Fjör — Striped Nine-Colour Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke pullover from Ístex’s Lopi 25 is knitted in Léttlopi in nine colours: the body and sleeves are stripes of six rounds, a new colour each time, and the yoke and the sleeve borders are bands of roses — the pattern’s word — with small flowers sewn in when the knitting is done. The hem and cuffs are moss stitch, and the neckband is folded to the inside. Two sizes, S/M and M/L. Three of the nine colours — lilac, light red and sun yellow — are no longer made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes S/M and M/L
• Two charts — sleeve border and yoke — with a colour key
• The stripe order for the body and the sleeves, written out
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and the yarn — with milkyway, royal fuchsia and mimosa in place of the three colours that are no longer made: the Fjör kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S/M (M/L)
A 1404 glacier blue — 2 (2)
B 1406 spring green — 2 (2)
C 1413 lilac — 2 (2) · no longer made by Ístex — the kit uses 1702 milkyway in its place
D 1408 light red — 2 (2) · no longer made by Ístex — the kit uses 1705 royal fuchsia in its place
E 1412 pink — 2 (2)
F 1402 heaven blue — 2 (2)
G 1411 sun yellow — 1 (1) · no longer made by Ístex — the kit uses 1703 mimosa in its place
H 1409 garnet red — 1 (1)
I 1414 violet — 1 (1)

Sizes

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4½ mm needles.

Needles
4½ mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
3½ mm (US 4) circular needle, 80 cm, for the moss-stitch hem
3½ mm and 4½ mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves and the neckband — 3½ mm for the cuffs and the neckband

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches, and a tapestry needle for grafting, sewing down the neckband and sewing in the small flowers — the instructions use them, but the pattern’s list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on in A with 160 (176) stitches on the 3½ mm circular and knitted in moss stitch for 6 rounds; on 4½ mm it goes on in stocking stitch in stripes of 6 rounds, a new colour each time, in the order the pattern lists — 10 stripes for size S/M, 12 for M/L — until the body measures 27 (29.5) cm; the pattern adds: “Work extra stripes if you want a longer sweater.” The sleeves are cast on in A with 60 stitches on 3½ mm double-pointed needles and knitted in moss stitch for 6 rounds, then on 4½ mm the sleeve border chart — 31 rounds, 28 in size S/M — and 6-round stripes; in the last stripes 2 stitches are increased at the underarm every 6th round, 2 (4) times, to 64 (68), and the sleeve measures 44 (45) cm. Body and sleeves are joined in E for the round yoke, 256 (272) stitches, and the yoke chart — 50 rounds, 46 in size S/M — with six decrease rounds takes it to 80 (85). The neckband is knitted on 3½ mm double-pointed needles: one round in A decreasing to 72 (74) stitches, 6 rounds of moss stitch, a purl round and 5 rounds of stocking stitch; it is cast off loosely, folded in half to the inside and stitched down. The underarms are grafted, small flowers are sewn into the roses on the sleeves and the yoke, and the sweater is rinsed and laid flat to dry.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 25 (no. 1), 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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