Akur — Children’s Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Akur — a field of grain. A children’s pullover from Ístex’s Lopi 34, knitted in Álafosslopi in the round from the bottom up: garden green with K1, P1 rib at the hem and cuffs, and a round yoke on light ash with two rows of motifs shaded from chartreuse green through amber heather and happy red to bordeaux heather, space blue diamonds and dots, and a folded light ash rib collar. The original design is by Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir; Védís Jónsdóttir redesigned it for Lopi 34. Three sizes, 6–8 to 12–14 years; all seven colours are still made by Ístex.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Three sizes — 6–8, 10–12 and 12–14 years
• One colour chart for the yoke, with a key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes 6–8 (10–12, 12–14) years
A 1231 garden green — 3 (4 4)
B 0054 light ash — 2 (2 2)
C 9965 chartreuse green — 1 (1 1)
D 9971 amber heather — 1 (1 1)
E 0047 happy red — 1 (1 1)
F 9961 bordeaux heather — 1 (1 1)
G 1233 space blue — 1 (1 1) · the materials list prints it as F; the chart key calls it G

Sizes

Gauge
13 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles.

Needles
5 mm (US 8) circular needle, 80 cm, for the hem rib and the collar
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
5 mm and 6 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms and sewing down the collar.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 96 (108, 120) stitches in garden green on the 5 mm circular and knitted in K1, P1 rib for 4 (5, 5) cm, then in stocking stitch on 6 mm to 27 (32, 37) cm. The sleeves start with the same rib on 5 mm double-pointed needles and are increased at the underarm. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, 144 (156, 168) stitches, and the 34-round chart — two rounds of green and light ash, then two rows of motifs on light ash, with decreases in five rounds — takes it to 48 (52, 56); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The collar is 8 cm of K1, P1 rib in light ash on 5 mm, bound off loosely in rib, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched down; the underarm stitches are grafted.

Original design: Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir. Redesign: Védís Jónsdóttir. Instructions: Hulda Hákonardóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 34 (no. 15), Ístex.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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