Icelandic Zip Cardigan — Short Yoke Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s Icelandic Zip Cardigan, an Ístex single pattern: a short, fitted yoke cardigan in Álafosslopi, knitted in the round and cut open up the front, with a moss-stitch hem and cuffs, a folded rib collar and an open-ended zip. The three-colour yoke has triangles, dotted blocks, a zigzag band and vertical lines up to the collar. The pattern gives two colour versions with the same amounts — black, in black heather, oatmeal and white, and ecru, in ecru heather, black sheep heather and acorn — in sizes 34 to 42; the photo shows the black one.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — black and ecru
• Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42
• One yoke chart, with a key for both versions
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the black kit or the ecru kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Black cardigan: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes 34 (36 38 40 42)
A 0005 black heather — 5 (5 6 6 6)
B 0085 oatmeal heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Ecru cardigan: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes 34 (36 38 40 42)
A 9972 ecru heather — 5 (5 6 6 6)
B 0052 black sheep heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 0053 acorn heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
13 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles.

Needles
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
4.5 mm (US 7) needle, 40 cm, for the collar — the pattern does not say “circular”, but 40 cm is a circular length
6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the sleeves

You will also need
An open-ended (separating) zip — the pattern gives 50–55 cm and says to measure the finished cardigan — sewing thread to match, a sewing machine to secure the front before it is cut, and stitch holders for the underarm stitches.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up on 6 mm, with a purl stitch at each side of the centre front. The body starts with 4 rows of moss stitch knitted back and forth, then 2 purl stitches are cast on and it is joined in the round; the sleeves start with 4 rounds of moss stitch and are increased 6 (6, 7, 7, 7) times. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, knitted from one chart in three colours with four decrease rounds, from 159 (165, 171, 177, 183) stitches to 55 (57, 59, 61, 63); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The collar is 7 cm of K1, P1 rib on 4.5 mm, knitted back and forth and folded in half to the inside. The purl stitches up the front are sewn twice by machine, the cardigan is rinsed and dried, and the front is cut open. The zip is sewn in by hand, and the folded collar covers its top.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir for Ístex — the Icelandic Zip Cardigan, an Ístex single pattern.

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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