Ombre Textured Jumper - Free Knitting Pattern For Women in Paintbox Yarns Simply Super Chunky

Ombre Textured Jumper – Free Knitting Pattern for Women in Paintbox Yarns Simply Super Chunky

This free, downloadable intermediate knitting pattern from Paintbox Yarns produces a beautifully textured women's jumper with a striking ombre colour effect. The design combines multiple stitch textures across the body and sleeves, creating visual depth and tactile interest without requiring advanced construction skills. The pattern is worked flat in separate pieces and then seamed together, making it an excellent project for knitters who are comfortable with basic shaping and are ready to explore multi-texture, multi-colour garment knitting.

What Is Being Made

The finished item is a women's pullover jumper featuring an ombre colour transition achieved by combining a main colour with a contrast colour accent. The garment 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 underarm measurements spanning 106 cm to 143.5 cm. The finished length from shoulder measures between 45 cm and 49 cm depending on size, and the sleeve seam measures approximately 46–48 cm across all sizes. The relaxed, chunky silhouette makes this a cosy, wearable everyday jumper.

Techniques Used

• Bottom-up construction: The jumper is worked from the lower edge upward, which allows knitters to easily adjust length before beginning armhole shaping.
• Worked flat: All pieces — front, back, and sleeves — are knitted flat on straight needles rather than in the round, making this pattern accessible to knitters who prefer traditional needle setups.
• Seamed finishing: The completed flat pieces are joined using seaming techniques, giving the jumper a structured, garment-quality finish. Seaming at super chunky weight is straightforward and quick.
• Ombre colour placement: The contrast colour (C) is introduced strategically to create a gradient or colour-block ombre effect against the main colour (M), adding visual interest without complex colourwork such as stranding or intarsia.
• Tension/gauge checking: Because three different stitch patterns are used across the garment — each with its own tension measurement — checking gauge is described in the pattern as vitally important before casting on.

Stitches Used

One of the most distinctive features of this pattern is its use of three complementary textured stitch patterns, each contributing to the ombre and tactile effect of the finished jumper:

• Basket stitch: A classic knit-and-purl combination that creates a woven, grid-like texture. Tension for this stitch is 8.5 stitches and 14 rows to 10 cm using 9mm needles.
• Irish moss stitch: A variation of seed/moss stitch that produces a denser, more uniform texture. Tension is 8.5 stitches and 11.5 rows to 10 cm — note the slightly different row gauge compared to basket stitch, which is why individual tension swatches for each pattern are recommended.
• Moss stitch: The classic alternating knit-and-purl moss stitch (known in US terminology as seed stitch), which creates a neat, bumpy fabric. Tension is 7.5 stitches and 14 rows to 10 cm, making it slightly looser in stitch width than the other two patterns.

Standard knit (K) and purl (P) stitches form the foundation of all three stitch patterns. Shaping is achieved through standard increases and decreases, worked on both right-side and wrong-side rows as directed.

Materials Required

The pattern is designed specifically for Paintbox Yarns Simply Super Chunky, a 100g super chunky weight yarn. Paintbox Yarns notes that they cannot accept responsibility for the finished item if any yarn other than the recommended yarn is used, and that yarn quantities are approximate based on average requirements.

• Main colour (M): Washed Teal or Red Wine — 9 [9: 10: 10: 11] × 100g balls depending on