Hrím — Banded Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Hrím — hoarfrost. Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 29, knitted in Léttlopi for men and women, with four patterned bands around the body and sleeves — from the hem up a zigzag, a chain of squares, small crosses and diamonds — and a yoke with a broad band of large star motifs and a chain of squares below the neck. The pattern has two colourways with the same amounts: beige — barley with murky, chocolate, black sheep, white and straw — and green-grey — rough sea with grey, light grey, ash, black and heather black. Three sizes, XS/S to XL/XXL, each with a man’s and a woman’s sleeve length. All twelve colours in the pattern are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colourways — beige and green-grey
• Sizes XS/S, M/L and XL/XXL, each with a man’s and a woman’s sleeve length
• Charts for the body and sleeve bands and for the yoke, with a colour key for both colourways
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the beige kit or the green-grey kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Beige colourway: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes XS/S (M/L XL/XXL) — one set of amounts for both sleeve lengths
A 1419 barley — 5 (6 6)
B 1420 murky — 2 (3 3)
C 0867 chocolate — 2 (2 2)
D 0052 black sheep — 1 (2 2)
E 0051 white — 2 (3 3)
F 1418 straw — 1 (2 2)

Green-grey colourway: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes XS/S (M/L XL/XXL) — one set of amounts for both sleeve lengths
A 1415 rough sea — 5 (6 6)
B 0057 grey — 2 (3 3)
C 0056 light grey — 2 (2 2)
D 0054 ash — 1 (2 2)
E 0059 black — 2 (3 3)
F 0005 heather black — 1 (2 2)

Sizes

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

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm
3.5 mm and 4.5 mm double-pointed needles

You will also need
Stitch holders or waste yarn for the underarm stitches, a stitch marker for the centre stitch of each sleeve, and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body starts with 4 cm of K1, P1 rib in A on 3.5 mm, then four stranded colour bands from chart 1 on 4.5 mm, with plain rounds of A between them, to 42 (44, 46) cm. The sleeves start with the same rib and carry the same four bands, centred on a marked centre stitch, with the increases worked at the same time; the man’s and the woman’s sleeve differ only in the number of plain rounds between and above the bands. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, knitted from a 48-round chart with seven decrease rounds, from 260 (280, 300) stitches to 78 (84, 90); the larger sizes repeat a few marked rounds. The neck is 4 cm of K1, P1 rib in A on 3.5 mm, then 6 rounds of stocking stitch in F — straw in the beige colourway, heather black in the green-grey — which roll over in the photos. The underarm stitches are grafted.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 29 (no. 11), 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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