Aurelia Two Textured Sweater - Jumper KnittingPattern for Women in Debbie Bliss Saphia

Aurelia Two Textured Sweater – Knitting Pattern for Women in Debbie Bliss Saphia

The Aurelia Textured Sweater is a women's pullover knitting pattern designed by Debbie Bliss, worked in the luxurious chunky-weight yarn Debbie Bliss Saphia. This intermediate-level pattern produces a beautifully tactile garment that combines multiple surface textures across the body, making it a rewarding project for knitters who are comfortable with cables and reading multi-stitch pattern repeats. The finished sweater is seamed, meaning each piece — typically front, back, and sleeves — is knitted flat and then joined together, giving the garment a structured, polished finish.

What Is Being Made

This pattern creates a women's knitted sweater, or jumper, featuring rich all-over texture. The design is named Aurelia and is part of the Debbie Bliss collection released in 2023. It is available in multiple sizes, with yarn quantities ranging from 10 to 14 hanks depending on the size chosen. The colourway specified in the pattern is Smoke 14, a sophisticated neutral shade that allows the intricate stitch textures to stand out clearly.

Techniques Used

• Worked flat: Each section of the sweater is knitted back and forth in rows on straight needles rather than in the round, which is the traditional construction method for seamed garments.
• Seamed construction: The individual pieces are sewn together after knitting, creating neat, durable seams at the shoulders, sides, and sleeves.
• Cables: Multiple cable variations are used throughout the pattern, requiring a cable needle to hold stitches temporarily while others are worked. This creates the characteristic twisted rope-like columns that define the textured design.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

The Aurelia Textured Sweater incorporates three distinct stitch patterns, each with its own tension (gauge) swatch requirement, reflecting how significantly each pattern draws in or spreads the fabric:

• Stocking stitch (stockinette): The foundational knit-and-purl stitch used as a base reference, achieving 12 stitches and 17 rows to 10cm on 8mm needles.
• Honeycomb pattern: A classic textured stitch created using cable crossings that produce a dense, cushioned surface resembling a honeycomb. This pattern achieves 16 stitches and 18 rows to 10cm on 8mm needles, meaning it pulls in more tightly than stocking stitch.
• Cable rib pattern: A combination of ribbing and cable twists that creates vertical definition and stretch. This achieves 14 stitches and 16 rows to 10cm on 8mm needles.

Specific cable abbreviations defined in the pattern include:

• C2F: Slip the next stitch onto the cable needle and hold to the front, knit 1, then knit 1 from the cable needle — a small two-stitch front cross.
• C4B: Slip the next 2 stitches onto the cable needle and hold to the back, knit 2, then knit 2 from the cable needle — a four-stitch back cross that twists to the right.
• C4F: Slip the next 2 stitches onto the cable needle and hold to the front, knit 2, then knit 2 from the cable needle — a four-stitch front cross that twists to the left.

Swatching all three stitch patterns separately before beginning is strongly recommended, as each pattern produces a different fabric density and the sweater's fit depends on achieving the correct tension in each section.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Debbie Bliss Saphia, a chunky-weight yarn, sold in 100g / 3½oz hanks. The pattern calls for 10 to 14 hanks depending on size, in the shade Smoke 14.