Nora Cable Jumper - Knitting Pattern For Women in MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino by MillaMia

Nora Cable Jumper Knitting Pattern for Women by MillaMia

The Nora Cable Jumper is a beautifully crafted women's pullover sweater pattern designed by MillaMia, worked in their signature MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino yarn. This intermediate-level knitting pattern — listed as Improving skill level — delivers a polished, classic cable jumper with elegant structural details that make it a rewarding project for knitters ready to move beyond the basics.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a women's fitted cable jumper (sweater/pullover) with a structured silhouette. It is designed to fit a range of bust sizes from 82–117 cm (32–46 inches), with actual finished bust measurements ranging from 98 cm to 132 cm (38½ to 52 inches) across four sizes. The length to shoulder ranges from 58 to 64 cm (22¾ to 25¼ inches), and the sleeve length is a consistent 45 cm (17¾ inches). The jumper features striking vertical cable panels across the body and sleeves, making it a visually impressive finished garment suitable for everyday wear or as a thoughtful handmade gift.

Design Details and Features

One of the standout design elements of the Nora Cable Jumper is its vertical striped rib on the sleeve cuffs and hem, which provides a refined finishing touch that complements the cable work throughout the body. MillaMia notes that knitters can consider their own colour combinations to truly customise this design, suggesting the pattern lends itself well to personalisation. Multiple suggested alternative colourways are included in the pattern, giving makers creative flexibility while working within the structured design.

Techniques Used

• Bottom-up construction: The jumper is worked from the hem upward, a traditional approach that gives knitters familiar shaping checkpoints as the garment grows.
• Worked flat (seamed): Pieces are knitted flat on straight or circular needles and then seamed together, producing a classically constructed garment with neat, stable seams.
• Cables: The defining technique of this pattern, cables create the signature twisted rope and lattice textures that give the Nora its visual depth and structure.
• Stranded knitting: Elements of stranded colourwork technique are incorporated, adding further complexity and the opportunity for colour customisation, particularly in the ribbed sections.

Stitches and Cable Abbreviations

The Nora Cable Jumper uses a range of specific cable stitches that are clearly defined within the pattern. Key stitches include:

• 2/2RC (Cross 2 Right): Slip the next 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the back of the work, knit 2, then knit 2 from the cable needle — creating a right-leaning cable twist.
• 2/2LC (Cross 2 Left): Slip the next 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the front of the work, knit 2, then knit 2 from the cable needle — creating a left-leaning cable twist.
• 2/2LPC (Cross 2 Left Purl): Slip the next 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the front of the work, purl 2, then knit 2 from the cable needle — a travelling cable stitch that moves the cable diagonally across a purl background.
• Knit and purl stitches form the foundation fabric and the ribbed sections at the cuffs and hem.

A cable needle is an essential tool for executing all of the cable crossings in this pattern. Knitters new to cables will find the clearly written abbreviations and step-by-step instructions in the MillaMia pattern a helpful guide to mastering these techniques.

Materials: Yarn, Weight, and Tools

The pattern is designed specifically for MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino, a sport weight yarn that is exclusively available through MillaMia. This yarn is a 100% merino wool blend known for its soft handle, stitch definition, and suitability for garment knitting — qualities that make it particularly well suited to showcasing the intricate cable textures in the Nora design. The sport weight construction means the finished