Blámi — Long Batwing Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Blámi — blueness. Guðbjörg Rut Pálmadóttir’s long cardigan from Ístex’s Lopi 31 is knitted in one colour of Álafosslopi, light indigo: one wide body that grows into the sleeves, worn purl side out and 100 to 105 cm long from the shoulder. The ribs are knitted separately and sewn on — long cuffs, a deep hem rib, a tall collar and the front borders — and the front, machine-sewn and cut open, closes with press studs. Sizes S/M, L and XL/XXL.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes S/M, L and XL/XXL
• How to sew and cut the front, sew on the ribs and finish the front with ribbon and press studs
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Blámi kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S/M (L XL/XXL)
A 9958 light indigo — 11 (11 12)

Sizes

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

Needles
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — the body and the front borders are knitted on 6 mm
5.5 mm (US 9) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the hem rib — and, by our reading, for the sleeve ribs once they widen
5.5 mm double-pointed needles to start the sleeve ribs
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 80 cm, for the collar

You will also need
8–9 large press studs and 2 m of ribbon (both in the pattern’s list), a sewing machine to secure the centre front before it is cut, and stitch markers, a stitch holder and a tapestry needle, which the pattern uses but does not list.

How it is knitted
The body is cast on with 142 (150, 158) stitches on the 6 mm circular needle and knitted in the round in stocking stitch, with the first and last stitch of the round purled all the way up — the centre-front cutting line. From 29 (31, 33) cm it is increased by 2 stitches at each side, every 6th round, then every 3rd, then every 2nd, to 202 (210, 218) stitches, so the sleeves grow out of the body. The front and the back are then knitted separately, back and forth: the front neck is shaped after 8 (9, 10) cm and the back neck after 14 (15, 16) cm, both are knitted until the armhole measures 22 (23, 24) cm, and the shoulders are grafted. The ribs are knitted separately in K2, P2: two sleeve ribs, in the round from 40 (42, 44) stitches increased to 64 (66, 68), 30 (31, 32) cm long; a 20 cm hem rib; a 12 cm collar on 4.5 mm; and the front borders, 6 cm, on 6 mm. The centre front is machine-sewn twice through each purled column and cut between them, the body is turned purl side out, and the ribs are backstitched on about 1 cm below their bound-off edge, which leaves a raised edge — first on the body and sleeves, then the collar, then the front borders. A ribbon sewn inside the borders hides the cut edge, and large press studs close the front.

Design: Guðbjörg Rut Pálmadóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 31 (no. 18), 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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