Honeycombesque Jumper in BC Garn Semilla Grosso - 2382BC - Downloadable PDF

Honeycombesque Jumper in BC Garn Semilla Grosso – Pattern Summary (Design 2382BC by Jytte Slente)

The Honeycombesque Jumper is a beautifully textured, chunky-weight pullover sweater designed by Jytte Slente and published by BC Garn as pattern number 2382BC. This free downloadable PDF pattern is rated intermediate in difficulty and produces a relaxed, cosy jumper featuring a striking honeycomb-inspired stitch pattern worked across both the back and front panels. The design is available in three sizes — Small, Medium, and Large — with finished widths of 94 cm, 100 cm, and 106 cm respectively, and lengths of 56 cm, 58 cm, and 60 cm.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a pullover jumper (sweater) knitted primarily in the round on a circular needle, with the body begun as a seamless tube and then divided at the underarm so that the back and front pieces are worked separately. The finished garment has a substantial, warm feel thanks to the chunky yarn weight and the dimensional honeycomb-style texture panels that run up the body.

Yarn and Materials

• Yarn: Semilla Grosso by BC Garn, colourway oa117
• Weight: Chunky — a thick, substantial yarn that works up quickly and creates a warm, cosy fabric
• Quantity required: 450 g (Small), 500 g (Medium), or 550 g (Large)
• Needles: 6 mm circular needle (60 cm length) for the main body, plus a set of 6 mm double pointed needles (DPNs) for smaller circumference sections — equivalent to US size 10 / UK size 4

Tension / Gauge

The stated tension is 14 stitches × 22 rows = 10 cm × 10 cm in stockinette stitch using 6 mm needles. Achieving the correct tension is important for hitting the intended finished measurements across the three sizes.

Techniques Used

• Knitting in the round — the body is cast on and worked as a seamless tube using a circular needle, with stitch markers placed to denote the beginning of the round and the side seam positions
• Flat knitting — once the body is divided at the underarm after the required number of rounds, the back and front are each worked flat in rows
• Shaping with increases — waist-to-hip shaping is achieved by working four increases every sixth round, repeated eight times in total, creating a gentle A-line silhouette
• Drop-stitch technique — a key element of the honeycomb pattern involves deliberately dropping yarn-over stitches from a previous round to create elongated, open loops that form the characteristic honeycomb cell effect
• Yarn-over construction — yarn overs are worked in specific sequences across designated stitches to build up the structure that is later dropped and manipulated into the honeycomb texture
• Rib stitch sections — ribbing (knit 1, purl 1) is incorporated as part of the honeycomb pattern construction, adding structure between the decorative drop-stitch cells
• Stitch marker placement — markers are placed at the beginning of the round and at side seam positions to keep track of shaping and pattern repeats throughout

Stitches Used

• Stockinette stitch (St st) — knit on the right side, purl on the wrong side; forms the main background fabric of the jumper
• Yarn over (yo) — used extensively in the honeycomb pattern rounds to create the loops that are subsequently dropped
• Purl (p) — used within the honeycomb pattern rows and in the ribbing sections
• Knit (k) — the foundational stitch throughout the garment