Gnótt — Round-Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Gnótt — plenty. A round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 34, knitted in Plötulopi used 2-ply (two strands wound together): grey heather, patterned all over with tiny black-and-white motifs — the pattern calls them “lice” — with a white border at the hem and cuffs, a yoke of black and white bands, and a white rib collar folded double. The original pattern is from Iðnaðardeild Sambandsins; Védís Jónsdóttir redesigned it and wrote the instructions with Hulda Hákonardóttir. One colour version, in sizes S to XXL. All three colours are still made.

What you get

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

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S (M L XL XXL) — used 2-ply, two strands wound together
A 9102 grey heather — 4 (4 4 5 5)
B 0005 black heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 0001 white — 2 (2 2 2 2)

Sizes

Gauge
14 sts × 19 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5.5 mm needles, with Plötulopi used 2-ply.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — for the ribbed hem and the collar
5.5 mm (US 9) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — for the body and the yoke
4.5 mm and 5.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4.5 mm for the rib cuffs

You will also need
Though the pattern’s list leaves them out, you need stitch holders and a tapestry needle.

How it is knitted
Two strands from the Plötulopi plates are wound softly together and knitted as one. The body is cast on in white on the 4.5 mm circular, knitted in the round in K1, P1 rib for 4 cm and increased on one round; then chart 1 is knitted on 5.5 mm — a border of a black zigzag line and white pointed shapes rising into grey — and its 12 “lice” rounds are repeated to the underarm, ending one round after a row of lice. The sleeves are worked the same way on double-pointed needles, increased under the arm. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, with the centre front stitch placed above or between the lice below. Chart 2 has 46 rounds and four decrease rounds, from 204 (216, 228, 240, 252) stitches to 68 (72, 76, 80, 84); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The collar is white: one round with decreases on 4.5 mm, 8 cm of K1, P1 rib, bound off loosely in rib, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched in place.

Original pattern: Iðnaðardeild Sambandsins. Redesign: Védís Jónsdóttir. Instructions: Hulda Hákonardóttir and Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 34 (no. 21), 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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