Land — Long Shaded Plötulopi Jacket Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s long jacket from Ístex’s Lopi 27 is knitted in Plötulopi with two strands held together, and the colour shades upwards in bands — from the darkest colour at the hem to white at the shoulders — by changing one strand at a time. The body is wider at the hem than at the chest, with folded hems at the lower edge and cuffs, a round yoke and a white rib collar 20 cm deep. It is knitted in the round and cut open at the front, a thin ribbon covers the cut edge inside, and it closes with 5 hooks and bars, or clasps. Two colour versions — Brown (sheep black through browns and beiges to white) and Blue (black through blues to white) — in sizes XS to XL. Two of the blue colours, denim (1052) and faded denim (1053), are no longer made.

What you get

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

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Brown jacket: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes XS (S M L XL) · knitted with two strands held together
A 1033 sheep black — 2 (2 2 2 2)
B 1032 dark brown — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 0009 brown — 1 (1 1 1 1)
D 1030 beige — 1 (1 1 1 1)
E 0003 light beige — 1 (1 1 1 1)
F 1038 ivory beige — 1 (1 1 1 1)
G 0001 white — 2 (2 2 2 2)

Blue jacket: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes XS (S M L XL) · knitted with two strands held together
A 0059 black — 2 (2 2 2 2)
B 0709 midnight blue — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 0118 navy — 1 (1 1 1 1)
D 1432 winter blue — 1 (1 1 1 1)
E 1052 denim — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the blue kit uses 2022 blues blue
F 1053 faded denim — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the blue kit uses 2023 light blues blue
G 0001 white — 2 (2 2 2 2)

Sizes

Gauge
14 sts × 19 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5½ mm needles, with two strands of Plötulopi held together.

Needles
5½ mm (US 9) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
4½ mm (US 7) circular needle, 80 cm, for the folded hem and the collar
4½ mm (US 7) and 5½ mm (US 9) double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4½ mm for the folded cuffs

You will also need
Five hooks and bars, or clasps, and a thin woven ribbon 2.5 cm wide, 170 (175, 180, 185, 190) cm long (not included; both are in the pattern’s list, with markers). Stitch holders for the underarm stitches, a sewing machine with dark and light thread for the steek, and a needle for the hems, the ribbon and grafting — the pattern’s list leaves these out.

How it is knitted
Knitted with two strands of Plötulopi held together throughout, in the round from the bottom up, with a purl stitch at each end of the round at the centre front — the steek — which is machine-sewn and cut open at the end. The colour changes one strand at a time: A+A, A+B, B+C, C+D, D+E and E+F on the body and sleeves, then E+F, F+G and G+G in the yoke chart, and G+G for the collar. The body is cast on with A+A, 162 (170, 178, 186, 194) stitches on the 4½ mm circular, and knitted back and forth for a folded hem — 6 rows of stocking stitch, a purl row from the right side, 6 more rows; on 5½ mm, 2 purl stitches are cast on and the body is joined into a round of 164 (172, 180, 188, 196). The colour bands follow, at lengths given for each size, and after each of the A+B, B+C, C+D and D+E bands 8 stitches are decreased — on each front, at both sides and on the back, at places marked the first time — to 132 (140, 148, 156, 164); E+F goes up to 60 (62, 64, 66, 68) cm from the purl row. The sleeves are cast on with A+A, 34 (34, 36, 38, 40) stitches on 4½ mm double-pointed needles, with the same folded hem knitted in rounds, then knitted on 5½ mm with 2 stitches increased every 12th (12th, 12th, 13th, 13th) round from the purl round, 6 times, to 46 (46, 48, 50, 52), changing colour at the same time, to 45 (46, 47, 48, 49) cm. Body and sleeves are joined with E+F for the round yoke, 196 (204, 212, 220, 228) stitches; the 42-round yoke chart — 5 stitches at each front edge are left without decreases — has five decrease rounds, taking it to 81 (84, 87, 90, 93); sizes XS to L leave out marked rounds. The collar is knitted with G+G on 4½ mm: the purl stitches are bound off, one round decreases 16 (17, 18, 19, 22) stitches, and the rest is worked back and forth in knit 1, purl 1 rib — 3 cm, then 14 stitches increased evenly, and on until the rib measures 20 cm — and bound off in rib. The underarms are grafted, the hems folded to the inside at the purl row and sewn down, and the front machine-sewn twice through each column of purl stitches, with dark thread low down and lighter thread higher up. The jacket is rinsed by hand and laid flat to dry, cut open between the sewn rows, and a thin woven ribbon is sewn over the machine stitching and folded to the inside. 5 hooks and bars, or clasps, are sewn to the front, the fronts overlapping by 5 stitches.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 27 (no. 3), 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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