Hraði — Striped Einband Sweater Knitting Pattern

Hraði — speed. Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Einband pattern series, knitted with a single strand of fine Einband on 6 mm needles, which gives a light, open fabric. Body and sleeves are knitted in wide stripes of black, tawny, ash and dark grey, with rounds of eyelet holes near the hem and cuffs, and the stripes go on into the yoke as it narrows to a wide neck, bound off with two strands of black. One colour version, in sizes XS to XL. 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 and XL
• The yoke chart, with a colour key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Hraði kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Einband — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL)
A 0151 black — 2 (2 2 2 2)
B 9076 tawny — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 1026 ash — 1 (1 2 2 2)
D 9102 dark grey — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
15 sts × 24 rounds = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles, one strand of Einband, measured after blocking.

Needles
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 cm and 60 or 80 cm — for the body and the yoke
6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles — by our reading for the sleeves, which start with 36 to 42 stitches
4 mm (US 6) circular needle, 40 cm, for binding off the neck

You will also need
Stitch holders (or scrap yarn) for the underarm stitches, and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms and weaving in the ends — the pattern uses them, but its list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Body and sleeves are knitted in the round from the lower edge to the underarm, each cast on with two strands of black and then knitted with one strand on 6 mm needles. Both have the same stripes in the same order: black with a round of holes, tawny with a round of holes, then ash, which starts with a round of holes and goes on as a long stripe, then dark grey, a wide stripe of black, and ash again up to the underarm. A round of holes takes two rounds: K2tog, two yarn overs and SSK, then on the next round you knit one loop of each double yarn over and purl the other. The sleeves are increased at the underarm. Body and sleeves are joined in ash, and the yoke is knitted from a 35-round chart with four decrease rounds, from 180 (186, 198, 210, 216) stitches to 60 (62, 66, 70, 72); in the larger sizes the marked rounds are knitted twice, so the yoke is 35 (37, 39, 41, 42) rounds deep (our count). The yoke chart is stripes only — by our reading ash, tawny, dark grey and black. The neck is bound off knitwise with two strands of black on the 4 mm needle — the pattern says it should be wide — and the underarm stitches are grafted. Last, the sweater is rinsed by hand and laid flat to dry to its measurements.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Ístex’s Einband pattern series, no. 3.

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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