803 Garnet Pullover - Sweater Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Peru

803 Garnet Pullover – Women's Knitting Pattern by Susan Baron in Valley Yarns Peru

The 803 Garnet Pullover is a beautifully structured women's pullover knitting pattern designed by Susan Baron and published under the Valley Yarns brand. This intermediate-level pattern produces a polished, pieced sweater with a distinctive decorative motif that ties the entire garment together with elegant cohesion. It is available as a downloadable PDF, making it immediately accessible for knitters ready to cast on.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a classic women's pullover jumper worked in separate pieces and seamed together. The finished garment features a signature wrapped moss stitch motif that appears along the hem, cuffs, and neckline, as well as running up the center front of the body. This same motif continues up the center of each sleeve, where it forms saddle shoulders — a traditional construction detail that extends the sleeve cap across the top of the shoulder, creating a structured, tailored silhouette while also showcasing the decorative stitch panel.

The pattern is offered in nine sizes, with finished bust measurements of 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, and 50 inches. The sample garment shown in the pattern is knitted in size 36 inches, giving knitters a clear visual reference for fit and drape.

Construction and Techniques

The 803 Garnet Pullover is constructed using a bottom-up, worked flat, seamed method. Each piece — back, front, and sleeves — is knitted separately from the cast-on edge upward, then joined using seaming techniques. This traditional construction approach gives knitters precise control over each panel and results in a sturdy, well-defined garment structure. Saddle shoulder construction is incorporated into the sleeve design, which is a technique where the sleeve cap extends into a narrow strip that sits across the top of the shoulder, connecting to both the front and back neckline.

• Bottom-up construction: Each piece begins at the cast-on edge and is worked upward toward the shoulder, allowing for easy length adjustments.
• Worked flat: All pieces are knitted back and forth in rows rather than in the round, which suits the seamed construction method.
• Seamed finishing: The individual panels are sewn together after knitting, creating clean, stable seams that add structure to the finished pullover.
• Saddle shoulders: The sleeve's center motif panel extends beyond the sleeve cap to form the saddle, a classic tailoring technique that distributes shoulder width elegantly.
• Armhole shaping: Bind-off rows are worked at the armhole edges to create the shaped armscye on both back and front pieces.

Stitches Used

The pattern combines two primary stitch textures to create visual interest and structure throughout the garment:

• Stockinette stitch: The main body fabric of the pullover is worked in stockinette stitch, which creates a smooth, classic knitted surface. Gauge is measured in stockinette at 5.5 stitches and 7 rows per inch.
• Wrapped moss stitch: This is the signature decorative element of the Garnet Pullover. Moss stitch is a classic textured stitch that alternates knit and purl stitches in a checkerboard-like arrangement, creating a dense, pebbly fabric. The addition of wraps in this variation adds a subtle raised or twisted detail that elevates the motif beyond a standard seed or moss stitch border. This pattern stitch is worked for the first 24 rows of the back piece, establishing the hem border, and appears consistently across all decorative zones of the garment.

Yarn and Materials

The pattern calls for Valley Yarns Peru, a luxurious worsted weight yarn with a fiber composition of 84% Baby Alpaca, 8% Merino Wool, and 8% Nylon. Each skein contains 50 grams and approximately 109 yards. The combination of baby alpaca and merino wool gives this yarn exceptional softness and warmth, while the nylon content adds durability and stitch definition — qualities that make it well suited to both the smooth stockinette body and the textured wrapped moss stitch panels.

The colorway used in the sample is color