184 Harvest Pullover - Sweater Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Stockbridge

184 Harvest Pullover – Stranded Colorwork Knitting Pattern for Women by Kirsten Hipsky

The 184 Harvest Pullover is a women's pullover sweater knitting pattern designed by Kirsten Hipsky and published under the Valley Yarns brand. This intermediate-level pattern produces a richly colored, textured pullover worked seamlessly from the top down in the round, making it an excellent project for knitters ready to explore stranded colorwork construction in a structured, wearable garment. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF and offers five finished sizes: 34", 38", 42", 46", and 50", giving a broad range of fit options.

Design Overview

The Harvest Pullover lives up to its name with a warm, autumnal color palette worked in stranded colorwork across the body and sleeves. The design features a main color (MC) of Chocolate paired with four contrast colors: Deep Red (CC1), Terra Cotta (CC2), Kiwi (CC3), and Dark Green (CC4). These colors rotate through the stranded pattern in a carefully sequenced progression, creating a layered harvest-inspired aesthetic across the garment. The lower sleeve alone cycles through ten distinct color rounds per sequence, with Color A and Color B assignments shifting every ten rounds to produce a gradual, blended colorwork effect.

Construction and Techniques

The Harvest Pullover is constructed using several key techniques that intermediate knitters will find both educational and satisfying:

• Top-down construction: The sweater is begun at the neckline and worked downward, allowing knitters to try on the garment as they go and adjust fit before completing the body and sleeves.
• Seamless knitting: The entire pullover is worked in the round, eliminating the need for seaming and producing a clean, professional finish.
• Stranded colorwork: Two colors are carried simultaneously across rounds, with Color A and Color B roles rotating through the pattern sequence. This technique creates the characteristic harvest-toned motifs across the body and sleeves.
• Worked in the round: Both the body and sleeves are knitted circularly, requiring the use of circular and double-pointed needles at various stages.
• Underarm cast-on: For larger sizes (46" and 50"), stitches are cast on at the underarm before joining the sleeve in the round, a standard seamless yoke technique that shapes the underarm gusset cleanly.
• Sleeve shaping with decreases: Sleeve stitches are decreased at the beginning and end of regular intervals — every 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th, or 3rd round depending on size — to taper the sleeve from the upper arm down to the cuff. Final sleeve stitch counts range from 52 to 68 stitches depending on size.

Stitches Used

While the pattern PDF excerpt focuses primarily on the colorwork and construction sequence, the Harvest Pullover incorporates stitch patterns typical of stranded colorwork pullovers of this style:

• Stranded colorwork pattern stitch worked across the body and sleeves in rotating color assignments
• Plain stockinette in the round used for portions of the sleeve between colorwork sections
• Lower sleeve pattern stitch worked over 60 rounds with systematic color rotation across six ten-round segments

Materials Required

The pattern calls for Valley Yarns Stockbridge, a worsted-weight yarn with a luxurious fiber blend of 50% superfine alpaca and 50% wool, sold in 50-gram, 109-yard skeins. This blend offers warmth, softness, and excellent stitch definition — qualities that make it particularly well suited to stranded colorwork, where clear color contrast and good drape are essential.

Yarn Requirements by Color

• Chocolate (MC): 7 (8, 9, 10, 11) skeins
• Deep Red (CC1): 1 skein
• Terra Cotta (CC2): 1 skein
• Kiw