Hlökk & Haddur — Children’s Colour-Block Zip Jacket and Striped Hat Knitting Pattern

Two children’s patterns by Védís Jónsdóttir in one leaflet from Ístex’s Lopi 24, both in Álafosslopi: Hlökk (No. 7), a zip jacket knitted from the neck down in wide blocks of colour, and Haddur (No. 8), a striped brioche hat with a pompom in the same five colours. Each is given in two colour versions — blue, with a monet blue tweed yoke, a sapphire blue body and ruby red sleeves, and burgundy, with an orchid yoke, a burgundy body and soft purple sleeves — with a band and a rib at the hem and cuffs in golden and amber heather, or ochre and orange rust. At every colour change the jacket is cast off and the next colour picked up behind the edge, so each block is set off by a small ridge. Jacket sizes 116, 128 and 134; the hat is one size, 116–134. In the blue version monet blue tweed (9735) and sapphire blue (9968) are no longer made; in the burgundy version four of the five — orchid (0159), burgundy (9210), ochre (0065) and orange rust (9988) — are no longer made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Both patterns in the leaflet — No. 7, the Hlökk zip jacket, and No. 8, the Haddur hat
• Each in two colour versions, blue and burgundy
• Jacket in sizes 116, 128 and 134; hat in one size, 116–134
• Colour charts for the jacket’s body and sleeves
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the blue jacket kit or the blue hat kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Hlökk jacket, blue: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes 116 (128) 134
A 9735 monet blue tweed — 1 (1 2) · no longer made — the blue jacket kit uses 1234 blue tweed, a mid-blue with white flecks like the yoke in the photo, but a clearer, brighter blue
B 9968 sapphire blue — 2 (2 3) · no longer made — the blue jacket kit uses 0118 navy, a very dark blue; in the photo the body already looks dark navy, but the original was brighter, so a navy body will look darker and duller in daylight
C 9962 ruby red heather — 1 (1 2)
D 9964 golden heather — 1 (1 1)
E 9971 amber heather — 1 (1 1)

Haddur hat, blue: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · one size, 116–134 — the hat’s list prints only the colour numbers (the names are from the jacket’s list) and says the hat takes less than one ball of each
A 9968 sapphire blue — less than one ball · no longer made — the blue hat kit uses 0118 navy, a very dark blue, much darker and duller than the clear mid-blue in the photo
B 9962 ruby red heather — less than one ball
C 9735 monet blue tweed — less than one ball · no longer made — the blue hat kit uses 1234 blue tweed, a mid-blue with white flecks, a clearer blue than the greyer denim blue of the monet tweed
D 9971 amber heather — less than one ball
E 9964 golden heather — less than one ball

Hlökk jacket, burgundy: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes 116 (128) 134 — there is no kit for the burgundy version
A 0159 orchid — 1 (1 2) · no longer made
B 9210 burgundy — 2 (2 3) · no longer made
C 0163 soft purple — 1 (1 2)
D 0065 ochre — 1 (1 1) · no longer made
E 9988 orange rust — 1 (1 1) · no longer made

Haddur hat, burgundy: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · one size, 116–134 — the hat’s list prints only the colour numbers (the names are from the jacket’s list) and says the hat takes less than one ball of each — there is no kit for the burgundy version
A 9210 burgundy — less than one ball · no longer made
B 0163 soft purple — less than one ball
C 0159 orchid — less than one ball · no longer made
D 9988 orange rust — less than one ball · no longer made
E 0065 ochre — less than one ball · no longer made

Sizes — Hlökk jacket
116, 128 and 134: European children’s sizes, named after the child’s height in cm (roughly 6 to 9 years — our reading). The pattern calls the chest measurement “width”.

Size — Haddur hat
One size, printed as 116–134 — the heights of the jacket’s three sizes. The pattern gives no measurements; with 48 stitches at 12 stitches to 10 cm, the hat is about 40 cm (15¾″) round before stretching (our calculation). Brioche stretches a lot.

Gauge
Jacket: 13 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles. Hat: 12 sts × 17 rows = 10 cm (4″) in brioche on 6 mm needles.

Needles
Jacket: 6 mm (US 10) and 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles — the pattern gives no length; the body is knitted back and forth on 104 to 120 stitches
Jacket: 6 mm (US 10) and 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the sleeves and cuffs, which are knitted in the round
Hat: a 6 mm (US 10) circular needle — the hat is knitted back and forth on it; no length is given

You will also need
For the jacket: an open-ended zip, in the pattern’s list as 45 (55) 60 cm long — measure your finished jacket first (see the FAQ) — and, which the list leaves out, sewing thread to match and a tapestry needle. For the hat: cardboard for the pompom (an 8 cm ring with a 2 cm hole) and a tapestry needle for the seam, which the list also leaves out.

How it is knitted
Hlökk is knitted from the neck down in Álafosslopi on 6 mm needles. The colours are lettered A to E: in the blue version A is monet blue tweed, B sapphire blue, C ruby red heather, D golden heather and E amber heather; in the burgundy version orchid, burgundy, soft purple, ochre and orange rust. The back yoke is cast on at the back neck in A and knitted back and forth to the armholes; the fronts are picked up at the shoulders and knitted down, with stitches cast on step by step to shape the front neck and 3 moss stitches at each front edge. The body is then picked up in B behind the cast-off edges of the back and both fronts, with 4 stitches cast on under each arm, and knitted back and forth to the hem, followed by a band in D and a K1, P1 rib in E on 4.5 mm. At every colour change the work is cast off from the right side and the new colour is picked up behind the cast-off edge, so each block is marked by a small ridge. The sleeves are picked up round the armholes in A and knitted in the round downwards the same way: A at the top, C with decreases, a D band and an E rib cuff on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles. The neckband is picked up in C on 4.5 mm — 3 rows of C, 8 of E and 2 of C — folded double and slip-stitched down over the top of the zip. The jacket is washed and laid flat to dry before the zip is sewn in. Haddur is knitted back and forth in brioche, a deep, stretchy rib, on the 6 mm needle: 48 stitches are cast on, and the stripes are 14 rows of hat colour A, 10 of B, 8 of C, 4 of A, 6 of D, 6 of E and 10 of B. Then every two stitches are knitted together, a row is purled and every two are knitted together again — from 48 stitches to 12 — the yarn is drawn through them and the side edges are sewn together. A pompom made on an 8 cm cardboard ring goes on top.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 24 (nos. 7 and 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.

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