Canazei Pullover in Adriafil Impulso - Downloadable PDF

Canazei Pullover Knitting Pattern in Adriafil Impulso Yarn – Free Downloadable PDF

The Canazei Pullover is a beautifully crafted women's knitted sweater designed for size 44/46 and worked in Adriafil Impulso yarn. This free downloadable PDF pattern combines classic ribbed borders with an elegant lace stitch panel worked over 33 stitches, creating a garment that balances texture, structure, and delicate detail. The pullover features a raglan sleeve shaping, giving it a smooth, fitted silhouette from shoulder to hem.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a pullover sweater — a garment knitted in the round or flat pieces and seamed, featuring a shaped body, raglan armhole construction, and a neckline formed by casting off centre stitches. The finished design is suitable for intermediate knitters comfortable with following a lace chart and managing simultaneous shaping decreases.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Impulso, 400 g in colour number 93 — an aran weight yarn
• Knitting needles: size 5 mm
• Tapestry needle for seaming and finishing

Tension and Gauge

Achieving the correct gauge is essential before beginning this project. Two separate gauges are specified over a 10 x 10 cm swatch using 5 mm knitting needles:

• Knit stitch: 18.5 stitches and 23 rows
• Lace stitch: 18 stitches and 23 rows

The slight difference in stitch count between the two stitch patterns is worth noting when planning the layout of the garment pieces.

Pattern Stitches and Techniques

The Canazei Pullover makes use of several distinct stitch patterns, each serving a specific structural or decorative purpose:

• Elastic rib: Used at the beginning and end of the border sections to create a neat, stretchy edge
• K1/P1 rib stitch: A classic one-by-one rib worked over 10 rows as part of the lower border, contributing approximately 5 cm of ribbed hem
• Knit stitch (stockinette / plain knit): Forms the main body fabric of the pullover, providing a smooth and even background
• Lace stitch: The decorative centrepiece of the design, worked over 33 stitches and charted in the pattern PDF. Lace knitting typically involves yarn-over increases paired with corresponding decreases to create an open, airy pattern of holes and eyelets — adding visual interest without extra weight
• Knit stitch trim: Used specifically to neaten the transition between the elastic ribbing and the main body

Construction and Shaping

The back piece is cast on with 99 stitches and begins with a combined border of 6 rows of elastic rib followed by 10 rows of K1/P1 rib, totalling approximately 5 cm. The main body continues in knit stitch, with 4 stitches decreased evenly across the first row after the border.

Side shaping is worked at both ends of the needle, with 1 stitch increased every 2 rows five times, then 1 stitch increased every 4 rows twice, gently widening the body for a flattering fit.

At 8.5 cm from the border, raglan armhole shaping begins. Raglan construction is a popular technique in hand knitting because it distributes the sleeve-to-body join diagonally across the yoke, creating a neat, angled seam line. Decreases are worked inside 3 stitches at each end, with 1 stitch decreased every 2 rows for 36 times on each side.

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