B&G — Children’s Zip Hoodie Knitting Pattern

B&G is Védís Jónsdóttir’s zip-up hoodie for older children from Ístex’s Lopi 27: a raglan jacket in Álafosslopi with a hood and two patch pockets in finer Léttlopi in a contrast colour, closed with a two-way zipper. The pattern has two versions in sizes 8 to 14 years — short, to the hip, in dark grey with a black hood and pockets, and long, to the upper thigh in the photo, in dark olive with a chocolate hood and pockets. Apart from the length, the colours and how high the pockets sit, they are the same; the long one takes one more ball of Álafosslopi in every size.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two versions — short in dark grey and black, long in dark olive and chocolate
• Sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years
• The short rows at the back of the neck written out for each size
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the short grey kit or the long olive kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Short hoodie: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · ages 8 (10 12 14) years
A 0058 dark grey — 5 (6 7 7)

Short hoodie, hood and pockets: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 8 (10 12 14) years
B 0005 black — 2 (2 2 2)

Long hoodie: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · ages 8 (10 12 14) years
A 9987 dark olive — 6 (7 8 8) · no longer made by Ístex — the long olive kit uses 9987 from our remaining stock

Long hoodie, hood and pockets: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 8 (10 12 14) years
B 0867 chocolate — 2 (2 2 2)

Sizes

Gauge
13 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles (Álafosslopi); 18 sts × 24 rows on 4.5 mm (Léttlopi, hood and pockets).

Needles
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 cm and 60–80 cm, for the body and the yoke
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 cm and 60–80 cm, for the body rib and the Léttlopi hood and pockets
3.5 mm (US 4) circular needle, 60 cm, for the hood and pocket borders
4.5 mm (US 7) and 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the sleeves

You will also need
A two-way zipper — the pattern lists a “zipper with 2 slides” and gives no length — and stitch markers, both in the pattern’s list; sewing thread in a matching colour for the zipper; and stitch holders for the underarm stitches.

How it is knitted
The body is knitted back and forth in one piece, open at the centre front: 5 cm of K1, P1 rib on 4.5 mm, then stocking stitch on 6 mm to 34 (37, 39, 41) cm for the short version or 44 (47, 49, 51) cm for the long one. The sleeves are knitted in the round from a 5 cm rib and increased 6 times. Body and sleeves are joined for a raglan yoke, worked back and forth and decreased beside the four raglan markers down to 68 stitches; short rows, written out for each size, raise the back of the neck, and the neckband is 2 cm of rib. The hood is picked up in Léttlopi from the inside edge of the neckband, knitted flat, shaped at the sides and closed at the top with short-row decreases, then edged with a rib picked up on 3.5 mm and sewn to the neckband. Two shaped patch pockets in Léttlopi get a ribbed edge on the slanted side and are sewn on 4 cm from the front edge. The underarms are grafted, and a two-way zipper is sewn under the front edges — there is no knitted front band.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 27 (no. 10), 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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