"Florence Frill Short Sleeve Jumper" - Jumper Knitting Pattern For Women in Willow & Lark Poetry by Willow & Lark

Florence Frill Short Sleeve Jumper – Knitting Pattern Summary

The Florence Frill Short Sleeve Jumper is a beautifully detailed women's knitting pattern from Willow & Lark, part of their Chintz Collection (2020). Designed to be worked in Willow & Lark Poetry yarn, this intermediate-level pattern produces a feminine, textured pullover jumper featuring decorative frills and colourwork accents. It is an ideal project for knitters who are comfortable with flat knitting, seaming, and stranded colourwork, and who are ready to take their skills to the next level with a garment that combines multiple techniques in one cohesive design.

What Is Being Made

The Florence Frill Short Sleeve Jumper is a women's pullover jumper with short sleeves and frill detailing. It is available in five sizes to fit bust measurements ranging from 81–86 cm (32–34 in) up to 122–127 cm (48–50 in), with actual garment measurements at the underarm spanning 95 cm to 135 cm. The finished length ranges from 50 cm to 54 cm, and the short sleeves measure between 14 cm and 16 cm depending on size. This makes it a versatile, wearable piece suited to a wide range of body types.

Construction Techniques

• Bottom-up construction: The jumper is worked from the lower edge upward, which allows knitters to easily adjust length before the armhole shaping begins.
• Worked flat: Pieces are knitted back and forth on straight or circular needles, producing flat fabric panels rather than knitting in the round for the main body sections.
• Seamed finishing: The individual pieces — front, back, and sleeves — are joined using seaming techniques, giving the finished garment a structured, tailored fit with clean edges.
• Stranded colourwork: The pattern incorporates stranded knitting, where two or more yarn colours are carried across the row to create patterned sections. This technique requires managing yarn floats neatly on the wrong side of the work.
• Frill detailing: Decorative frills are a signature feature of this design, adding a romantic, vintage-inspired aesthetic in keeping with the Chintz Collection theme.
• Cable needle usage: A cable needle is listed as a required tool, indicating that cable stitches or twisted stitch techniques feature within the pattern.

Stitches Used

• Moss stitch: The main fabric is worked in moss stitch (also known as seed stitch), which creates a beautifully textured, non-curling fabric. Tension is measured over moss stitch at 20 stitches and 32 rows to 10 cm using 4.00mm needles.
• Stranded colourwork stitches: Sections of the pattern use stranded knitting with multiple colours worked across rows to create decorative motifs or bands.
• Cable stitches: The inclusion of a cable needle suggests cable or twisted stitch elements are incorporated into the design, likely as part of the frill or decorative detailing.
• Frill construction stitches: Frills typically involve increases and gathered stitch techniques to create the characteristic ruffle effect.

Materials – Yarn

This pattern is designed specifically for Willow & Lark Poetry, a luxurious DK weight yarn with a fibre composition of 60% Merino Wool, 30% Microfibre, and 10% Camel, sold in 50g / 1.8oz balls. The blend of Merino and Camel gives this yarn exceptional softness, warmth, and a subtle natural lustre, while the Microfibre content adds durability and stitch definition — ideal for the textured moss stitch and colourwork elements of this design.

Three colourways are used across the pattern:

• Garnet 614 (MC – Main Colour): 8–10 balls depending on size, forming the primary fabric of the jumper.
• Peashoot Green 606 (Colour A): 1 ball across all sizes, used as a contrast