Invidia Pullover in Adriafil Mirtillo - Downloadable PDF

Invidia Pullover in Adriafil Mirtillo – Free Knitting Pattern (Downloadable PDF)

The Invidia Pullover is a richly textured, chunky-weight knitted pullover designed for knitters who enjoy combining multiple stitch patterns into a single cohesive garment. This free downloadable PDF pattern is published using Adriafil Mirtillo yarn and produces a classic, cosy pullover with a heavily cabled and embossed front and back body, set-in or drop sleeves, and a ribbed border. The design is sized for a size 44, with adjustments for sizes 42 and 46, making it accessible for a range of adult fits.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a pullover sweater worked in separate pieces — a back, a front, and two sleeves — which are then seamed together. The body features a structured lower border followed by a richly patterned upper section combining bobble stitches, diamond cable panels, and a decorative fancy motif. The sleeves are simpler in construction, worked in purl stitch after an initial ribbed cuff. The neckline is finished using a circular needle to pick up and work the collar or neckband in the round.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Mirtillo in cornflower blue, shade no. 93 — 700 grams total
• Knitting needles: size 6½ mm straight needles
• Circular needle: size 6½ mm for neckband finishing
• Two-tip cable needle for working the diamond cable crossings
• Tapestry needle for seaming and weaving in ends

Adriafil Mirtillo is a chunky-weight yarn, which gives the finished pullover its substantial, warm character and allows the textured stitch patterns to stand out with excellent definition. The chunky weight also means the project knits up relatively quickly compared to finer yarn weights.

Tension and Gauge

The pattern specifies a gauge of 14 stitches and 12 rows over 10 cm × 10 cm, worked on 6½ mm needles across the various alternating stitch patterns used in the body. Because the gauge is measured across mixed textures rather than a single stitch, knitters are encouraged to swatch carefully using the combination of stitches as they appear in the pattern before casting on.

Stitches and Techniques Used

• k2, p1 Rib Stitch — worked in columns for the lower body border (13 cm on the body, 8 cm on the sleeves), providing a neat, elasticated hem and cuff
• Knit Stitch and Purl Stitch — used as background and filler stitches throughout the body and sleeves
• Fancy Motif — a decorative stitch pattern introduced in the body after the rib border, worked from a chart included in the PDF
• Diamond Stitch — a cable panel worked over 14 stitches, repeated three times across the body, creating bold raised diamond shapes; worked from a chart with specific cable crossing instructions
• Bobble Stitch — worked over 5 stitches, with a bobble created on row 5 by working k1, p1, k1 into a single stitch, turning and purling, then knitting three together; bobble panels separate each diamond cable repeat
• Cable Crossings — three distinct cable manoeuvres are used within the diamond stitch panel:
  • Increase 4 stitches leftwise: slip 3 stitches to cable needle held in front, purl 1, then knit the held stitches
  • Increase 4 stitches rightwise: slip 1 stitch to cable needle held at back, knit 3, then purl the held stitch
  • Cross 6 stitches leftwise: slip 3 stitches to