Chloe Jumper - Knitting Pattern for Women in MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino

Chloe Jumper – Knitting Pattern for Women in MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino

The Chloe Jumper is an advanced-level women's knitting pattern from MillaMia, designed to produce a beautifully fitted, colourwork sweater worked in the brand's signature MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino yarn. Available as a downloadable PDF, this pattern delivers a polished, seamed garment with striking stranded colourwork details — a rewarding project for experienced knitters ready to showcase their skills.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a women's pullover jumper with set-in or shaped sleeves, worked in two colours of MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino. The sweater is designed with a close, tailored fit across a wide range of sizes, spanning chest measurements from 76–87 cm (30–34 in) up to 137–147 cm (56–60 in), with five size options in total. The model featured in the pattern is a UK size 8 (US size 4), standing 167 cm (5'6"), and is shown wearing the second size, which gives a finished chest measurement of 119 cm (47 in).

Finished measurements vary by size, with chest circumferences ranging from 102 cm (40 in) to 170 cm (67 in), body lengths to shoulder ranging from 52 cm (20½ in) to 60 cm (23½ in), and sleeve lengths ranging from 21 cm (8¼ in) to 23 cm (9 in) — notably, the sleeves are relatively short, suggesting a cropped or three-quarter sleeve style that adds a contemporary feel to the design.

Techniques Used

The Chloe Jumper employs several intermediate-to-advanced construction techniques that make it particularly suitable for experienced knitters:

• Bottom-up construction: The garment is begun at the lower edges and worked upward toward the shoulders, a traditional approach that allows for easy length adjustments early in the knitting process.
• Worked flat: Pieces are knitted back and forth in rows on straight needles rather than in the round, producing separate flat panels for the front, back, and sleeves.
• Seamed finishing: The individual flat pieces are joined together using seaming techniques, giving the jumper a structured, tailored finish with clean edges — a hallmark of classic knitwear construction.
• Stranded colourwork: The design incorporates stranded knitting, also known as Fair Isle-style knitting, in which two colours of yarn are carried across each row. The unused colour is stranded or floated across the back of the work, creating a double-layered fabric that is both warm and visually intricate. Managing float tension is key to achieving an even, professional result in stranded colourwork, which is one reason this pattern is rated advanced.

Stitches Used

The pattern is primarily worked in stocking stitch (stockinette stitch), which forms the smooth, V-shaped knit fabric on the right side of the garment and provides the ideal background for the stranded colourwork motifs. The tension specification confirms this: 25 stitches and 34 rows to 10 cm (4 in) over stocking stitch using 3.25 mm (US 3) needles. A separate tension of 26 stitches is also referenced, likely relating to the colourwork sections, where carrying two yarns can naturally tighten the gauge slightly — a common consideration in stranded knitting that experienced knitters will be familiar with.

Ribbing or another textured stitch is typically used for welts, cuffs, and neckbands in garments of this construction style, providing stretch and a neat, professional edge finish.

Colourways

The pattern is presented in a primary colourway using two shades of MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino:

• Storm 102 (Colour A): 7 (8:8:9:10) balls of 50 g / 1¾ oz
• Butterscotch 168 (Colour B): 6 (6:6:7:7) balls of 50 g / 1¾ oz