Lappi — Children’s Zip Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Lappi is Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke zip cardigan for children from Ístex’s Lopi 25, knitted in Léttlopi in the round from the bottom up and cut open at the front for a zip. The yoke is a 36-round chart: a spring green band, a row of small four-legged animals on white, blue bands with white dots, and a turquoise band with white blocks. Two versions with the same amounts, in six sizes from 1–2 to 8 — green, pine green with brown animals, and red, crimson red with black animals. The green version’s brown, hazel (1401), is no longer made; every other colour still is.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — green and red
• Six sizes, 1–2 to 8
• Two charts — the yoke and the band on the neckband — with one colour key for both versions
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the green kit or the red kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Green version: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes 1–2 (2–3 3–4 4 6 8)
A 1407 pine green — 3 (4 4 5 5 5)
B 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
C 1401 hazel — 1 (1 1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the green kit uses 0867 chocolate heather, a dark brown heather, a little darker and less red than the hazel
D 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
E 1403 lapis blue — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
F 1402 heaven blue — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
G 1404 glacier blue — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)

Red version: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes 1–2 (2–3 3–4 4 6 8)
A 9434 crimson red — 3 (4 4 5 5 5)
B 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
C 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
D 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
E 1403 lapis blue — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
F 1402 heaven blue — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
G 1404 glacier blue — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)

Sizes — 1–2, 2–3, 3–4, 4, 6 and 8 (the pattern prints the sizes without a unit — most likely ages in years, our reading; choose by chest)

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

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 60–70 cm
3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles — for the sleeves, and the 3.5 mm ones for the neckband
The yoke says to change to shorter needles as the round gets smaller, but the list has no shorter circular; use the 4.5 mm double-pointed needles or a 40 cm circular (our suggestion)

You will also need
An open-ended (separating) zip — the pattern gives only the lengths, 30, 35, 40, 40, 45 and 45 cm by size — a sewing machine to secure the front before it is cut, needle and thread to sew in the zip, stitch holders for the underarm stitches, and a tapestry needle to graft the underarms and weave in the ends.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, with a purl stitch at each end of the round — two purl stitches up the centre front, where it will be cut. The body is cast on with 107 (115, 123, 131, 139, 147) stitches on 3.5 mm; 4 rows of stocking stitch and a purl row for the fold line are knitted back and forth, then the body is joined in the round for 5 rounds and goes on in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm to 20 (22, 24, 26, 28, 30) cm from the purl row. The sleeves start with the same folded edge, knitted in the round on double-pointed needles, and are increased 6 (6, 6, 7, 7, 8) times. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, 171 (179, 187, 195, 203, 211) stitches: a 36-round chart in seven colours, never more than two in a round, with five decrease rounds down to 67 (70, 73, 76, 79, 82) stitches; the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds, and the 4 stitches at the front are not decreased. The neckband, on 3.5 mm, is a decrease round and a 7-round band from chart 2 — spring green with dots in colour C between rounds of A — then a purl ridge and 5 rows of stocking stitch knitted back and forth. To finish, the underarms are grafted, two rows of small machine stitches are sewn into each front purl stitch and the front is cut open between them, and the zip is sewn in by hand under the folded front edge. The neckband is folded to the inside over the end of the zip, and the hems are folded along the purl row and slip-stitched.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 25 (no. 8), 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.