Ari (Lopi 30) — Shawl-Collar Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir’s Ari from Ístex’s Lopi 30 is a cardigan with a shawl collar, two pockets and six buttons, shown on a man. The body and sleeves are one strand of black Léttlopi and one of white Einband knitted together, which gives a black-and-white marl; three bands are knitted in single strands of white and dark grey Léttlopi — linked ovals above the hem rib, zigzags above the cuffs and large triangles across the chest and shoulders. It is knitted in the round and cut open at the front, and the garter-stitch borders, which widen into the collar, are knitted separately and sewn on. Sizes S/M and L/XL; all four colours are still made. Lopi 29 has a different pattern with the same name.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes S/M and L/XL
• Charts for the body, sleeve and yoke bands (the yoke chart for each size), with a key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Ari kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S/M (L/XL)
A 0059 black — 8 (9)
B 0051 white — 1 (2)
C 0058 dark grey — 1 (2)

Einband — 50 g balls · sizes S/M (L/XL) — one strand, held together with the black Léttlopi
D 0851 white — 4 (4)

Sizes

Gauge
16 sts × 20 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles, with one strand of Léttlopi and one of Einband held together. The pattern bands are knitted with single strands of Léttlopi on 6.5 mm.

Needles
6 mm (US 10) circular needle, 80 cm — the marl: ribs, body, yoke, borders and collar
6.5 mm (US 10½) circular needle, 80 cm — the pattern bands
6 mm and 6.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves

You will also need
6 buttons and 4 stitch markers (both in the pattern’s list; the buttonholes are 3 or 4 stitches, to suit the buttons), and — though the list leaves them out — stitch holders, a sewing machine and thread to secure the front before it is cut, and a tapestry needle for sewing on the borders and pockets.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, the body and sleeves in one strand of black Léttlopi and one of white Einband held together on 6 mm, and the pattern bands in single strands of Léttlopi on 6.5 mm. Two pocket linings are knitted first. The body is cast on with 164 (174) stitches and knitted back and forth in k2, p3 rib for 16 rows, then joined in the round with a purled stitch at each side of the front for cutting, increased to 170 (178) and knitted with the 19-round body band; on the next round the pocket linings take the place of 18 stitches on each front, and the body is knitted to 50 (52) cm. The sleeves have 16 rounds of the same rib, the 24-round zigzag band and increases to 65 (69) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the yoke, 252 (268) stitches, and the 22-round yoke band is begun in the round; after 10 rounds the purled stitches are bound off and the rest of the yoke is knitted back and forth, with the decreases shown in the chart, to 152 (168) stitches, then with raglan decreases every other row to 48 (64), and bound off. The front is sewn twice by machine and cut. The front borders and collar are two separate garter-stitch strips that are increased into the collar, grafted at the back and sewn on; the left one has six buttonholes. The pocket edges are 8 rows of garter stitch, and the underarms are grafted.

Design: Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 30 (no. 17), 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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