332 Rosewood Henley - Jumper Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Valley Superwash

332 Rosewood Henley – Women's Knitting Pattern by Kirsten Hipsky

The 332 Rosewood Henley is a women's pullover jumper knitting pattern designed by Kirsten Hipsky and published under the Valley Yarns brand. It is worked in a classic Henley style, featuring a distinctive button placket at the neckline that gives it a relaxed, wearable character suited to everyday wear. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF and is rated intermediate in difficulty, making it an ideal next project for knitters who are comfortable with basic shaping and are ready to explore more structured garment construction.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a women's fitted pullover jumper with a Henley neckline — a style defined by a short button placket at the centre front rather than a full button band. The finished bust measurements range across multiple sizes: 34, 36.5, 39, 41.5, 44, 46.5, and 49 inches, offering an inclusive size range from smaller to larger fits. The garment is designed to be seamed, meaning the individual pieces — front, back, and sleeves — are knitted separately and then joined, a construction method that produces clean, structured edges and a polished, professional finish.

Construction and Techniques

The 332 Rosewood Henley is constructed using a bottom-up, worked flat approach. Knitters begin at the lower hem and work upward toward the shoulders, knitting each piece flat on straight or circular needles rather than in the round. This traditional method gives experienced knitters full control over shaping and allows for easy adjustment of length before joining.

• Bottom-up construction: The body and sleeves are each begun at the cast-on edge and worked upward, with armhole and neckline shaping introduced as the pieces progress toward the shoulders.
• Seamed finishing: Once all pieces are complete, they are sewn together. Seaming adds structure to the finished jumper and is a hallmark of classically constructed knitwear.
• Worked flat: All pieces are knitted back and forth in rows rather than in the round, which is well suited to the seamed construction method.
• Lace patterning: The design incorporates lace as a decorative technique, adding an elegant, open texture to the fabric. Lace knitting typically involves a combination of yarn-overs and decreases worked in a repeating sequence to create deliberate holes that form a decorative motif.
• Armhole shaping: The pattern includes detailed armhole shaping, with bound-off stitches and decreases worked at the beginning and end of right-side rows to create a smooth, fitted armhole curve.
• Neckline and shoulder shaping: The front is divided and worked simultaneously on two separate skeins of yarn to shape both the left and right fronts at the same time. Neck edge decreases and bound-off stitches create the Henley opening, while stepped shoulder bind-offs produce a neat, angled shoulder seam.
• Button placket: A button placket is worked on the left front to complete the Henley neckline detail, a technique that involves picking up stitches along the front opening and working a narrow band to accommodate buttons.

Stitches Used

The pattern draws on a combination of foundational and decorative knitting stitches and techniques:

• Lace stitch pattern: A repeating sequence of yarn-overs and corresponding decreases that forms the decorative open-work texture throughout the garment body.
• Bind-offs (BO): Used extensively for armhole shaping, neckline shaping, and shoulder shaping, including a stepped bind-off sequence of 5 (6, 7, 8) (9, 10, 11) stitches at the beginning of 6 rows for the shoulders.
• Decreases: Single decreases worked at the beginning and end of right-side rows to shape the armholes and neckline smoothly.
• Standard knit and purl stitches: Used as the foundation of the fabric structure, supporting the lace pattern and plain sections of the garment.

Materials and Yarn

The pattern is specifically designed for Valley Yarns Superwash, a