Kim — Long Wrap Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Kim is Védís Jónsdóttir’s long, open wrap cardigan for women from Ístex’s Lopi 26, knitted in Léttlopi in pieces and sewn together, cut like a kimono: two fronts with moss-stitch borders that slope to the shoulder and overlap, wide straight sleeves on drop shoulders, and one big intarsia motif at the centre back — a ring round an eight-pointed star of petals. It has no buttons or ties. The pattern has two colour versions with the same amounts, in sizes S to XL: blue — lapis blue with a heaven blue ring, a navy blue centre and petals in light red, lilac, sun yellow and spring green — and red — garnet red with a light red ring, a black centre and petals in spring green, pink, sun yellow and glacier blue. Light red (1408), lilac (1413) and sun yellow (1411) are no longer made; every other colour in the pattern still is.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — blue and red
• Sizes S, M, L and XL
• The motif chart, 41 stitches by 55 rows, with a colour key for both versions
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the blue kit or the red kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Blue cardigan: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL)
A 1403 lapis blue — 10 (10 11 12)
B 1402 heaven blue — 1 (1 1 1)
C 9420 navy blue — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1408 light red — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the blue kit uses 9434 crimson red, the same hue as the red petals in the photo but deeper
E 1413 lilac — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the blue kit uses 1702 milkyway, clearly paler and bluer, an icy blue-lavender
F 1411 sun yellow — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the blue kit uses 1703 mimosa, a warm golden yellow, close to the yellow petals
G 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1)

Red cardigan: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL)
A 1409 garnet red — 10 (10 11 12)
B 1408 light red — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the red kit uses 9434 crimson red, a strong, clear red; in the photo the ring looks pale pink
C 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1)
E 1412 pink — 1 (1 1 1)
F 1411 sun yellow — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the red kit uses 1703 mimosa, a warm golden yellow, close to the yellow petals
G 1404 glacier blue — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes

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

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — the 80 cm for the back and fronts, knitted back and forth, and (our reading) the 40 cm for the sleeves, knitted in the round. Moss stitch is knitted on the same needles; no smaller size is used

You will also need
Stitch holders (or scrap yarn) for the shoulder stitches, small bobbins or separate lengths of yarn for the intarsia motif, and a tapestry needle for joining the pieces — none of them is in the pattern’s list. The pattern has no fastening; the belt in two of the photos is not part of it.

How it is knitted
Knitted in pieces and sewn together. The back and the two fronts are knitted back and forth on the 80 cm circular, each starting with 7 rows of moss stitch. Each front has a 10-stitch moss-stitch border along its front edge, and a decrease beside the border every 10th row slopes the front from the hem to the shoulder. On the back, from 42 (45, 48, 50) cm, the 41-stitch motif is knitted in intarsia from a 55-row chart: in the blue version a heaven blue ring round a navy blue centre, with an eight-pointed star of petals in light red, lilac, sun yellow and spring green; in the red version a light red ring round a black centre, with petals in spring green, pink, sun yellow and glacier blue. The sleeves are knitted in the round, wide and straight, with 7 rounds of moss stitch at the cuff and no shaping. The front shoulders are joined to the back, and the two borders carry on past the shoulders for 8 (8, 9, 9) cm, are grafted together at the centre back and sewn along the back neck. The sleeves are sewn to the sides from the shoulder down — the sleeve’s width sets the depth of the armhole — and the side seams are sewn.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 26 (no. 15), 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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