Hjörtu — Baby Cardigan & Trousers Knitting Pattern

Hjörtu — hearts. A baby set from Ístex’s Lopi 34 in Léttlopi: a round-yoke cardigan with a row of big white hearts round the yoke, and a pair of plain trousers. The cardigan is murky, with small straw V shapes over the body and sleeves and a band of straw and white above the rib; it is knitted in the round, cut open at the front and finished with crocheted bands and 6 buttons. The trousers have ribbed cuffs, a raised back and a ribbed waist for elastic or a twisted cord. The original pattern and instructions are by Ragnheiður Matthíasdóttir; Védís Jónsdóttir redesigned it. One colour version, in sizes 6–9, 9–18 and 18–24 months. All three colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two pieces — the cardigan and the trousers
• Sizes 6–9, 9–18 and 18–24 months
• Four charts for the cardigan, with a colour key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Hjörtu kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Cardigan: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 6–9 (9–18 18–24) months
A 1420 murky — 3 (3 3)
B 1418 straw — 2 (2 3)
C 0051 white — 1 (1 1)

Trousers: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 6–9 (9–18 18–24) months — on top of the cardigan’s yarn
A 1420 murky — 3 (3 3)

Sizes

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm needles.

Needles
4 mm (US 6) and 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 60 cm — 4 mm for the hem rib and the neckband, 4.5 mm for the body and the yoke
4 mm (US 6) double-pointed needles for the rib cuffs of the sleeves and the trouser legs
By our reading also 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles: the sleeves and the trouser legs go on to 4.5 mm with only 31 to 52 stitches, too few for a 40 cm circular. The pattern’s list leaves them out

You will also need
6 buttons (the pattern gives no size) and a 4 mm crochet hook for the front bands — both in the pattern’s list — and, though the list leaves them out, a sewing machine and thread for the steek, stitch holders or scrap yarn, a tapestry needle, and elastic for the trouser waist if you prefer it to a twisted cord.

How it is knitted
The cardigan’s body is cast on in murky on the 4 mm circular and knitted back and forth in K1, P1 rib for 3 (3, 4) cm; then 2 purl stitches are cast on for a steek, and the body is joined and knitted in the round on 4.5 mm from chart 1 — a band of straw stripes with small white-and-straw diamonds, three plain rounds, then rows of small straw V shapes, repeated to the underarm. The sleeves start with K1, P1 rib on 4 mm double-pointed needles and follow the same chart, with 2 stitches increased under the arm 6 times. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke: chart 2, a band of straw squares between white lines; chart 3, a row of big white hearts; and chart 4, small white-and-straw diamonds — decreasing from 167 (173, 179) stitches to 79 (85, 91). The neckband is K1, P1 rib, knitted back and forth once the 2 steek stitches are bound off. The front is machine-sewn twice through the purl stitches and cut open, and the front bands are three rows of single crochet in murky, with 6 buttonholes on the right band. The trousers are plain murky: each leg is knitted in the round from a 4 cm rib cuff and increased at the inside leg; the legs are joined with 4 stitches cast on at the centre back and the centre front, decreased at both, and short rows raise the back. The waist is 3 cm of K1, P1 rib, an eyelet round and 3 more rounds of rib; elastic or a twisted cord goes through the eyelets, and the crotch seam is sewn.

Original pattern and instructions: Ragnheiður Matthíasdóttir. Redesign: Védís Jónsdóttir. Instructions: Hulda Hákonardóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 34 (no. 25), 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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