Forest Hill Sweater in Erika Knight Wild Wool - 72001103 - Downloadable PDF

Forest Hill Sweater by Erika Knight in Wild Wool – Pattern Summary

The Forest Hill Sweater is a beautifully textured round neck pullover designed by Erika Knight, worked in her signature Wild Wool yarn. This intermediate-level knitting pattern is available as a downloadable PDF, making it easy to print and work from at home. The design combines classic structure with rich surface detail, making it an ideal project for knitters who are comfortable with basic techniques and ready to explore more decorative stitch work.

What Is Being Made

The Forest Hill Sweater is a relaxed-fit, round neck jumper featuring a rib yoke and rib sleeves, giving it a polished, structured finish at the neckline and cuffs. The body is enriched with cable panels and zig zag stitch panels, creating a visually striking combination of texture and geometry. The garment is worked flat and seamed, following a traditional construction approach suited to intermediate knitters.

The pattern is sized to fit four finished chest measurements:

• Small: 106cm / 41¾in, length 67cm / 26in, sleeve length 45cm / 17¾in
• Medium: 112cm / 44in, length 69cm / 27in, sleeve length 47cm / 18½in
• Large: 118cm / 46½in, length 71cm / 28in, sleeve length 47cm / 18½in
• XL: 124cm / 48¾in, length 73cm / 28¾in, sleeve length 49cm / 19½in

The garment shown in all pattern photographs is a size medium, worn by a model with a 34in chest at 5'10". The colourway shown is Pootle.

Techniques Used

This is an intermediate knitting pattern that calls upon a range of techniques familiar to experienced beginner and intermediate knitters. Key construction and finishing techniques include:

• Flat knitting – the pieces are worked back and forth in rows
• Cabling – a classic technique where stitches are held on a cable needle and crossed to create twisted rope-like columns of texture
• Zig zag stitch patterning – a decorative panel technique using knit and purl combinations to create a diagonal or chevron-like surface texture
• Rib knitting – used for the yoke and sleeves to create elasticated, structured sections
• Stocking/stockinette stitch – the base fabric used across much of the garment body
• Seaming and finishing – joining knitted pieces using a large-eyed blunt-tipped sewing needle
• Tension/gauge swatching – essential at this level; the pattern specifies 18 sts and 24 rows to 10cm / 4in over stocking stitch using 5mm / US 8 needles

Stitches Used

The Forest Hill Sweater draws on a variety of stitches, each contributing to the garment's layered texture and visual interest:

• Stocking stitch (St st) – knit on right side, purl on wrong side; forms the smooth background fabric
• Cable panel – worked over 12 stitches, this structured panel creates the signature twisted cable columns central to the design
• Zig zag stitch panel – worked using a sequence of knit and purl stitches arranged to shift diagonally across rows, creating an angular, geometric surface pattern
• Rib stitch – used at the yoke and sleeves for stretch and definition
• K2tog (knit two together) – a right-leaning decrease
• P2tog (purl two together) – a decrease worked on the wrong side
• Psso (pass slipped stitch over) – used in shaping
• Tbl (through back loop)