Newsholme Ladies Cropped Sleeve Jumper in West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester Roving - DBP0163 - Downloadable PDF

Newsholme Ladies Cropped Sleeve Jumper – Knitting Pattern Summary (DBP0163)

About This Pattern

The Newsholme Ladies Cropped Sleeve Jumper is a hand knit design by Sarah Hatton, created exclusively for West Yorkshire Spinners and worked in their luxurious Bluefaced Leicester Roving yarn. This is an intermediate-level knitting pattern available as a downloadable PDF, making it instantly accessible for knitters who want to cast on straight away. The finished garment is a stylish ladies' jumper featuring cropped sleeves — a contemporary silhouette that works beautifully in a chunky, naturally textured yarn.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a ladies' cropped sleeve jumper — a pullover-style sweater designed to be worn by women. The cropped sleeve detail gives the design a modern, fashion-forward feel while remaining a classic, wearable knit. The jumper is part of West Yorkshire Spinners' Bluefaced Leicester Roving collection, which celebrates British wool heritage and showcases the natural beauty of native breed fleece.

Colourways Available

The pattern is available to knit in the following West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester Roving shades:

• Ecru (001) – a clean, natural off-white
• Light Brown (002) – a warm, earthy neutral
• Brown (003) – a deeper, rich brown tone
• Variations (004) – a multi-tonal option within the natural palette

All colourways reflect the undyed or naturally toned character of the Bluefaced Leicester fleece, making this jumper a celebration of wool in its most authentic form.

Yarn: West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester Roving

The specified yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester Roving, a chunky weight yarn from the brand's celebrated Fleece collection. West Yorkshire Spinners hand-select fleece from specific native British breeds for their unique properties, and the Bluefaced Leicester Roving is known for its superior stitch definition, drape, and luxuriously natural feel. Each ball contains approximately 150 metres / 164 yards and weighs 42 grams. This is a pure British wool yarn, making it an excellent choice for knitters who value provenance, sustainability, and natural fibre quality.

Needles Required

The pattern calls for 5mm knitting needles (US size 8). These are standard straight or circular needles appropriate for chunky weight yarn and are widely available. A cable needle (CN) is also referenced in the abbreviations, suggesting the pattern incorporates cable work as part of its stitch design.

Tension

The stated tension for this pattern is 19 stitches over 10cm / 4 inches using 5mm needles. Achieving the correct tension swatch before beginning is strongly recommended, particularly for a fitted garment like a jumper, to ensure the finished measurements match the intended sizing.

Techniques and Stitches Used

As an intermediate-level knitting pattern, the Newsholme Jumper incorporates a range of techniques that go beyond basic knit and purl. The following methods and stitches are referenced within the pattern:

• Knit (K) – the foundational stitch used throughout the fabric
• Purl – used in combination with knit stitches to create texture and ribbing
• Cable knitting – indicated by the inclusion of a cable needle (CN) in the abbreviations, cables are a classic technique where stitches are crossed over one another to create twisted, rope-like or lattice patterns in the fabric
• Make 1 (m1) – an increase technique worked by picking up the loop between the last and next stitch and knitting into the back of it, creating a nearly invisible increase
• Make 1 purlwise (m1p) – a variation of the make 1