Doppa — Children’s Yoke Vest Knitting Pattern

Doppa — dot. Védís Jónsdóttir’s children’s vest from Ístex’s Lopi 29, knitted in Léttlopi from the neck down in one piece, with rows of dots round the yoke and short ribbed cap sleeves, so it is easy to try on as you go. The pattern has two versions in sizes 6 to 12 years: colourful — black with mustard flowers, orange squares, green dots and big lilac dots, and the same rows again as a border above a garnet hem rib — and natural, in black heather with murky and straw dots and a plain body. In the colourful version three colours are no longer made — mustard (9264), orange (1410) and lilac (1413); the natural version’s colours are all still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two versions — colourful and natural
• Sizes 6, 8, 10 and 12 years
• Colour charts for the yoke and the body border, with a key for both versions
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the colourful kit or the natural kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Black-colourful version: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 6 (8 10 12) years
A 0059 black — 3 (3 4 4)
B 1409 garnet — 1 (1 1 1)
C 9264 mustard — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the colourful kit uses 1703 mimosa, a brighter golden yellow
D 1410 orange — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the colourful kit uses 1704 apricot, a browner, less vivid orange
E 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1)
F 9423 lagoon — 1 (1 1 1)
G 1413 lilac — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the colourful kit uses 1702 milkyway, a pale, clearly bluer shade
H 1414 violet — 1 (1 1 1)

Black heather-natural version: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 6 (8 10 12) years
A 0005 black heather — 3 (4 4 5)
B 1420 murky — 1 (1 1 1)
C 1418 straw — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm needles.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 60 cm — the 40 cm for the top of the yoke, the 60 cm as it widens and for the body
3.5 mm (US 4) circular needle, 60 cm, for the hem rib
3.5 mm (US 4) double-pointed needles for the neck rib

You will also need
A tapestry needle for weaving in the ends and for the few duplicate stitches that strengthen the armhole corners.

How it is knitted
Knitted from the top down in one piece, in the round. The neck starts with 4 rounds of K1, P1 rib on 3.5 mm double-pointed needles — in violet (H) for the colourful version, in black heather (A) for the natural one. The yoke is knitted on the 4.5 mm circular from a 33-round chart of dots, with five increase rounds worked into the chart — from 72 (75, 78, 81) stitches to 192 (200, 208, 216) — changing to the 60 cm circular as it widens; the smaller sizes leave out a few marked rounds. Next, the back and front are knitted while the stitches over each arm are worked in K1, P1 rib for 3 rounds and then bound off in rib — these are the short cap sleeves. 8 (8, 9, 9) stitches are cast on under each arm and the body is knitted straight down: colourful in black to 15.5 (18.5, 21.5, 24.5) cm from the underarm, then a 22-round border of the same dots (chart 2), then garnet (B); natural in plain black heather to 24.5 (27.5, 30.5, 33.5) cm, or as long as you like. The hem is 1 round of stocking stitch and 4 rounds of K1, P1 rib on 3.5 mm. Last, a few duplicate stitches strengthen each armhole corner where body and yoke meet.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 29 (no. 9), 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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