Frikki — Initial Sweater Knitting Pattern

Frikki — the short form of Friðrik, the name of its designer, Friðrik Örn Hjaltested; Hulda Hákonardóttir wrote the pattern for Ístex’s Lopi 31. A plain Álafosslopi sweater with a round yoke, a tall ribbed collar and a big letter or picture of your own, sewn on the front in duplicate stitch once the sweater is knitted. The pattern has three versions in sizes S to XXL: a men’s sweater in oatmeal with a chocolate letter, a men’s sweater in happy red with black Hosuband — a sock yarn — at the cast-on edge and in a band on each sleeve, and a longer ladies’ sweater in dark grey with a light ash letter. All the colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Three versions — men’s brown (oatmeal), men’s red and a longer ladies’ dark grey
• Sizes S, M, L, XL and XXL, with men’s and ladies’ lengths
• A blank grid to draw your own letter or picture
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the men’s oatmeal kit or the ladies’ dark grey kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Red version, men’s: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L XL XXL) — B is Hosuband, a sock yarn, also in 100 g balls
A 0047 happy red — 7 (7 8 8 9)
B 0059 black — 2 (2 2 2 2) · Hosuband, Ístex’s sock yarn — for the cast-on edge and a 20 cm band on each sleeve; our shop does not stock Hosuband in black

Brown version, men’s: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L XL XXL)
A 0085 oatmeal — 6 (7 8 8 9)
C 0867 chocolate (the letter) — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Ladies’ version: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L XL XXL)
A 0058 dark grey — 7 (8 9 10 11)
C 0056 light ash (the letter) — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
12 sts × 16 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6.5 mm needles.

Needles
6.5 mm (US 10½) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm
6.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves

You will also need
Two stitch markers, stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle for grafting and the duplicate stitch — the pattern’s list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, in stocking stitch on 6.5 mm. The body starts with 8 cm of K2, P2 rib and is decreased at both sides twice — 4 stitches each time — on the way to the underarm: 46 (47, 48, 49, 50) cm for men, 56 (57, 58, 59, 60) cm for ladies. The sleeves start with 8 cm of the same rib and are increased at the underarm; for the red version, a 20 cm band in black Hosuband starts 18 (19, 20, 20, 21) cm from the cast-on edge. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke: 12 stitches are taken in at the four joins over two rounds, then five evenly spaced decrease rounds take it from 176 (192, 202, 208, 228) stitches to 56 (62, 67, 68, 78), and a last round to 48 (52, 56, 56, 60). The collar is 16 (18, 18, 18, 20) cm of K2, P2 rib, bound off loosely. Last, a letter or picture of your own, up to 25 stitches wide and 30 rounds high, is sewn on the front in duplicate stitch, its top 1–2 rounds below the first decrease in the yoke.

Design: Friðrik Örn Hjaltested (pattern written by Hulda Hákonardóttir) — pattern from Lopi No. 31 (no. 8), 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.