Missy Jumper in Ella Rae Classic Heathers - E18-02 - Downloadable PDF

Missy Jumper in Ella Rae Classic Heathers – Pattern E18-02

The Missy Jumper is a knitted sweater designed for older children and teenagers, offered in three size ranges: 11–12 years, 13–14 years, and 15–16 years. With finished bust measurements ranging from 80 cm to 90 cm, this pattern is sized to provide a comfortable, age-appropriate fit through the tween and teen years. It is available as a downloadable PDF from Ella Rae, making it immediately accessible for knitters who want to cast on right away.

What Is Being Made

The Missy Jumper is a classic pullover-style sweater (jumper) worked in a combination of textured ribbing and a main stitch pattern. The design features shaped shoulders, giving the finished garment a neat, tailored silhouette. A set of centre stitches are placed on hold at the neckline, indicating a shaped neckline construction that is characteristic of well-finished knitwear. The result is a versatile, everyday jumper suited to casual and smart-casual wear alike.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Ella Rae Classic Heathers, shade #136 — a worsted-weight yarn with a heathered colorway. Quantities required are 400 g for size 11–12, 500 g for size 13–14, and 600 g for size 15–16.
• Needles: One pair of 4 mm (US 6) straight needles, one pair of 4.5 mm (US 7) straight needles, and one 4 mm (US 6) circular needle (used for picking up neckline stitches or working in the round at the neck edge).

Tension / Gauge

Achieving the correct tension is essential for a well-fitting garment. The pattern specifies 23 stitches and 24 rows over 10 cm / 4 inches worked in the main pattern stitch using 4.5 mm needles. Knitters are strongly encouraged to work a tension swatch before beginning and to adjust needle size as needed to match this gauge exactly, as even small differences can significantly affect the finished measurements across the three size options.

Techniques Used

• Casting on and casting off — including shaped shoulder cast-offs worked at the beginning of right-side and wrong-side rows in a stepped sequence (casting off 3, 4, or 5 stitches depending on size, then again on a following alternate row, before casting off the remaining 5, 6, or 7 stitches).
• Shoulder shaping — achieved through a series of stepped bind-offs on right-side rows and their following alternate rows, creating a sloped shoulder line that mirrors professional garment construction.
• Neckline shaping — centre stitches (13, 15, or 17 depending on size) are left on a holder while each shoulder is completed separately, a standard technique for creating a smooth, rounded or square neckline.
• Working in pattern — the main body fabric is worked in a defined stitch pattern (referred to throughout as patt), maintaining pattern continuity through shaping rows.
• Increasing and decreasing — the pattern uses k2tog (knit two stitches together) for right-leaning decreases and psso (pass slipped stitch over) for left-leaning decreases, both standard shaping techniques in knitting.
• Rejoining yarn — after dividing for the neckline, yarn is rejoined to the remaining stitches on the right side to work each shoulder section independently.

Stitches Used

• Twisted Rib — a distinctive ribbing variation that gives extra elasticity and a crisper, more defined texture compared to standard rib. It is worked as follows:
  • Row 1 (WS): P1, * k1tbl, p1; repeat from * to end.
  • Row 2 (RS): K1, * p1tbl, k1