Adna – Striped Raglan Jumper in West Yorkshire Spinners Re:Treat Superchunky - DBP0253 - Downloadable PDF

Adna Striped Raglan Jumper – Pattern Summary

About This Pattern

The Adna Striped Raglan Jumper is a knitting pattern designed by Chloé Elizabeth Birch, published as a downloadable PDF. This cosy, statement-making jumper features bold stripes worked into a classic raglan silhouette — a timeless construction method beloved for its seamless shoulder shaping and comfortable, relaxed fit. The raglan style distributes increases along four diagonal lines that run from the neckline to the underarm, creating a distinctive angled seam detail that is both functional and visually striking.

Construction and Design Details

The Adna jumper is built around a striped raglan construction, meaning the colourwork is integrated directly into the body and sleeves of the garment as it is knitted. Raglan jumpers are particularly well-suited to super chunky yarns because the straightforward shaping and minimal finishing make the most of a yarn's natural texture and drape. The stripe sequence adds visual interest and a modern, graphic quality to what is otherwise a clean, wearable silhouette.

• Garment type: Pullover jumper with raglan yoke shaping
• Design feature: Striped colourwork throughout the body and/or yoke
• Silhouette: Classic raglan with diagonal increase/decrease lines

Techniques Used

This pattern is rated intermediate in difficulty, making it an excellent project for knitters who are comfortable with the basics and ready to develop their garment-knitting skills. The following techniques are used or referenced within the pattern:

• Raglan shaping: Working paired increases or decreases along set raglan lines to shape the yoke
• Stripe knitting: Changing colours at regular intervals to create the striped effect, requiring confident yarn management and neat colour joins
• Tension/gauge swatching: The pattern emphasises that working a tension square before beginning the garment is essential to achieving the correct fabric and fit — knitters are advised to adjust needle size up or down until the stated tension is matched
• Seaming: The pattern includes sewing notes specific to West Yorkshire Spinners Re:Treat yarn, advising the use of short lengths of yarn when joining seams to prevent the sewing thread from weakening, and recommending twisting the thread every few stitches due to the yarn's soft fibre composition
• Reading pattern notation: The abbreviations section covers standard knitting shorthand including repeat markers, bracket instructions for specific sizes, and common terms such as beg (beginning), cont (continue), dec (decreasing), and foll (follow)

Stitches Used

While the full stitch list is contained within the complete downloadable PDF, the Adna jumper is worked in a super chunky weight that naturally lends itself to straightforward stitch patterns that show off the yarn's texture. Typical stitches for this style of garment include:

• Knit and purl stitches — the foundation of the stocking stitch or reverse stocking stitch fabric commonly used in chunky jumpers
• Increases and decreases — used along the raglan lines to shape the yoke; the pattern uses standard abbreviations for decrease (dec) sequences
• Ribbing or edging stitches — typically used at the cuffs, hem, and neckline for a neat, stretchy finish

Materials – Yarn, Needles, and Notions

The Adna Striped Raglan Jumper is designed specifically for West Yorkshire Spinners Re:Treat Superchunky yarn. Re:Treat is a super chunky weight yarn from West Yorkshire Spinners, known for its exceptionally soft fibre composition — a quality the pattern explicitly acknowledges in its seaming guidance. Working with a super chunky yarn means this jumper knits up quickly, making it a satisfying and relatively fast project despite its intermediate skill level.

• Yarn: West Yorkshire Spinners Re:Treat Superchunky