Shade 910 Harewood Chestnut (Yarn A)
• Shade 907 Ryedale Russet (Yarn B)
• Shade 909 Moorland Moss
• Shade 905 Heathered Bilberry
• Shade 904 Calder Sky

Yarn quantities vary by size, with Yarn A requiring 6 to 11 balls (50g each) and Yarn B requiring 3 to 5 balls depending on the finished size selected. The Haworth Tweed yarn is a 50-gram ball weight, making yardage calculations straightforward for substitutions if needed.

Knitters will need one pair of 4mm (UK size 8, USA size 6) knitting needles as the primary tool for this project. The pattern documentation indicates additional needle sizes are specified on the back pages, likely including a smaller needle size for ribbed edgings at the cuffs, hem, and neckline, which is standard practice in sweater construction.

About Sirdar and Haworth Tweed Yarn

Sirdar is an established British yarn company founded in West Yorkshire in 1880, bringing nearly 150 years of hand-knitting heritage to contemporary knitters. The Haworth Tweed yarn line captures the essence of the Yorkshire Dales with its richly nepped texture and rustic colorways, combining traditional aesthetics with modern yarn innovation. Each Sirdar pattern undergoes rigorous quality control to ensure successful results when paired with the recommended yarns.