Pandora Pullover in Adriafil Globe Uni - Downloadable PDF

Pandora Pullover in Adriafil Globe Uni – Knitting Pattern Summary

The Pandora Pullover is a classic, relaxed-fit knitted sweater designed for adults and available in three sizes: S, M, and L. The finished garment features a seamless-style yoke construction, giving it a polished, professional look with minimal finishing work. This pattern is a free downloadable PDF, making it an accessible project for knitters who want to explore textured stitch work and shaped sleeve construction without any upfront cost.

What Is Being Made

The Pandora Pullover is a pullover sweater — also known as a jumper — worked in pieces that are joined at the yoke. The garment is shown in size M in the original pattern photography. Finished chest measurements range from 94 cm (S) to 104 cm (M) to 114 cm (L), and the finished length ranges from 66 cm (S) to 72–73 cm (M/L), making this a comfortable, wearable everyday sweater with generous ease.

Construction and Techniques

The Pandora Pullover is constructed using a combination of flat knitting for the body and sleeves, which are then joined and worked in the round for the seamless yoke. This is a popular technique in contemporary knitwear design because it creates smooth, continuous fabric across the shoulders and upper chest without the need for sewing seams in that area.

• Flat knitting is used for the front, back, and sleeves before the yoke join.
• Circular knitting is introduced at the yoke stage, where stitches from the back, sleeves, and front are transferred to a round needle and worked together.
• Sleeve shaping is achieved through incremental increases worked at each side of the sleeve. For size S, increases are made every 5 rows, 13 times. For sizes M and L, increases are made every 5 rows twice, then every 6 rows, 11 times — creating a gently tapered sleeve silhouette.
• A stitch holder is used to hold sleeve stitches while the yoke is assembled, a standard technique when joining pieces for a seamless upper body.
• The yoke join transfers the middle 53 (58) 65 stitches of the back, the middle 44 (49) 49 stitches of each sleeve, and the corresponding front stitches onto a circular needle to be worked in the round.

Stitches Used

The Pandora Pullover features a defined stitch pattern that forms the main body fabric, worked as a repeat across the designated stitch count. The pattern also incorporates stockinette stitch, which serves as the gauge reference fabric and is used in sections of the garment.

• Stockinette stitch — the standard knit-on-right-side, purl-on-wrong-side fabric used as the gauge benchmark and in structural sections of the pullover.
• Stitch pattern repeat — a textured or decorative repeat worked between marked boundaries. The pattern is structured in rows, with the following row-by-row breakdown noted in the PDF:

• Rows 1–5: Knit.
• Row 6: Knit.
• Row 7: Purl.

The stitch pattern is completed 6 full times for sizes M and L, and 5 full times plus rows 1–6 for size S, before the sleeve stitches are placed on hold and the yoke construction begins. There is also one selvedge stitch at each side of the work, sitting outside the stitch pattern repeat, which helps maintain clean edges during construction.

Materials

This pattern is designed specifically for Adriafil Globe Uni yarn, used in colour 40. Adriafil Globe is an aran weight yarn, and the quantity required is 650 g (S), 700 g (M), or 750 g (L). The recommended needle size is 5 mm, or the size needed to achieve the stated gauge