533 Winter Lake Henley - Jumper Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Goshen

533 Winter Lake Henley – Women's Knitting Pattern by Kirsten Hipsky in Valley Yarns Goshen

The 533 Winter Lake Henley, designed by Kirsten Hipsky, is a women's pullover jumper featuring a classic henley-style neckline and a delicate eyelet yoke. This is a seamed, bottom-up sweater worked flat, making it an excellent project for knitters who are comfortable with basic shaping and ready to explore simple lace patterning. It is rated advanced beginner in difficulty, meaning it rewards those who have mastered knit and purl stitches and are ready to tackle set-in sleeve construction, waist shaping, and a split henley placket.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a long-sleeved, set-in sleeve henley jumper for women, worked in a smooth, slightly lustrous yarn that gives the finished garment a cool, silky drape. The design features waist shaping through decreases and increases along the body, a textured eyelet yoke, and a front placket opening characteristic of the henley style. Finished bust measurements range from 34 to 49 inches across seven sizes, with the sample shown in the 36.5-inch size.

Construction and Techniques

• Bottom-up construction: The back, front, and sleeves are each begun at the cast-on edge and worked upward, then seamed together — a traditional approach that gives knitters clear, manageable pieces to work on separately.
• Worked flat: All pieces are knitted back and forth in rows on straight or circular needles, with right-side and wrong-side rows clearly distinguished throughout the pattern.
• Seamed finishing: The completed pieces are joined using seaming techniques, producing a structured, tailored fit well suited to the set-in sleeve shaping.
• Waist shaping: The body is shaped through a series of decreases (1 stitch at each end every 6th row, 6 times) followed by increases (1 stitch at each end every 6th row, 6 times), creating a fitted silhouette before the yoke begins.
• Set-in sleeve shaping: Armhole shaping involves binding off stitches at the beginning of rows followed by gradual decrease rows on right-side rows, producing the smooth curved armhole characteristic of set-in sleeves.
• Shoulder shaping: Shoulders are shaped by binding off stitches at the beginning of successive rows for a neat, angled shoulder seam.
• Lace / eyelet patterning: The yoke of the jumper is worked in the Eyelet Pattern, a 12-row, 6-stitch repeat lace motif that creates simple textured eyelets. This is the design's signature decorative element.
• Henley neckline: The front features a split placket opening, which distinguishes the henley style from a standard crew or V-neck pullover.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

• Stockinette stitch (St st): The body below the yoke is worked in standard stockinette — knit on right-side rows, purl on wrong-side rows — providing a smooth, classic fabric as the base of the garment.
• Garter stitch border: The cast-on edge is finished with 4 rows of garter stitch (knit every row), creating a neat, non-rolling hem.
• Eyelet Pattern (multiple of 6 sts + 2): This 12-row repeat lace pattern forms the decorative yoke. It uses a combination of purl stitches, yarn overs (yo), and p2tog (purl 2 together) decreases to create a shifting eyelet motif. The pattern alternates the position of the eyelet between rows 1–6 and rows 7–12, giving the yoke visual texture and movement without being overly complex. Key stitches within this pattern include:
  • yo (yarn over): Creates an open eyelet hole in the fabric.
  • p2tog (purl 2 together): A right-leaning decrease worked on the purl side, paired with the yarn over to maintain stitch count.
  • Knit and purl combinations: Structured sequences of k1, p