Katla — Long Garter-Stitch Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Rebekka Kristjánsdóttir’s long button-front cardigan from Ístex’s Lopi 31 is knitted in garter stitch with one strand of Einband and one of Plötulopi held together. The Einband stays the same all the way; the Plötulopi changes colour every few garter ridges, so the cardigan is striped in soft bands of six colours, with a collar and seven buttons. The pattern has two colourways in sizes XS to XL: colourful — golden yellow, dark amber, jasper red, plum, hyacinth and marsh with black sheep Einband — and greytone, from white through the greys to black heather, with black heather Einband. Hyacinth (1429) is no longer made; the other thirteen colours are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colourways — colourful and greytone
• Sizes XS, S, M, L and XL
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the colourful kit or the greytone kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Colourful: Einband — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) · A is knitted together with each Plötulopi colour
A 0852 black sheep — 4 (5 5 5 5)

Colourful: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes XS (S M L XL)
B 1424 golden yellow — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 1426 dark amber — 1 (1 1 1 1)
D 1427 jasper red — 1 (1 1 1 1)
E 1428 plum — 1 (1 1 1 1)
F 1429 hyacinth — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made by Ístex — the colourful kit uses 2026 amethyst in its place
G 1420 marsh — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Greytone: Einband — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) · A is knitted together with each Plötulopi colour
A 0151 black heather — 4 (5 5 5 5)

Greytone: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes XS (S M L XL)
B 0001 white — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 1026 ash heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)
D 1027 light ash — 1 (1 1 1 1)
E 9102 grey heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)
F 9103 dark grey — 1 (1 1 1 1)
G 0005 black heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
15 sts × 26 rows (13 garter ridges) = 10 cm (4″) in garter stitch, with Einband and Plötulopi held together. The pattern gives no needle size with the gauge; the body and sleeves are knitted on 5 mm.

Needles
5 mm (US 8) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — body, sleeves and yoke are all knitted back and forth
4 mm (US 6) circular needle, 40 and 80 cm, for the collar and the button bands

You will also need
The cardigan uses seven buttons (not included; they are in the pattern’s list). Stitch markers for the body decreases (the pattern suggests them), stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle for the sleeve seams, grafting and weaving in — the pattern’s list leaves these out.

How it is knitted
Knitted back and forth in garter stitch with one strand of Einband (A) and one of Plötulopi held together. The Plötulopi changes colour in the order B, C, D, E, F, G — mostly 3 or 4 garter ridges each — and is twisted together with the new colour at each change, always on the wrong side. The body is knitted in one piece, cast on with 158 (162, 174, 182, 190) stitches on 5 mm; at 12 cm and then every 8 cm it is decreased by 8 stitches, four times in all, to 126 (130, 142, 150, 158), so it is wider at the hem than at the chest. When the colour order has been worked three times and four more colours added, the body should measure about 47 (48, 50, 53, 54) cm. The sleeves are knitted flat, increased at both edges to 50 (52, 56, 58, 62) stitches, and later sewn together from the right side. Body and sleeves are joined for a round yoke, still worked back and forth, of 194 (202, 222, 226, 242) stitches with five decrease rows; then, on 4 mm, one more decrease row takes it to 62 (62, 68, 69, 71) stitches and the colour pattern goes on for 12 cm — the collar — and is bound off. The button bands are picked up along the fronts in A+G, one stitch in each garter ridge, and knitted in garter stitch — the left band 4 garter ridges, the right band 2 ridges, a buttonhole row and 2 more ridges, with seven yarn-over buttonholes in the right band. The underarms are grafted.

Design: Rebekka Kristjánsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 31 (no. 5), 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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