Jökla — Round-Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s women’s pullover from Ístex’s Lopi 34 is knitted in Léttlopi in the round, with moss-stitch edges and a round yoke whose contrast colour is a strand of Plötulopi and a strand of Einband held together — the Einband changes every few rounds, which gives the yoke its many-coloured flecks. Two colourways: red — crimson red with black Plötulopi and purple, turquoise, lime, sky blue and citron Einband — and blue — navy blue with a white zigzag, and jasper red Plötulopi with sky blue, citron, pink, turquoise and orange Einband. Sizes S to XL; all the colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colourways — red and blue
• Sizes S, M, L and XL
• A yoke chart for each colourway, with its key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the red kit or the blue kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Red version: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL)
A 9434 crimson red — 8 (9 9 10)

Red version: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S (M L XL) — held together with one Einband
B 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1)

Red version: Einband — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL) — one at a time, with the Plötulopi
C 9044 purple — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1762 turquoise — 1 (1 1 1)
E 9268 lime — 1 (1 1 1)
F 9281 sky blue — 1 (1 1 1)
G 9028 citron — 1 (1 1 1)

Blue version: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL)
A 9420 navy blue — 7 (8 8 9)
B 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1)

Blue version: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S (M L XL) — held together with one Einband
C 1427 jasper red — 1 (1 1 1)

Blue version: Einband — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL) — one at a time, with the Plötulopi
D 9281 sky blue — 1 (1 1 1)
E 9028 citron — 1 (1 1 1)
F 1768 pink — 1 (1 1 1)
G 1762 turquoise — 1 (1 1 1)
H 1766 orange — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes

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

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the moss-stitch hem and the collar
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
3.5 mm and 4.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle for grafting — the pattern’s list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 160 (176, 192, 208) stitches on the 3.5 mm circular, knitted in moss stitch for 7 rounds, then in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm to 46 (48, 50, 52) cm. The sleeves start with 7 rounds of moss stitch on 3.5 mm double-pointed needles and are increased at the underarm to 60 (64, 68, 72) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, 240 (256, 272, 288) stitches, and the 51-round chart — an 8-stitch repeat with five decrease rounds — takes it to 90 (96, 102, 108); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. In the yoke the contrast is one strand of Plötulopi and one of Einband held together, with the Einband colour named beside each group of rounds. The collar is 7 cm of K1, P1 rib on 3.5 mm, finished with 4 rounds of contrast rib — black Plötulopi with sky blue and then citron Einband for red, white for blue — and bound off loosely in rib; the underarms are grafted.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 34 (no. 13), 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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