Stacy Charles Fine Yarns Adelia Pullover Knitting Pattern

Stacy Charles Fine Yarns Adelia Pullover

What is Being Made

The Adelia Pullover is a pullover-style sweater designed by Mary Beth Kelso, offered in six sizes ranging from Small to 3XL with finished bust measurements from 36 to 56 inches and lengths from 21¾ to 25¼ inches. This garment combines classic pullover construction with decorative striping and mosaic colorwork details, making it suitable for experienced knitters seeking a moderately complex project.

Techniques Used

The Adelia Pullover employs several key construction and finishing techniques:

• Bottom-up construction: The sweater is knitted from the bottom edge upward, allowing for straightforward length adjustments and intuitive sizing during the knitting process.
• Worked flat: The body and sleeves are primarily worked flat on straight needles, creating seamed pieces that are later joined together.
• Seamed construction: Individual pieces are sewn together using a yarn needle, with a three-needle bind-off technique used to join specific seams while binding off simultaneously.
• Stripes: The pattern incorporates color striping using a main color (MC) and two contrasting colors (CC1 and CC2), creating visual interest throughout the design.
• Worked in the round: The collar is worked in the round using a circular needle, creating a seamless neckline finish.
• Short rows with wrap and turn: The pattern uses the wrap and turn (W&T) technique for shaping, where stitches are wrapped and later worked together with their wraps to create smooth transitions in shaping.

Stitches Used

Stockinette Stitch forms the primary fabric base, created by knitting all stitches on right-side rows and purling all stitches on wrong-side rows. This classic stitch produces a smooth, flat fabric with a distinctive V-pattern texture on the finished garment.

Mosaic Pattern is worked back and forth over a multiple of 8 stitches plus 2 edge stitches. This colorwork technique uses slip stitches worked with yarn in back (wyib) on knit rows and yarn in front (wyif) on purl rows, combined with knit and purl stitches in alternating colors. The mosaic pattern creates geometric designs without requiring the knitter to manage multiple colors in a single row, making it more manageable than traditional stranded colorwork. The pattern alternates between the main color and contrasting colors across eight rows to build its design.

Materials

The Adelia Pullover is knitted with Stacy Charles Fine Yarns OLIVIA, a 100% merino wool yarn. The yardage requirements vary by size: Small requires 8 skeins of the main color natural (#0100), while larger sizes require up to 13 skeins. One to two skeins of black (#7003) serve as the first contrasting color, and one skein of red (#7067) provides the second contrasting color accent.

Each skein of OLIVIA contains 1.75 ounces (50 grams) and yields 109 yards (100 meters), providing approximately 872 yards for a Small size up to 1,417 yards for a 3XL size in the main color.

The pattern calls for US 7 (4.5mm) needles to achieve the correct gauge, with a 16-inch (40cm) circular needle of the same size used specifically for the collar. Additional notions include stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats, stitch holders for temporarily securing stitches, and a yarn needle for seaming pieces together and weaving in ends.

Gauge

Achieving proper gauge is essential for this pattern. The stockinette stitch gauge is 20 stitches and 28 rows over 4 inches (10cm), while the mosaic pattern gauge is slightly tighter at 23 stitches over 4 inches (10cm). Knitters should take time to check both gauges before beginning the project to ensure the finished garment matches the intended measurements.