Laufey — Children’s Leaf Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Laufey — a girl’s name; lauf means leaf. Guðný María Höskuldsdóttir’s cardigan for children from Ístex’s Lopi 30 is knitted from the neck down, back and forth, with two strands of Plötulopi held together. The yoke is a rib of twisted stitches between purls, with a bobble and then a small leaf on each rib; the body and sleeves are plain stocking stitch, with garter-stitch edges and buttons all the way down the front. The pattern gives it in two colours, clover green and jasper red, in sizes 6 to 10 years; both colours are still made by Ístex.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — clover green and jasper red
• Three sizes — 6, 8 and 10 years
• Two charts — the twisted-stitch rib of the yoke with its increases, and the leaf
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Laufey kit, in clover green or jasper red

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Green cardigan: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes 6 (8, 10) years
A 1423 clover green — 3 (4 5)

Red cardigan: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes 6 (8, 10) years
A 1427 jasper red — 3 (4 5)

Sizes

Gauge
14 sts × 20 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5.5 mm needles, with two strands of Plötulopi held together.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 60 cm, for the garter-stitch neck edge and hem
5.5 mm (US 9) circular needle, 60 cm, for the yoke and the body, knitted back and forth
4.5 mm and 5.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves and their garter cuffs

You will also need
6–8 buttons (in the pattern’s list), waste yarn and a stitch holder for the sleeve stitches, a stitch marker for the start of the sleeve rounds, and a tapestry needle.

How it is knitted
Knitted from the neck down, back and forth, with two strands of Plötulopi held together. The neck edge is 3 rows of garter stitch on 4.5 mm; then, on 5.5 mm, the yoke is a rib of twisted knit stitches between purls from chart 1, with 2 garter stitches at each front edge. A bobble sits on each rib in row 5, and from row 7 or 9 of chart 1, depending on the size, a leaf from chart 2 grows out of each rib — yarn overs widen it to 5 stitches and decreases close it again. Six increase rows in the purls take the yoke from 61 (65, 69) to 143 (153, 163) stitches, and 4 garter rows finish it. The sleeve stitches are put aside, 7 stitches are cast on at each underarm, and the body is knitted back and forth in stocking stitch to 27 (30, 35) cm from the underarm, with a buttonhole every 12 rows all the way down, then 4 garter rows on 4.5 mm. The sleeves are picked up with 7 stitches from the underarm, knitted in the round on 5.5 mm double-pointed needles, decreased 5 times and finished with 4 rows of garter stitch on 4.5 mm.

Design: Guðný María Höskuldsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 30 (no. 4), 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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