Trendsetter Yarns M Nuance Jumper Crochet Pattern

Trendsetter Yarns M Nuance - Vertical Ribbed Swirl Pullover

What Is Being Made

This is a knitted pullover sweater featuring a distinctive vertical ribbed swirl pattern. The garment is designed with a straight body style and is available in five sizes ranging from Small to 1X, with finished bust measurements from 37 inches to 57 inches. The pullover showcases a creative color-play design where each skein of yarn contains a unique sequence of the same colors, allowing the knitter to intentionally direct how colors flow across the body for a personalized finished piece.

Techniques Used

This pullover is constructed using bottom-up construction, meaning the garment is worked from the cast-on edge upward. The pieces are worked flat on straight needles rather than in the round, and the finished components are seamed together. The pattern incorporates cable techniques, including cable stitches worked with a cable needle that are held both in back and in front to create the swirling vertical rib effect. The designer, Barry Klein, intentionally notes that it is impossible to match pieces due to the unique color sequences in each skein, encouraging knitters to work from either the inside or outside of the yarn and play with color placement for desired aesthetic results.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette Stitch (Stock St.): The foundational stitch used throughout, created by knitting all stitches on right-side rows and purling all stitches on wrong-side rows, producing a smooth fabric with a V-pattern texture on the front.
• Reverse Stockinette Stitch (Rev. Stock St.): The inverse of stockinette, created by purling right-side rows and knitting wrong-side rows, producing a bumpy texture on the front.
• Swirl Rib Stitch: A complex patterned stitch combining stockinette and reverse stockinette in 5-stitch repeats, with cable crossings worked every 10 rows using a cable needle. The swirl rib creates vertical lines with a twisting motion achieved through the cable maneuvers.
• Total Rib Stitch: Used in the upper portion of the garment, this stitch alternates 5 stitches of stockinette with 5 stitches of reverse stockinette to create a ribbed vertical texture.

Materials and Tools

The pullover is worked with Trendsetter Nuance yarn in color #100, requiring 4 to 8 skeins depending on size (each skein weighs 100 grams). U.S. Size #6 knitting needles are used throughout the pattern. The recommended gauge is 22 stitches over 4 inches when working stockinette stitch with the #6 needle and Nuance yarn, ensuring proper fit and drape of the finished garment.