Jumper in Haworth Tweed - 10155 - Downloadable PDF

Jumper in Haworth Tweed - Design N° 10155

What is Being Made

This is an advanced intarsia knitting pattern for a sweater jumper featuring the Sirdar Haworth Tweed yarn collection. The design is available in sizes ranging from 81-137cm (32-54 inches), making it suitable for a wide range of body measurements. The jumper showcases a richly textured tweed-like fabric with characteristic nepped shades that create visual interest and a rustic aesthetic inspired by the Yorkshire Dales.

Knitting Techniques Used

This pattern employs advanced intarsia knitting as its primary technique. Intarsia is a sophisticated color-work method that allows knitters to incorporate multiple colors into their design without carrying yarn across the back of the work, resulting in a cleaner, more professional finish. The pattern utilizes more colours to create its design, requiring careful color management and bobbins or color cards to keep the various yarn shades organized during the knitting process. This advanced technique is recommended for experienced knitters who are comfortable with complex color transitions and maintaining consistent tension across multiple yarn colors.

Stitches and Construction

While specific stitch abbreviations are not detailed in the provided pattern information, the construction uses standard sweater shaping techniques appropriate to the intarsia color-work method. The pattern is designed to be worked flat or in pieces, which is typical for intarsia projects, allowing the knitter to manage color changes more easily than working in the round.

Materials: Yarn and Needles

This pattern calls for Sirdar Haworth Tweed yarn in Double Knitting (DK) weight. The featured shade shown in the pattern is shade 913 Millstone Grey, though the intarsia design requires additional coordinating colors from the Haworth Tweed range. Double Knitting weight yarn is a medium-weight yarn that knits to a standard gauge, making it ideal for creating garments with good drape and structure. The Haworth Tweed yarn is specifically engineered to knit into a soft, tweed-like fabric with richly nepped texture that adds depth and character to both plain knits and textured stitches.

Specific needle sizes are detailed on the back pages of the pattern. Sirdar recommends using their Haworth Tweed yarn with this pattern to guarantee successful results, as the yarn has been carefully selected and tested to work optimally with the design's gauge and color-work requirements.

About Sirdar and Pattern Quality

Sirdar is an established British yarn company founded in West Yorkshire in 1880, bringing over a century of hand knitting heritage to contemporary designs. The company triple-checks every pattern to guarantee success when used with recommended Sirdar yarns, ensuring that knitters can approach this advanced project with confidence in the pattern's accuracy and the yarn's performance.