Fugl — Zip Yoke Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s Fugl from Ístex’s Lopi 25 is a round-yoke cardigan in Álafosslopi that closes with a zip. It is knitted in the round from the bottom up on 6 mm needles, with two purl stitches at the centre front that are machine-stitched and cut open at the end (a steek). It is dark grey, with moss-stitch edges and a band of black heather with small light V-shapes above the hem and cuffs, and a yoke of diamonds, blocks and bands in black heather, white and ash heather. Sizes XS to XXL. All four colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes XS, S, M, L, XL and XXL
• Two charts — the border and the yoke — with a colour key
• Yarn, needles and the zip are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL XXL)
A 0058 dark grey — 5 (5 5 6 6 6)
B 0005 black heather — 2 (2 2 2 2 2)
C 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
D 0054 ash heather — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)

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, for the body and the yoke
4½ mm (US 7) circular needle, 40 cm, for the moss-stitch hem and the neckband
4½ mm and 6 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4½ mm for the cuffs

You will also need
A zip — the pattern’s list says “Zip: 60-65-70 cm” without saying which size takes which length. Stitch holders, a sewing machine for stitching the steek before it is cut, sewing thread to match for the zip, and a tapestry needle for grafting and sewing down the neckband — the instructions use them, but the list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, with two purl stitches at the centre front — a steek — that are machine-stitched and cut open at the end. The body is cast on in B with 123 (129, 135, 141, 147, 153) stitches on the 4½ mm circular and knitted back and forth in moss stitch for 5 rows; on 6 mm, 2 purl stitches are cast on and the body is joined into a round of 125 (131, 137, 143, 149, 155). The 12-round border chart comes first, then A in stocking stitch to 38 (39, 40, 41, 42, 43) cm. The sleeves are cast on in B with 34 (34, 36, 36, 38, 38) stitches on 4½ mm double-pointed needles, knitted in moss stitch for 5 rounds, and get the same border on 6 mm; then in A, 2 stitches are increased — 1 after the first and 1 before the last stitch of the round — every 9th round, 7 (8, 8, 9, 9, 10) times, to 48 (50, 52, 54, 56, 58), and the sleeve is knitted to 48 (49, 50, 51, 52, 53) cm. Body and sleeves are joined in A for the round yoke, 187 (199, 205, 211, 217, 229) stitches, and the yoke chart, with four decrease rounds, takes it to 65 (69, 71, 73, 75, 79) — sizes XS to XL leave out marked rounds, so the chart is 33 (34, 35, 37, 38, 39) rounds. For the neckband, on 4½ mm, the purl stitches are bound off and one round in D decreases to 59 (61, 61, 63, 65, 67) stitches; it is then knitted back and forth in knit 1, purl 1 rib — 2 rows in D, 3 in A, 2 in B — followed in B by a purl row from the right side to fold on and 7 rows of stocking stitch, and bound off. The underarms are grafted; the steek is machine-stitched with small straight stitches twice into each purl stitch and cut between; the zip is sewn in by hand, and the neckband is folded in half to the inside over the end of the zip.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 25 (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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