Hlekkur — Zip Yoke Cardigan Knitting Pattern
Round-yoke zip cardigan in Léttlopi · zigzag bands and small diamonds · Black or Green-grey · sizes M–XXL
Pattern only: the English PDF, emailed to you right after purchase. Yarn is not included.
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- Lopi 28, no. 12 — Védís Jónsdóttir
- Sizes M–XXL · chest 90–117 cm
Védís Jónsdóttir’s zip cardigan from Ístex’s Lopi 28 is knitted in Léttlopi in the round, then machine-sewn and cut open at the front for a zipper with two slides. A border of zigzags sits above the ribbed hem and cuffs, and the round yoke stacks bands of zigzags and small diamonds up to a neckband that folds over the top of the zipper — or is left to roll. Two colour versions — Black (black sheep with grey, white and chocolate) and Green-grey (rough sea with black heather, white and black) — in sizes M to XXL. All the colours are still made.
What you get
- The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
- Two colour versions — Black and Green-grey
- Sizes M, L, XL and XXL
- Two charts — body and sleeve border, and yoke — with one key for both versions
- Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the black kit or the green-grey kit
Yarn used in the pattern (not included)
Black: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes M (L XL XXL)
A 0052 black sheep — 6 (7 7 8)
B 0057 grey — 2 (2 2 2)
C 0051 white — 2 (2 2 3)
D 0867 chocolate — 2 (2 2 2)
Green-grey: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes M (L XL XXL)
A 1415 rough sea — 6 (7 7 8)
B 0005 black heather — 2 (2 2 2)
C 0051 white — 2 (2 2 3)
D 0059 black — 2 (2 2 2)
Sizes
| M | L | XL | XXL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | 90 cm 35½″ |
99 cm 39″ |
108 cm 42½″ |
117 cm 46″ |
| Length to underarm | 40 cm 15¾″ |
42 cm 16½″ |
44 cm 17¼″ |
46 cm 18″ |
| Sleeve length to underarm | 49 cm 19¼″ |
50 cm 19¾″ |
52 cm 20½″ |
53 cm 20¾″ |
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 needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body rib and the neckband
3½ mm (US 4) and 4½ mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 3½ mm for the cuffs
You will also need
A zipper with two slides (not included; the pattern gives no length). Stitch holders for the underarm stitches, a sewing machine and thread in a matching colour for the steek and the zipper, and a tapestry needle for grafting — the instructions use them, but the pattern’s list leaves them out.
How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, with a purl stitch at each end of the round at the centre front — the steek — which is machine-sewn and cut open for the zipper at the end. The body is cast on in B with 161 (177, 193, 209) stitches on the 3½ mm circular and knitted in knit 1, purl 1 rib for 2 cm; the round is joined only after the rib, when 2 purl stitches are cast on, giving 163 (179, 195, 211) stitches on 4½ mm. Chart 1 comes first — a 19-round border (sizes M and L leave out round 14) — then plain A to 40 (42, 44, 46) cm. The sleeves are cast on in B with 44 (46, 48, 48) stitches on 3½ mm double-pointed needles, ribbed for 2 cm and given the same border on 4½ mm; then in A 2 stitches are increased at the underarm in the first round after the border and every 7th (7th, 7th, 6th) round, 12 (13, 13, 14) times in all, to 68 (72, 74, 76), and the sleeve is knitted to 49 (50, 52, 53) cm. Body and sleeves are joined in A for the round yoke, 259 (275, 291, 307) stitches, and the 54-round yoke chart, with five decrease rounds, takes it to 99 (105, 111, 117); sizes M, L and XL leave out marked rounds. The neckband is knitted in B on 3½ mm: the purl stitches are bound off, one round decreases 24 (26, 28, 30) stitches, and the rest is worked back and forth — 3 cm of knit 1, purl 1 rib, a purl row from the right side for a ridge, then 2.5 cm of stocking stitch in A, bound off loosely. The underarms are grafted and the front is machine-sewn twice through each column of purl stitches; the cardigan is rinsed by hand and laid flat to dry, then cut open between the sewn rows. The zipper is sewn in under the front edges, and the neckband is folded to the inside at the purl ridge and sewn down over the end of the zipper — or the stocking stitch is left to roll.
Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 28 (no. 12), Ístex.
More info — download, yarn & help
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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Why you'll love it
- Zigzags up the yokeThe 54-round yoke chart stacks bands of zigzags with small dark diamonds and motifs between them, and its five decrease rounds are worked into the pattern.
- Knitted round, cut openTwo purl stitches at the centre front are machine-sewn and cut, and a zipper with two slides is sewn in under the front edges.
- A neckband over the zipAfter the rib comes a purl ridge and 2.5 cm of stocking stitch that folds to the inside over the end of the zipper — or is left to roll.
- A matching borderA border of zigzags from the first chart sits above the rib at the hem and on both cuffs.
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