Auðna & Happ — Plötulopi Yoke Sweater & Hat Knitting Pattern

Auðna is a round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 34, and Happ is the hat that goes with it. Both are knitted in Plötulopi with two strands held together, two colours at a time, so the eight colours are paired into nine blended shades: bands dotted with small navy crosses — the pattern calls them “lice” — below a yoke of navy motifs, and a hat with two big pom-poms like mouse ears. The original pattern is from Iðnaðardeild Sambandsins; Védís Jónsdóttir redesigned it and added the hat. One colour version — the sweater in sizes S to XXL, the hat in S and M/L. Three of the eight colours — 1050 berry heather, 1054 light berry and 1053 faded denim — are no longer made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• The Auðna sweater in sizes S, M, L, XL and XXL
• The Happ hat in sizes S and M/L, knitted from the leftover yarn
• Three charts — body and sleeves, yoke, and hat — with a key to the colour pairs
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Auðna kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sweater sizes S (M L XL XXL) — two strands held together; the hat is knitted from what is left
A 0709 midnight blue — 2 (2 2 2 2)
B 1432 winter blue — 2 (2 2 2 2)
C 1050 berry heather — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 2027 wine red
D 1054 light berry — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 1425 sunset rose heather
E 1424 golden yellow — 1 (1 1 1 1)
F 1026 ash heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)
G 1053 faded denim — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 2023 light blues blue
H 1423 clover green — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
14 stitches and 19 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5.5 mm needles, with two strands of Plötulopi held together.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) and 5.5 mm (US 9) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — 4.5 mm for the hem rib and the collar, 5.5 mm for the body and the yoke
4.5 mm and 5.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4.5 mm for the cuffs
For the hat: 5 mm (US 8) and 5.5 mm (US 9) circular needles, 40 cm, and 5 mm double-pointed needles for the crown

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches, a tapestry needle for grafting and weaving in, and something stiff to cut two 9 cm pom-pom circles from — the pattern’s lists leave all three out.

How it is knitted
Plötulopi is knitted double throughout: two strands held together, in two colours at a time. Body and sleeves are knitted in the round from the bottom up: 4 cm of K1, P1 rib in midnight blue and winter blue on 4.5 mm, then chart 1 on 5.5 mm — a navy border with berry and orange, then bands of changing colour pairs with small navy crosses, repeating the 12-round motif (rounds 14–25) to the underarm. The pattern calls its order of colours a suggestion: change one colour at a time and let the other carry on, and end body and sleeves with faded denim and light berry, the first round of the yoke. The sleeves are increased under the arm. Body and sleeves are joined and the round yoke is knitted from chart 2, 43 rounds with four decrease rounds, from 192 (204, 216, 228, 240) stitches to 64 (68, 72, 76, 80); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The collar is 6 cm of K1, P1 rib in midnight blue and winter blue, and the underarms are grafted. Happ: 70 (76) stitches are cast on and knitted in K1, P1 rib for 12 cm, then the hat chart in the same colour pairs, decreased to 12 (13) stitches that are drawn together; two big pom-poms in midnight blue and winter blue are attached at about round 19 as “mouse ears”.

Original pattern: Iðnaðardeild Sambandsins. Redesign and hat: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 34 (no. 22), 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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