Endurreisn — Women’s Long Yoke Jacket Knitting Pattern

Endurreisn — renaissance. Védís Jónsdóttir’s long jacket for women from Ístex’s Lopi 29: slightly waisted, with a round yoke, folded hems and crochet borders with button loops, covered from hem to neck in bands of pattern. The ground is one strand of Álafosslopi; most pattern colours are two strands of Léttlopi held together, so each band blends two shades. Body and sleeves are knitted in the round and the front is cut open. The pattern has two versions in sizes S, M and L: Black-Colorful — black with bands in thirteen bright colours — and Black heather-Earth, in greys, beiges, stone blue, murky and frostbite on black heather. Every colour in the earth version is still made; in the colourful one, fire red (9738), monet blue (9735), lilac (1413), orange (1410) and mustard (9264) are not.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — Black-Colorful and Black heather-Earth
• Sizes S, M and L
• Four charts for each version — body, sleeves, yoke and neckband — with a colour key for each
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the colourful kit or the earth kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Black-Colorful: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L) — the ground, and two motif colours as single strands
A 0059 black — 3 (4 5)
L 9738 fire red — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the colourful kit uses 0047 happy red, a solid, clear red; in the photo fire red looks lighter and a little pinker, so those motifs come out a deeper red
N 9735 monet blue — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the colourful kit uses 1234 blue tweed, a mid blue with white flecks — a little deeper and a clearly purer, stronger blue than the greyish blue band in the photo

Black-Colorful: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L) — most motif colours are two of these held together
B 9423 lagoon — 2 (2 2)
C 1404 glacier blue — 2 (2 2)
D 1402 heaven blue — 1 (1 1)
E 1413 lilac — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the colourful kit uses 1702 milkyway, paler and bluer
F 1414 violet — 1 (1 1)
G 1412 pink — 1 (1 1)
H 9434 crimson — 1 (1 1)
I 1410 orange — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the colourful kit uses 1704 apricot, darker and browner
J 9426 golden — 1 (1 1)
K 9264 mustard — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the colourful kit uses 1703 mimosa, brighter and more yellow
M 9421 celery — 1 (1 1)

Black heather-Earth: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L) — the ground
A 0005 black heather — 3 (4 5)

Black heather-Earth: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L) — every motif colour is two of these held together
B 0057 grey — 2 (2 2)
C 0054 ash — 3 (3 3)
D 9418 stone blue — 2 (2 2)
E 0086 light beige — 2 (2 2)
F 1420 murky — 2 (2 2)
G 1417 frostbite — 2 (2 2)
H 0085 oatmeal — 1 (1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
12 sts × 14 rows = 10 cm (4″) over stocking stitch on 7 mm needles, as printed — the jacket is stranded colourwork with one strand of Álafosslopi and two strands of Léttlopi.

Needles
7 mm circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke — the 40 cm as the yoke narrows (the pattern prints no US size for 7 mm)
6 mm (US 10) circular needle, 80 cm, for the body hem
5 mm (US 8) circular needle, 40 cm, for the neckband
6 mm and 7 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 6 mm for the cuff hem

You will also need
A 6 mm (US J/10) crochet hook for the front borders and button loops, and 7 buttons — both in the pattern’s list, which gives no button size — and, though the list leaves them out, stitch holders (or scrap yarn) for the underarm stitches, a sewing machine and thread for the steek, and a tapestry needle for grafting and the hems.

How it is knitted
Body and sleeves are knitted from the bottom up. The body hem starts with 5 rows of stocking stitch in a single strand of Léttlopi on the 6 mm needle — the facing, in violet for Black-Colorful or frostbite for Black heather-Earth — then, in the Álafosslopi ground, a garter ridge to fold along and 5 rows of stocking stitch, all back and forth; then 2 purl stitches are cast on at the front for the steek, and the body is joined and knitted in the round on 7 mm from a 78-round chart. At round 45, 15 stitches are decreased for the waist, and at round 67, 10 are increased again. The sleeves start the same way in the round on double-pointed needles, with a facing in crimson (colourful) or stone blue (earth) and a purl round to fold along, and are increased 4 or 5 times up their 65-round chart. The smaller sizes leave out a few marked rounds. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke: a 30-round chart with six decrease rounds, from 162 (172, 182) down to 66 (70, 74) stitches. The neckband, on 5 mm, has a 6-round pattern, a fold ridge in two strands and a facing in one strand of lagoon (colourful) or grey (earth). The front is machine-sewn and cut open; both fronts get 2 rows of single crochet in the ground colour, with 7 button loops on the right front, and the hems are folded to the inside and slip-stitched down.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 29 (no. 2), 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.

No email? Check your spam folder, then write to support@icelandicstore.is with your order number. A person answers, Monday to Friday.