22 Pulli in Lana Grossa Cool Wool - DE - Downloadable PDF

Lana Grossa Cool Wool Big Raglan Pullover – Model 22 from the Merino Edition (Free Knitting PDF)

This free downloadable PDF from Lana Grossa presents Model 22 from the Merino Edition, a classic raglan pullover knitted in the brand's popular Cool Wool Big yarn. The pattern is written in German and covers four sizes — 36/38, 40/42, 44/46, and 48/50 — making it suitable for a wide range of adult knitters. The finished sweater features a structured cable panel at the front and back hem, combined with smooth stockinette and a neat ribbed cuff and sleeve edge, creating a timeless, elegant silhouette.

What Is Being Made

The project is a raglan-yoke pullover with set-in raglan sleeves shaped by symmetrical decreases along the raglan line. The sweater is constructed in separate pieces — a back, a front, and two sleeves — which are then seamed together. The raglan shaping gives the garment a clean, sporty shoulder line that suits both casual and smart-casual wear. A cable stripe panel runs along the lower edges of the front and back, adding textural interest to an otherwise clean, minimalist design.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Lana Grossa Cool Wool Big — 100% pure new wool (Schurwolle), with an approximate yardage of 120 metres per 50 g skein. The colourway specified is Marone (colour 964), a rich chestnut brown.
• Quantity: Approximately 550 g (size 36/38) up to 700 g (size 48/50), in 50 g increments across the four sizes.
• Needles: 4.5 mm straight knitting needles, a short 4.5 mm circular needle, and a cable needle (Hilfsnadel) for working the cable pattern.

Stitches and Techniques Used

• Ribbing (Rippenmuster): A 2×2 rib (2 knit stitches, 2 purl stitches alternating) is used at the sleeve cast-on edges. The rib section begins with a wrong-side row, and the stitches are distributed with edge stitches and a specific knit/purl arrangement to ensure a neat, elastic border. Ribbing is worked for approximately 2 cm (5 rows) before transitioning to stockinette.
• Stockinette Stitch (Glatt re): The main body fabric is worked in stockinette — knit stitches on right-side rows and purl stitches on wrong-side rows. This creates the smooth, flat surface that forms the majority of the sweater body and sleeves.
• Cable Pattern (Zopfmuster): Two cable chart panels — Strickschrift A and Strickschrift B — are each worked over 15–16 stitches and placed at the side edges of the body pieces. The cable charts are worked in a 6-row repeat, with all stitches on wrong-side rows purled. The cable design incorporates a distinctive technique: 3 stitches knitted together through the back loop combined with a yarn-over (3 M re überzogen zusammenstricken + 1 Umschlag), which simultaneously creates the cable crossing and accounts for the raglan decrease — an elegant integration of shaping and texture.
• Raglan Shaping (Raglanschräge): The raglan decreases are worked symmetrically at both ends of every right-side row. The pattern uses betonte Abnahmen (emphasised or mirrored decreases) — on the right edge, 2 stitches are knitted together after the edge stitch; on the left edge, a corresponding decrease is worked before the final edge stitch. For the back, decreases begin after a total height of 44 cm, with an initial bind-off of 4–7 stitches on each side depending on size, followed by single decreases every right-side row over 52–64 rows. The front is shaped similarly but with 6 fewer raglan rows