Twist Collective Gramercy Park PDF

Gramercy Park Pullover Knitting Pattern by Patty Lyons – Twist Collective

The Gramercy Park pattern by Patty Lyons, published by Twist Collective, is a beautifully constructed lace pullover sweater designed for knitters who want to combine elegant texture with classic shaping. Available as a downloadable PDF, this pattern delivers a sophisticated, fitted pullover with a refined lace motif worked throughout the body. The design is offered in six sizes with finished bust measurements of 34, 38, 42½, 46½, 50½, and 55 inches (86.5–139.5 cm), and is intended to be worn with 0–3 inches (0–7.5 cm) of ease, making it suitable for a close to slightly relaxed fit depending on the wearer's preference.

Design Overview

Gramercy Park is a seamed pullover sweater featuring an all-over lace pattern that gives the finished garment a delicate, airy quality. The finished length ranges from 22¾ to 24¾ inches (58–63 cm) depending on size. The sweater is shown in size 34 inches and exemplifies how the lace pattern interacts beautifully with the suggested luxury yarn. The neckband is finished by picking up stitches and working in the round, providing a neat, polished collar finish that contrasts with the flat construction of the body and sleeves.

Construction Techniques

This pattern uses a bottom-up, worked flat, seamed construction method. Each piece — back, front, and sleeves — is knitted separately from the cast-on edge upward, then sewn together using traditional seaming techniques. This approach gives the finished sweater excellent structure and stability, and is particularly well-suited to the lace pattern, which benefits from the firm edges that flat knitting provides.

• Bottom-up construction: Each garment piece begins at the lower hem and is worked upward toward the shoulders, allowing for straightforward length adjustments early in the knitting process.
• Worked flat: The body and sleeve pieces are knitted back and forth in rows, making this an ideal project for knitters who prefer flat knitting or are less comfortable with large-circumference circular knitting.
• Seamed finishing: Pieces are sewn together after blocking, a technique that adds durability and helps the lace fabric maintain its shape over time.
• Neckband worked in the round: Once the seams are complete, stitches are picked up around the neckline and the neckband is worked in the round for a smooth, seamless finish at the collar.

Lace Technique and Pattern Presentation

The lace pattern is the defining design element of Gramercy Park. It is presented in both written and chart form, making it accessible to a wide range of knitters — those who prefer to follow row-by-row written instructions as well as those who find visual charting more intuitive. The lace repeat is worked consistently across the body, and the pattern provides detailed guidance on how to handle lace shaping at the waist and armholes.

One of the more technically nuanced aspects of this pattern is the instruction for shaping within lace. Because lace patterns rely on a careful balance of yarn-overs and decreases to maintain stitch count, Patty Lyons provides clear notes: when a shaping decrease eliminates a lace decrease, the paired lace increase must also be removed to keep the stitch count accurate. Knitters may also substitute a k3tog or sk2p in place of a standard shaping decrease if doing so maintains the lace pattern while still reducing the required stitch count. The use of stitch markers between lace repeats is strongly recommended to help track decreases and increases during waist and armhole shaping.

Stitches Used

• Lace pattern stitches — yarn-overs paired with decreases to create the signature openwork texture
• k2tog (knit two together) — a right-leaning decrease used in both lace patterning and shaping
• ssk (slip, slip, knit) — a left-leaning decrease used in lace and shaping
• k3tog (knit three together) — an optional substitute decrease for maintaining lace integrity during shaping
• sk2p