Léttlopi Vest — Black and Stone Blue Round-Yoke Knitting Pattern

A sleeveless Léttlopi top — a vest, in the leaflet’s word — designed by Védís Jónsdóttir for Ístex as a single leaflet, which gives it no other name than “Létt-Lopi vest”. It is black, with a round yoke of small ash crosses, stone blue bands and a band of stone blue dots framed in ash, and moss-stitch edges at the hem and neck. The body is knitted in the round with decreases and then increases at the sides; at the underarms the front and back are knitted back and forth for 4 rows, and stitches cast on over the shoulders join the yoke in the round. Sizes S to XL. All three colours are still made. The leaflet has no photo; ours show the vest knitted in the pattern’s colours.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• One colourway — black with ash and stone blue
• Sizes S, M, L and XL
• The yoke chart, with its key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the black vest kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL)
A 0059 black — 4 (4 5 5)
B 0054 ash — 1 (1 1 1)
C 9418 stone blue — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes

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

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) circular needles, 40 and 60–80 cm — for the moss-stitch hem and the neckband
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 60–80 cm — for the body and the yoke; you change to the shorter one as the yoke narrows
The list has no double-pointed needles: everything is knitted on circulars

You will also need
Two stitch markers for the sides and a tapestry needle for weaving in — the pattern uses both but does not list them.

How it is knitted
Knitted from the hem up. The body is cast on with 148 (156, 164, 172) stitches in black on the 3.5 mm circular, joined and knitted in moss stitch for 5 rounds, then in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm with a marker at each side. At 5 cm, and twice more 5 cm apart, 2 stitches are decreased at each marker (SKP, k2tog), to 136 (144, 152, 160); then 2 stitches are increased at each marker with lifted increases three times, 5 cm apart, back to 148 (156, 164, 172). The body goes on to 31 (32, 33, 34) cm. Then 10 (11, 12, 13) stitches are cast off under each arm, and the front and the back are knitted back and forth in stocking stitch for 4 rows. To join the yoke in a circle, 48 (49, 50, 51) stitches are cast on over each shoulder — 224 (232, 240, 248) stitches — and the yoke is knitted from one chart with five decrease rounds, to 84 (87, 90, 93) stitches. Sizes S, M and L leave out rounds 13, 19, 24, 30 and 40, so the chart is 35 (35, 35, 40) rounds. For the neckband you knit 1 round on 3.5 mm, decreasing to 68 (70, 72, 74) stitches, then 4 rounds of moss stitch, and bind off loosely in K1, P1 rib. The pattern’s finishing: weave in the ends, rinse by hand in lukewarm water and lay flat to dry.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir for www.istex.is — from Ístex’s single leaflet “Létt-Lopi vest”.

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.