Orbital Jumper Knitting Pattern

The Orbital Jumper is a striped, two-textured jumper with an oversized, cropped body and raglan balloon-shaped sleeves. It is knitted in the round in one piece. This pattern is great for all levels of knitters, from beginners to advanced knitters.

Level: Confident Beginner to Intermediate

Required Techniques: Cast on, bind off, knitting in the round, twisted rib stitch, stockinette, increasing, decreasing and picking up stitches.

Language: English

Sizes:
XS – 5XL written as: size 1 (size 2) size 3 (size 4) size 5 (size 6) size 7 (size 8) size 9

1. XS - 28” - 30” - 71-76cm
2. S - 32” - 34” - 81-86cm
3. M - 36” - 38” - 91-97cm
4. L - 40” - 42” - 102-107cm
5. XL - 44” - 46” - 112-117cm
6. 2XL - 48” - 50” - 122-127cm
7. 3XL - 52” - 54” - 132-137cm
8. 4XL - 56” - 58” - 142-147cm
9. 5XL - 60” - 62” - 152-157cm

Measurements after blocking (approx. & lying flat in cm):

• Positive Ease: 22.50 (20.50) 18.00 (20.00) 18.00 (15.50) 21.50 (19.50) 17.00
• Garment Width: 48 (52) 56 (62) 66 (70) 78 (82) 86
• Garment Length: 32 (34.9) 36.3 (39.1) 42 (44.9) 46.3 (49.1) 52
• Sleeve Length: 45 (45) 45 (46) 46 (46) 48 (49) 49
• Collar Circ.: 48 (48) 52 (56) 56 (60) 64 (64) 64

Suggested Needles & Notions:

• 6mm US 10 circular needles (40, 50 or 60cm cable cord length)
• 10mm US 15 circular needles (50, 60 or 80cm cable cord length)
  

Extra Tools: Tapestry needle (to weave in ends), tape measure, scissors, and 4 stitch markers.

Gauge (after blocking):
(Please note that this jumper is not gauge sensitive and you can make one with a different gauge depending on your preferences!)

• In stockinette stitch (using 10mm US 15 needles with DK/Aran weight yarn): 10 sts / 14 rows = 10 x 10 cm 4 x 4 inches
• In stockinette stitch (using 10mm US 15 needles with Lace weight yarn): 14 sts / 10 rows = 10 x 10 cm 4 x 4 inches

Materials:
Work the jumper using one strand of any DK/Aran weight yarn - (8/10ply 8-11wpi) and then one (or two) strand(s) of any Lace weight yarn - 2ply.

• Approx amounts of Yarn A (DK/Aran weight yarn): 100 (100) 100 (100) 150 (150) 150 (200) 200g of Wool and the Gang Sugar Baby Alpaca, 50g/116m.
• Approx amounts of Yarn B (Lace weight yarn): 25 (25) 25 (25) 25 (50) 50 (75) 75g of  Drops Design Kid Silk, 25g/210m.
• If you choose to use two strands of Lace weight yarn you will need 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 (75) 75g of Drops Design Kid Silk, 25g/210m.

Yarn Alternatives:

DK/Aran weight yarn:

• Cascade 220 – 100g/200m
• Filcolana Peruvian Highland Wool – 50g/100m
• Malabrigo Worsted – 100g/192m
• Malabrigo Rios – 100g/192m
• Ellarae DK Merino Superwash – 100g/238m

Lace weight yarn:

• Filcolana Tilia – 25g/210m
• Nako Angora – 100g/550m
• Rowan Kidsilk Haze – 25g/210m
• Katia Yarns Concept 50 Mohair Shades – 20g/200m

This pattern is strictly for private or personal use only. The pattern may not be copied, redistributed, or sold. The sale of garments made from this pattern is prohibited. As this is a downloadable PDF pattern no refunds will be given.