Kjós — Children’s Zip Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Kjós — a farming district by Hvalfjörður, north of Reykjavík. Rebekka Kristjánsdóttir’s zip cardigan for children from Ístex’s Lopi 32 is knitted in Álafosslopi in the round, with a five-colour round yoke and a two-row stripe in the rib at the hem, cuffs and collar; the front is cut open and closed with a zip. The pattern has two colourways in sizes 4 to 10 years: brown — sheep sorrel with ray of light, burnt orange, highland green and chartreuse green — and red — oxblood red with winter morning, dark magenta, teal heather and arctic exposure. All ten colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colourways — brown and red
• Sizes 4, 6, 8 and 10 years
• The yoke chart, with a key for both colourways
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the brown kit or the red kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Brown colourway: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · ages 4 (6 8 10) years
A 1237 sheep sorrel — 3 (4 5 5)
B 1235 ray of light — 1 (1 1 1)
C 1236 burnt orange — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1230 highland green — 1 (1 1 1)
E 9965 chartreuse green — 1 (1 1 1)

Red colourway: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · ages 4 (6 8 10) years
A 1242 oxblood red — 3 (4 5 5)
B 1239 winter morning — 1 (1 1 1)
C 1240 dark magenta — 1 (1 1 1)
D 9967 teal heather — 1 (1 1 1)
E 1232 arctic exposure — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes

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

Needles
5 mm (US 8) and 6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 60 cm — 5 mm for the hem rib and the collar, 6 mm for the body and the yoke
5 mm and 6 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 5 mm for the rib cuffs

You will also need
A zip — the pattern’s list names it but gives no length — and, though the list leaves them out, a sewing machine and thread for the steek, sewing thread to match for the zip, stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle.

How it is knitted
The body is cast on in the main colour (A) on the 5 mm circular and knitted back and forth in K1, P1 rib — 2 rows in A, 2 rows in C, then A to 4 (4, 5, 5) cm. On 6 mm, 2 stitches are cast on at the centre front and purled all the way up as a steek, and the body is joined and knitted in the round in stocking stitch to the underarm. The sleeves start with the same striped rib on 5 mm double-pointed needles and are increased at the underarm six times. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke: a 30-round chart in all five colours with five decrease rounds, from 137 (145, 153, 169) stitches to 55 (58, 61, 67); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The collar is knitted back and forth in K1, P1 rib on 5 mm, with the same 2-row stripe in C, to 4 (4, 5, 5) cm. The purl stitches are sewn twice by machine; after the cardigan is rinsed and dried, the front is cut open between the sewn rows and the zip is sewn in under the front edges.

Design: Rebekka Kristjánsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 32 (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.

No email? Check your spam folder, then write to support@icelandicstore.is with your order number. A person answers, Monday to Friday.