Ankeri — Anchor Yoke Sweater and Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Ankeri is Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir’s round-yoke design from Ístex’s Lopi 30, knitted in Einband on 4 mm needles, with a band of anchors at the base of the yoke and zigzag bands above it. The pattern has two versions, each with its own instructions and chart: a navy pullover with cardinal red anchors and zigzags of light grey, vivid blue, white and cardinal, and a light grey cardigan with navy anchors and zigzags of white, flame red, cardinal, grey and navy, which is knitted in the round, cut open at the front and closed with 7 or 8 buttons. Sizes S to L. All seven colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two versions — a navy pullover and a light grey cardigan, each with its own instructions, chart and colour key
• Sizes S, M and L
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the navy pullover kit or the light grey cardigan kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Pullover: Einband — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L)
A 0118 navy — 4 (4 5)
B 9009 cardinal — 1 (1 1)
C 0851 white — 1 (1 1)
D 1027 light grey — 1 (1 1)
E 1098 vivid blue — 1 (1 1)

Cardigan: Einband — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L)
A 1027 light grey — 4 (4 5)
B 0118 navy — 1 (1 1)
C 0851 white — 1 (1 1)
D 1770 flame red — 1 (1 1)
E 9009 cardinal — 1 (1 1)
F 9102 grey — 1 (1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
22 sts × 31 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4 mm needles.

Needles
3 mm (US 2) and 4 mm (US 6) circular needles, 60 cm — 3 mm for the ribbed hem, the neckline and the cardigan’s front bands, 4 mm for the body and the yoke
3 mm and 4 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 3 mm for the rib cuffs. The text says to cast the cuffs on with the 3 mm circular, but 48 to 52 stitches are too few for a 60 cm needle (our reading)

You will also need
For the cardigan, 7 (8, 8) buttons (in the pattern’s list, not included; no size is given) and a sewing machine and thread for the cut front. Though the list leaves them out, you also need stitch holders, 4 stitch markers and a tapestry needle.

How it is knitted
Both versions: the body is cast on on the 3 mm circular, knitted in K2, P2 rib for 7 cm and then in stocking stitch on 4 mm to the underarm. The sleeves start with 7 cm of K2, P2 rib, gain 15 (15, 17) stitches on the first round on 4 mm and are then increased under the arm; they have no colour border. After body and sleeves are joined, raglan-style decreases come first — k2tog and k2tog tbl either side of the four joins on every other round, 3 to 5 times depending on size and version — and then the 51-round yoke chart: the anchors, then the zigzag bands, decreased in six rounds; the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The neckline is K1, P1 rib on 3 mm — 3 cm on the pullover, 3 rounds on the cardigan — bound off very loosely. The cardigan’s hem rib is knitted back and forth with a purl stitch at each edge; the body is then joined in the round and those 2 purl stitches run up the centre front to the neck. They are machine-sewn twice and cut between the rows of stitching, and K2, P2 bands of 6 rows are picked up along the fronts; the buttonhole band has 7 (8, 8) buttonholes of a yarn-over and k2tog.

Design: Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 30 (no. 21), 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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