Honduras Jersey in Adriafil Parigi - Downloadable PDF

Honduras Jersey Knitting Pattern in Adriafil Parigi – Free Downloadable PDF

What Is Being Made

This pattern provides instructions for knitting the Honduras Jersey, a stylish women's garment designed with an open, wrap-style front featuring a distinctive buttoning string detail. The design is worked in three sizes and incorporates elegant openwork lace patterning throughout the body, making it a sophisticated project suited to knitters with some experience in lace and shaping techniques. The garment features shaped sleeve holes, a carefully constructed neckline with gradual decreasing, and a front opening that is built up incrementally through cast-on increases before being closed down in a structured sequence.

Sizes Available

The Honduras Jersey is written in three sizes, with key measurements referenced throughout the pattern. Sleeve hole shaping begins after 19 (20–21) cm from the beginning of the sleeve holes, at which point the remaining 67 (71–75) stitches are cast off. Larger sizes include a small adjustment at the start of the lozenge stitch chart, beginning with a k2 that integrates into the stitch pattern.

Techniques Used

• Openwork lozenge stitch – the primary decorative stitch pattern used across the main body of the jersey, worked from a chart included in the pattern
• Buttoning string construction – a unique front detail built by casting on additional stitches every 2 rows in increments (10 sts, 15 sts, 18 sts, 23 sts) to reach a total of 114 stitches on the right front, with the final 15 increased stitches worked separately in plain knit stitch
• Structured cast-off shaping – the buttoning string is closed by casting off every 2 rows in a sequence of 13 sts followed by 6 sts repeated 9 times
• Neckline shaping with internal decreases – the neckline is shaped by decreasing 1 stitch every 4 rows, 18 times, worked inside the first 4 stitches on the right of the work
• Sleeve hole shaping – worked at a specified measurement from the beginning of the sleeve holes with a full cast-off of remaining stitches
• Chart reading – the openwork lozenge stitch is worked from a stitch chart, requiring the knitter to follow a visual grid and adjust the starting stitch depending on size

Stitches Used

• Openwork lozenge stitch – a lace-based pattern creating a decorative diamond or lozenge motif with yarn-over increases and corresponding decreases, worked from a provided chart
• Knit stitch (k) – used for the plain sections of the buttoning string extension and within the internal decrease border
• Purl stitch (p) – referenced within the neckline border sequence (k3, p1) used to frame the internal decreases
• Cast-on and cast-off techniques – used extensively for the incremental buttoning string shaping and sleeve hole finishing

Materials Required

• Yarn: 400 g of Adriafil Parigi in Turquoise, shade no. 14 – Parigi is a DK weight yarn from the Adriafil range, well suited to openwork and lace-style knitting due to its smooth, defined stitch definition
• Knitting needles: size 4 mm
• Crochet hook: size 3 mm – likely used for finishing edges or joining seams
• Tapestry needle – for weaving in ends and seaming

Pattern Format

The Honduras Jersey pattern is available as a free downloadable PDF from the Adriafil brand. It includes written row-by-row instructions and a stitch chart for the openwork lozenge pattern. This is a free knitting pattern, making it an excellent choice for knitters looking to explore structured lace garment construction at no cost.