665 Thatch Pullover - Sweater Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Colrain

Pattern #665 Thatch Pullover – Women's Cable and Lace Knitting Pattern in Valley Yarns Colrain

The Thatch Pullover is a women's pullover sweater knitting pattern designed by Kirsten Hipsky. It combines classic rope cables, intricate textured lace panels, and a naturally shaped V-neckline into a single cohesive garment with a warm, golden aesthetic. The pattern is published as a downloadable PDF and is rated intermediate in difficulty, making it an excellent next step for knitters who are comfortable with basic cable and lace techniques and ready to work with multiple stitch patterns simultaneously.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a women's pullover jumper with a set-in sleeve construction and a V-neckline. The V-neck shape is not created through traditional neckline shaping alone — it is cleverly built into the natural chevron geometry of the front lace panel, giving the garment an elegant, architectural quality. The sweater is designed with a flattering, structured silhouette thanks to its textured set-in sleeves and combination of stitch patterns across the body.

The pattern is offered in seven sizes: 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, and 60 inches of finished bust circumference. The photographed sample is shown in size 36 inches. This wide size range makes the pattern accessible to a broad range of body types.

Construction Techniques

• Bottom-up construction: The sweater is worked from the lower hem upward, which is a traditional approach that gives knitters familiar shaping checkpoints as the garment grows.
• Worked flat in pieces (seamed): Each section — front, back, and sleeves — is knitted flat as a separate piece and then seamed together. This seamed construction adds structure and durability to the finished garment, particularly at the set-in sleeve join.
• Set-in sleeves: The sleeves are described as textured and set-in, requiring careful sleeve cap shaping that is matched to the armhole of the body. This is a hallmark of tailored knitwear construction.
• Cable work: Traditional rope-style cables are worked using a cable needle (cn), with stitches held to the front or back to create the characteristic twisted crossing effect.
• Lace knitting: Yarn-over increases paired with corresponding decreases create the lace panels. The center front panel uses these techniques to produce a chevron shape that forms the V-neckline organically.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns Used

Elongated Moss Stitch

The primary background texture of the Thatch Pullover is the Elongated Moss Stitch, worked over an odd number of stitches across an 8-row repeat. This stitch alternates between knit and purl columns in a shifting pattern: Rows 1 and 3 begin with a knit stitch and alternate knit-purl across; Rows 5 and 7 begin with a purl stitch and alternate purl-knit across. All wrong-side rows follow the established rib by knitting the knit stitches and purling the purl stitches. The result is a dense, tactile, woven-looking fabric that gives the sweater its characteristic thatched texture. Gauge is measured in this stitch: approximately 5 stitches and 7 rows to 1 inch.

Cable Panel

The Cable Panel is worked over a panel of 8 stitches across a 4-row repeat. On the right-side cable row, two stitches are slipped to the cable needle and held in back while one stitch is knitted, then the held stitches are knitted; a mirror crossing holds one stitch to the front while two stitches are knitted, then the held stitch is knitted. Wrong-side rows work the 6 central stitches in purl with a knit stitch at each edge. This produces a classic, clean rope cable that frames and complements the lace center panel.

Center Lace Panel

The Center Panel is worked over 39 stitches and is the most complex element of the pattern. It uses yarn-over increases (yo), paired with ssk (slip-slip-knit) and