Norma Jumper Pattern

Norma Jumper Pattern

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Norma Jumper is the twin sister to my Norma cardigan. This comfy and relaxed jumper with short sleeves has a classic feel and can be worn for much of the year. If you’d like to make a warmer version, instructions for full-length and ¾ length sleeves are included in this pattern. Knit with Brooklyn Tweed Shelter, it’s a quick knit. The yoke is mostly worked in 2 colors, but occasionally you will need to knit with three colors at once.

You can knit this in the spring or summer, or even in the winter when you are dreaming of spring. The yoke has a cheery Swedish rose motif. Inspired by my grandmother, who grew roses in a climate that was too cold for roses. By covering the roots with hay, and protecting them even during the harshest winter, she defied nature. The Norma Jumper reminds me that beauty is so worth the effort and extra love and care always pays off. It’s knit bottom-up, and it knits up in a flash.

Sizes
1, 2, 3 (pictured), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
XXS, XS, S, M, ML, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL
Finished Measurements
3-inch positive ease.
Chest: 33 (37 ½, 40, 43 ¼, 46, 48 ¾, 51 ¾, 54, ½, 57, ½, 62) inches or 84 (94, 101, 108, 115, 122, 129, 136,143, 155) cm
Body length to underarm: 12 ½ (13, 13 ½ ,14,14 ½ ,15, 15 ½, 15 ½ 16,16)”/ 32 (33, 34.5, 35.5, 36.5, 38, 39.5, 40, 40, 40.5) cm
Sleeve length: 3 ½ (3 ½, 3 2/3, 3 2/3, 3 2/3, 4 1/3, 4 1/3, 4 1/3, 4 2/3, 4 2/3) inches/ 9 (9, 9.3, 9.3, 9.3, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12) cm
Yoke depth: 7 (7 1/3, 7 ½, 7 2/3, 8, 8 1/3, 8 2/3, 9, 9 1/3, 9 2/3) inches/ 17.5 18.3, 18.7, 19.1, 20, 20.8, 21.6, 22.5, 23.33, 24) cm
Total length: 19 ½ (20 1/3, 21, 21 2/3, 22 ½, 23 1/3, 24 1/8, 24 ½, 25,1/3, 25 2/3 inches 49.5 (53.2, 55.6, 56.5, 58.8, 59, 61, 62.5, 63.3, 64.5) cm
Optional long sleeve length: 17 (17 ½, 18, 18 ½ ,19, 19 ½, 19, 20, 20, 21) inches/ 43 (44.5, 45.5, 47, 48, 48, 49.5, 51, 51,53) or optional ¾-length sleeve 13(13.5,14, 14.5,15, 15, 15 ½,16, 16, 17) / 33 (34.5, 35.5, 37, 38, 38, 39.25, 40.5, 40.5, 17) cm
Yarn
Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (pictured)| American Targhee-Columbia Wool |140 yards (128 meters) per skein
Main color: 4 (5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9) 50-grams skeins for short-sleeved version
5 (6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10) 50-grams skeins for long-sleeved version
Contrasting Color (CCA): Camper 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2) 50-gram skeins
Contrasting Color B (CCB): Tent 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) 50-gram skeins
Needles
24(32, 32,32, 40,40,40,40,40, 40) inch circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork and single color. DPNs/Flexiflips/ or 16-inch needles for sleeves in the same size to obtain gauge.
Suggested needle size around a US 7- 9(4.5 -5.5mm)
Notions
Darning needle
Gauge and Swatch
19 stitches and 24 rounds = 4 inches or 10 cm in colorwork. One needle is used for the entire sweater. The single-color portion of the sweater has a gauge of 17 stitches and 24 rounds.
Please swatch in the round to determine needle size.
Note: Swatch in colorwork in the round, and swatch in a single color in the round. You may need to use two different needle sizes, but I used one. Knit ribbing in whatever needle size you need to get gauge with a single color.
Skills Used
Long-tail cast on
Knit
Purl
Knitting in the round
Stranded Colorwork with 2 colors
Stranded Colorwork with 3 colors
ssk
k2tog
Bind off
Joining sleeves to body to knit the yoke
Bottom-up construction
Grafting
Duplicate stitch