Austur — Reindeer Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Austur is Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir Michelsen’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 30, knitted in Álafosslopi on 6 mm needles: chocolate, with a white yoke of chocolate reindeer, edged at the bottom with a light beige and white zigzag, and a zigzag border above the ribbed hem and cuffs — white with light beige above it in chart 1 (the sweater in the photo shows only the white). Body and sleeves are knitted in the round and joined for the yoke. One colour version, in sizes XS to XL. All three colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes XS, S, M/L and XL
• Two charts — the border above the rib and the reindeer yoke — with a colour key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Austur kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M/L XL)
A 0867 chocolate — 6 (6 7 7)
B 0051 white — 2 (2 2 2)
C 0086 l beige — 1 (1 2 2)

Sizes

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

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 60 cm — for the ribbed hem and the neckline
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 60 cm — for the body and the yoke
4.5 mm and 6 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4.5 mm for the rib cuffs

You will also need
Though the pattern’s list leaves them out, you need stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle.

How it is knitted
The body is cast on in chocolate on the 4.5 mm circular and knitted in the round in K1, P1 rib for 5 (6, 7, 7) cm, then on 6 mm with a 9-round border from chart 1 — a white zigzag with a light beige zigzag above it — and on in plain chocolate to the underarm. The sleeves start the same way on double-pointed needles — rib, a round with 4 (2, 8, 8) stitches increased evenly, then the same border — and go on in chocolate, with 2 stitches increased under the arm 6 (7, 5, 6) times: right after the border and then every 8th round. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, a 40-round chart with five decrease rounds, from 160 (176, 192, 208) stitches to 60 (66, 72, 78); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The neckline is one round with decreases and 5 cm of K1, P1 rib on the 4.5 mm circular, bound off loosely; it is not folded. Last, the underarm stitches are grafted together.

Design: Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir Michelsen — pattern from Lopi No. 30 (no. 19), 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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