604 Laurentide Sweater - Jumper Crochet Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Berkshire

604 Laurentide Sweater – Crochet Pullover Pattern by Sara Delaney in Valley Yarns Berkshire

The 604 Laurentide Pullover is a women's crochet sweater pattern designed by Sara Delaney, worked in a vibrant, stripe-forward style that brings together a warm cream base with bold pops of color. This is a bottom-up, seamless raglan pullover crocheted entirely in the round, making it an excellent project for intermediate crocheters who are ready to move beyond basic construction and explore shaping techniques within a continuous, join-free fabric. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF and is sized to fit finished bust measurements of 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, and 52 inches, with the sample shown in size 36 inches.

Design Overview and Style

The Laurentide Pullover is defined by its fun, bright stripe sequences worked across the body of the sweater. The designer notes that the stripes are deceptively easy to make and can be followed exactly as written or rearranged according to the crocheter's own preferences, giving makers a degree of creative freedom within a structured pattern. The overall silhouette is a classic pullover shape with raglan construction, a style that distributes shaping across four seamless raglan lines rather than set-in sleeves, creating a comfortable, relaxed fit that suits a wide range of body types.

Construction and Techniques

The sweater is worked bottom-up, beginning at the lower hem and building upward through the body and into the yoke. Construction is seamless and worked in the round, which eliminates the need for seaming and creates a smooth, continuous fabric throughout. Key techniques used in this pattern include:

• Bottom-up construction – the lower body is cast on as a large foundation chain joined into a ring, and rounds are worked upward continuously
• Seamless, in-the-round crochet – rounds are joined with a slip stitch and turned, maintaining a consistent fabric structure
• Raglan shaping – increases and decreases are placed at four raglan points to shape the yoke organically as the sweater grows
• Stripe colorwork – contrast colors are introduced mid-round using a live-loop technique with stitch markers to hold stitches while color changes are made, then rejoining the main color seamlessly
• dc3tog (double crochet three together) – a decrease stitch used at the waist side seam points to create the sweater's shaped silhouette
• Increases (2dc in one stitch) – paired with the decreases to maintain stitch count while shaping the body

Stitches Used

The primary stitch throughout the Laurentide Pullover is the double crochet (dc), which forms the main fabric of the body and yoke. The gauge is approximately 13 stitches and 8 rows to 4 inches in double crochet. Additional stitches and techniques called upon in the pattern include:

• Chain (ch) – used for the foundation ring and turning chains
• Slip stitch (sl st) – used to join rounds
• Single crochet (sc) – used within the stripe sections when contrast colors are introduced, creating a subtle textural shift within the colorwork bands
• dc3tog – a three-stitch double crochet decrease that pulls three stitches together into one, used at the side seam shaping points
• 2dc increase – two double crochets worked into a single stitch to add width at the corresponding shaping points

Yarn and Materials

The pattern calls for Valley Yarns Berkshire, a worsted weight yarn with a fiber content of 85% Wool and 15% Alpaca, putting out approximately 141 yards per 100-gram skein. This blend gives the finished sweater a soft, slightly halo-ed hand with excellent stitch definition and warmth — qualities well suited to a textured double crochet fabric. The color palette used in the sample includes:

• MC (Main Color): #01 Cream – 6