"Georgina Jumper" - Jumper Knitting Pattern For Women in Willow & Lark Woodland

Georgina Jumper Knitting Pattern – Multicolour Fair Isle Jumper from Willow & Lark's Wilderness Collection

The Georgina Jumper is a stunning multicolour Fair Isle jumper for women, designed by Willow & Lark as part of their Wilderness Collection. Worked in the brand's signature Woodland yarn, this intermediate-level knitting pattern produces a beautifully textured, colourwork-rich sweater that celebrates the natural, earthy aesthetic the collection is known for. With a fairisle top section and a standard set-in sleeve construction, the Georgina Jumper is a rewarding project for knitters ready to take their colourwork skills to the next level.

What Is Being Made

The finished garment is a women's pullover jumper featuring a richly patterned Fair Isle yoke and upper body section, worked in up to seven colours. The design combines a classic silhouette with intricate stranded colourwork, making it both a wearable everyday piece and a showcase of skilled craftsmanship. The jumper is available in six sizes to fit bust measurements of 81, 86, 91, 97, 102, and 107 cm (32–42 inches), with actual finished measurements ranging from 87 cm to 111 cm across the bust. The finished length to shoulder ranges from 55 to 60 cm, and sleeve seam lengths range from 46 to 48 cm, making this a versatile pattern suitable for a range of body types.

Techniques Used

• Bottom-up construction: The jumper is worked from the cast-on edge upward toward the shoulders, a traditional approach that gives knitters excellent control over length adjustments as they go.
• Seamed construction: Pieces are worked flat and then sewn together, producing a structured, tailored finish with clean seam lines that add stability to the garment.
• Stranded colourwork (Fair Isle): The signature technique of this pattern, stranded knitting involves carrying multiple yarn colours across each row, weaving or floating unused strands behind the work. This creates the characteristic dense, warm fabric associated with traditional Fair Isle knitwear.
• Worked flat: Sections of the jumper are knitted back and forth on straight or circular needles rather than in the round, which is typical for seamed garments and allows for precise shaping.

Fair Isle and Stranded Colourwork – A Closer Look

Fair Isle is a traditional technique originating from the Fair Isle in Scotland, characterised by repeating geometric or nature-inspired motifs worked in multiple colours per row. In the Georgina Jumper, this technique is used to create an intricate pattern in the top section of the garment, using seven colours to produce a design that is visually rich and deeply textured. The use of Willow & Lark Woodland yarn's natural fleck and twist adds an additional layer of organic character to the colourwork, enhancing the rustic, wilderness-inspired aesthetic of the design. Stranded colourwork at this level of complexity — seven colours, intricate repeats — is what places this pattern firmly in the intermediate difficulty category, making it ideal for knitters who are comfortable with basic shaping and are eager to develop their colourwork technique.

Yarn and Materials

The pattern is designed specifically for Willow & Lark Woodland, a DK weight yarn with a fibre composition of 50% Wool, 25% Alpaca, and 25% Viscose, available in 50g / 1.7oz balls. This blend is particularly well-suited to Fair Isle knitting — the wool provides structure and memory, the alpaca adds softness and warmth, and the viscose contributes a subtle sheen and drape. The yarn's characteristic fleck and twist is specifically noted in the pattern as enhancing the fairisle section, giving the finished jumper a beautifully organic, handcrafted quality.

Suggested Colourway – Primary

• Thistle Bud 415 (M – Main colour): 4–7 balls depending on size
• Honeycomb 411 (A): 1 ball across all sizes