Matrix Pull in Adriafil Candy - Downloadable PDF

Matrix Pull in Adriafil Candy – Free Knitting Pattern Summary

The Matrix Pull is a bold, textured pullover sweater designed for knitters who want to explore the dramatic visual impact of cable knitting worked in a super chunky yarn. This free downloadable PDF pattern is knitted using Adriafil Candy yarn in colour 13, and the finished garment is a striking, chunky-weight jumper featuring an intricate central cable panel set against a reverse stockinette stitch background. The name Matrix reflects the complex, interlocking cable motif that forms the centrepiece of the design.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a single design: a pullover sweater (pull) worked in three sizes — Small, Medium, and Large. The finished chest measurements range from 90 cm (S) to 96 cm (M) to 102 cm (L), with a length of approximately 66 cm, 67 cm, and 68 cm respectively. This is a substantial, cosy garment ideally suited to cooler seasons, and the super chunky weight means it knits up relatively quickly while delivering impressive stitch definition in the cable sections.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Candy in colour 13 — approximately 700 g required across all sizes
• Needles: No. 7 knitting needles (suitable for super chunky weight yarn)
• Cable needle: Required for working the cable crossings throughout the central panel

Adriafil Candy is a super chunky yarn that provides excellent stitch definition, making it particularly well suited to textured stitch patterns such as cables and reverse stockinette. Its weight and loft allow the cable motifs in the Matrix design to stand out prominently against the background fabric.

Tension and Gauge

The pattern specifies a gauge of 11 stitches and 16 rows to 10 cm, measured in reverse stockinette stitch. As with all knitting patterns, the PDF emphasises the importance of knitting a tension swatch before beginning, as achieving the correct gauge is essential to ensuring the finished measurements match those stated.

Stitches and Techniques Used

The Matrix Pull combines several knitting stitches and cable techniques to create its distinctive textured fabric:

• Reverse Stockinette Stitch: The main background fabric of the sweater. In reverse stockinette, the purl side of the fabric faces outward on the right side, creating a bumpy, textured surface that provides an excellent contrast to the smooth, raised cable panel at the centre.
• Cable Knitting: The central panel features an elaborate evolving cable motif that changes character across its 46-row repeat. Cable knitting involves slipping stitches onto a cable needle, holding them either at the front or back of the work, knitting the next stitches from the left needle, and then knitting the held stitches — creating twisted, rope-like crossings in the fabric.
• 2FC (2-stitch Front Cross): Slip 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the front of the work, knit 2 from the left needle, then knit the 2 held stitches. Creates a left-leaning cable cross.
• 2BC (2-stitch Back Cross): Slip 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the back of the work, knit 2 from the left needle, then knit the 2 held stitches. Creates a right-leaning cable cross.
• 4FC (4-stitch Front Cross): Slip 4 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the front, knit 4 from the left needle, then knit the 4 held stitches. A larger-scale left-leaning cable crossing.
• 4BC (4-stitch Back Cross): Slip 4 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the back, knit 4 from the left needle, then knit the 4 held stitches. A larger-scale right-leaning cable crossing.
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