San Sicario Rollneck Sweater in Adriafil Cachemire - Downloadable PDF

San Sicario Rollneck Sweater in Adriafil Cachemire – Free Knitting Pattern (Downloadable PDF)

The San Sicario Rollneck Sweater is a classic, elegant pullover knitted in Adriafil Cachemire yarn, a luxurious aran-weight yarn that gives this garment its soft, cosy handle. Designed with a distinctive colour-blocked aesthetic, the sweater combines a grey main body with shocking pink and lilac accent details, making it a stylish yet timeless wardrobe piece. This pattern is available as a free downloadable PDF, making it accessible to knitters of all levels who want to explore structured garment construction with premium materials.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a rollneck sweater — a fitted, close-necked pullover with a high, folded collar. The garment is worked in separate pieces (back and front) and seamed together, following a traditional construction method well suited to knitters who enjoy working flat and assembling their finished pieces. The sweater is sized for a 40 (42–44) chest measurement, offering three size options to accommodate a range of fits.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Cachemire in three colourways — 350 g in grey no. 24 (main colour), 50 g in shocking pink no. 16, and 50 g in lilac no. 17, totalling 450 g across all shades
• Knitting Needles: No. 3 and No. 4 knitting needles — the smaller size is used for the ribbed border sections, while the larger size is used for the main body worked in knit stitch
• Tapestry Needle: Required for seaming the finished pieces together and weaving in ends

Yarn Details – Adriafil Cachemire

Adriafil Cachemire is an aran-weight yarn renowned for its soft, plush texture and excellent stitch definition. Its weight and fibre composition make it ideally suited to structured garments like sweaters and rollnecks, where drape, warmth, and a polished finish are all desirable qualities. Working with a yarn of this calibre elevates the San Sicario design from a simple knit into a genuinely luxurious finished garment.

Stitches Used

• Elastic Rib: Used at the beginning and end of border sections to create a neat, stretchy edge that holds its shape well
• K2/P2 Rib Stitch: A classic two-by-two ribbing worked across the border sections, providing structure and elasticity at the cuffs, hem, and collar
• Knit Stitch (Stocking Stitch / Knitted Stitch): The primary stitch used for the main body of the sweater, worked on the larger no. 4 needles to achieve the correct tension and a smooth, even fabric
• Knit Stitch to Join and Trim: A finishing technique used specifically to join pieces and neaten the elastic ribbing edges, giving the seams and borders a clean, professional appearance

Techniques Used

• Casting On: The back piece begins by casting on 82 (87–93) stitches using the shocking pink yarn on no. 3 needles, establishing the coloured border from the very first row
• Colour Changing: The pattern involves deliberate yarn changes — the border is worked in shocking pink no. 16, before switching to grey no. 24 for the main body, creating a clean, structured colour transition
• Needle Sizing Transition: After completing the 10 cm ribbed border on no. 3 needles, the knitter switches to no. 4 needles for the main body, a common technique used to ensure the body fabric is slightly looser and more relaxed than the border
• Even Increases: On the first row of the main body (after the border), 5 stitches are increased ev