Kaðlastaðir — Cabled Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Kaðlastaðir — “cable-stead”, a play on Icelandic farm names. Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir’s cardigan from Ístex’s Lopi 31 is cabled all over and knitted in pieces with two yarns held together as one: a strand of peach Einband and a strand of light beige Plötulopi. It has a deep cabled collar, folded in half to the inside, ribbed lower sleeves, and press studs on ribbons down the front. Sizes S/M, L and XL.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes S/M, L and XL
• Two cable charts — one for the back and fronts, one for the upper sleeves and the collar
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Kaðlastaðir kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Einband — 50 g balls · sizes S/M (L XL) · A and B are knitted together, one strand of each
A 9990 peach — 4 (4 5)

Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S/M (L XL) · a single strand (single-ply)
B 0003 light beige — 5 (5 6)

Sizes

Gauge
16 sts × 19 rows = 10 cm (4″) over the cable pattern on 6.5 mm needles, with one strand of Einband and one of Plötulopi held together.

Needles
6.5 mm (US 10½) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — the back, the fronts and the collar are knitted on 6.5 mm
5.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeve cuffs
7 mm double-pointed needles — the sleeve instructions change to 7 mm for the purl-3, knit-1 rib of the lower sleeve, though the materials list leaves them out, and they don’t say to change back for the cabled upper sleeve
The materials list also names 5.5 mm (US 9) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, and 6.5 mm double-pointed needles, which the instructions don’t mention

You will also need
A cable needle, 150 cm of ribbon 2.5 cm wide and 8–9 press studs (all in the pattern’s list), plus a tapestry needle for the seams and a sewing needle and thread for the ribbons and press studs, which the pattern does not list.

How it is knitted
Every piece is knitted with one strand of Einband and one of Plötulopi held together. The cable pattern is stocking stitch with 4-over-4 cable crosses — one to the left and one to the right in every 12 rows of a 20-stitch repeat. The back is cast on with 92 (98, 106) stitches on 6.5 mm: 3 rows of stocking stitch, a row knitted on the wrong side as a fold line, 2 more rows, then chart 1 to 36 (37, 38) cm from the fold line; the armholes and the neck are shaped and the shoulders bound off in steps. Each front is cast on with 48 (52, 56) stitches, with the same fold line after 3 rows; then 6 stitches are cast on at the front edge for a facing, which folds inside behind a 6-stitch textured border (purl 1, knit 1, purl 3, knit 1), and the cables cover the other 42 (46, 50) stitches. The sleeves are knitted in the round: 35 (35, 37) stitches, 4 rounds of K1, P1 rib on 5.5 mm, then purl-3, knit-1 rib on 7 mm to 26 cm, with two increase rounds after 19 cm; then 33 (37, 37) stitches are added in one round, to 72 (76, 78), the upper sleeve is cabled from chart 2 to 51 (53, 54) cm, and the cap is shaped back and forth. The shoulders are sewn from the right side, and 92 stitches are picked up round the neck for the collar, which is cabled through chart 2 six times, bound off, folded in half to the inside and stitched down. The borders are folded in and stitched down, the press studs are fixed to two ribbons sewn onto the borders, and the side seams and sleeves are sewn from the right side.

Design: Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 31 (no. 21), 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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