Diana Pullover in Adriafil Memphis - Downloadable PDF

Diana Pullover in Adriafil Memphis – Free Knitting Pattern Summary

The Diana Pullover is a beautifully textured women's pullover knitting pattern designed for use with Adriafil Memphis yarn, a worsted weight yarn. This downloadable PDF pattern is available completely free of charge and delivers a sophisticated, richly detailed sweater that combines multiple stitch techniques across the body and sleeves. The finished garment is a classic pullover silhouette featuring a shaped neckline, set-in armholes, and a striking decorative panel worked from a charted stitch pattern.

Design Overview

The Diana Pullover is a single-design pattern presenting one pullover sweater offered in three sizes, distinguished by differing cast-on stitch counts and finished measurements. The garment is constructed in separate pieces — back, front, and sleeves — which are then seamed together. The design is notable for its combination of a heavily textured pattern stitch section at the lower body and a contrasting garter stitch upper body, creating a visually dynamic two-zone aesthetic.

Construction and Shaping

The back piece begins with a cast-on of 101, 101, or 121 stitches depending on size, and works 86 rows in the charted Pattern stitch. Stitches are then decreased evenly on the final wrong-side row to transition smoothly into the upper section, resulting in 82, 90, or 98 stitches. The upper body continues in garter stitch, with gradual side shaping achieved through increases of 4 times 1 stitch every 14 rows at both edges.

Armhole shaping begins when the work reaches 46 cm, with bind-offs worked at both edges in a stepped sequence: 1 time 3 stitches, 1 time 2 stitches, and 1 time 1 stitch, every 4 rows. Neckline shaping is introduced at 63, 64, or 65 cm of total length, where the center 40, 44, or 48 stitches are bound off and each shoulder half is worked separately to completion.

Stitch Techniques Used

The Diana Pullover employs a rich variety of knitting stitches and techniques, making it a rewarding project for intermediate to experienced knitters. The charted Pattern stitch is the centrepiece of the design and is worked following a 16-row repeat (with the first 2 rows worked once as a foundation, then rows 3–16 repeated). The chart uses a range of symbols representing distinct techniques:

• Bobble (N): A five-stitch bobble worked in a single stitch — knit into the stitch, then alternate knit and purl to create 5 stitches, turn and purl back across all 5, then pass each stitch over the last one individually. This creates a pronounced three-dimensional texture.
• Knit and Purl combinations: White squares represent knit on the right side and purl on the wrong side (standard stockinette logic); the x symbol represents purl on the right side and knit on the wrong side (reverse stockinette), used to create textural contrast within the pattern.
• Yarn Over (o): Creates deliberate eyelets or lace-like openings, adding decorative openwork to the charted section.
• P2tog (v): Purl two stitches together — a standard decrease worked on the wrong side.
• K2tog (>): Knit two stitches together — a right-leaning decrease worked on the right side.
• Slip stitch decrease (<): Slip one stitch knitwise, work the next stitch, then pass the slipped stitch over — a left-leaning decrease that mirrors the K2tog for symmetrical shaping within the pattern.
• Garter stitch: All stitches knitted on every row, used for the upper body and creating a firm, ridged fabric that contrasts beautifully with the lower pattern section.
• Stockinette stitch: Knit on right side, purl on wrong side — referenced within the pattern construction and chart symbol definitions.