Lopi 12 No. 11 & 12 — Triangle Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Lopi 12 nos. 11 and 12 are one pattern: Alda Þórarinsdóttir’s round-yoke pullover from Ístex’s Lopi 12, knitted in Álafosslopi in the round from the bottom up, for women and men, with a sleeve length for each. The leaflet gives two colour versions side by side, with the same amounts. No. 11 is red, with black heather rib and neckband and a yoke of gold and black heather triangles; No. 12 is black sheep, a very dark brown, with white rib and neckband and a yoke of white triangles and acorn-brown points. Both have a border of triangles above the rib and a folded neckband, in five sizes, XS to XL. The leaflet prints only the colour numbers; No. 11’s red (9389) and gold (9332) are no longer made, and every other colour is.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Both numbers in one pattern: No. 11, the red version, and No. 12, the dark brown version — one set of instructions
• Five sizes, XS to XL
• Sleeve lengths for women and for men
• Two charts — the border above the hem and cuffs, and the yoke — with a key for both versions
• Yarn and needles are not included. For No. 12, our dark brown kit has this pattern and all the yarn; we have no kit for No. 11

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

No. 11, red: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; the names are the ones Ístex prints for them in its Lopi 18 leaflets
M 9389 burnt red — 6 (6 7 7 8) · no longer made by Ístex — we have no kit for No. 11
A 0005 black heather — 2 (3 3 3 3)
B 9332 antique gold — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made by Ístex — we have no kit for No. 11

No. 12, dark brown: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; the names are the ones Ístex prints for them in its Lopi 18 leaflets
M 0052 black sheep — 6 (6 7 7 8)
A 0051 white — 2 (3 3 3 3)
B 0053 acorn — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Sizes

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

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 80 cm, for the hem rib
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the cuffs and the neckband
By our reading also 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the sleeves: they change to 6 mm with only 42 to 48 stitches, too few for a 40 cm circular. The pattern’s list leaves them out
The pattern calls a circular needle a “twin pin”

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches (the pattern lists them), and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms and sewing down the folded neckband — the pattern does not list it.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, the same way for both versions. The body is cast on in A with 118 (124, 130, 136, 140) stitches on the 4.5 mm circular and knitted in K1, P1 rib for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm; on 6 mm it is increased to 132 (138, 144, 150, 156) stitches. The 12-round border from chart 1 comes next, then the body goes on in M to 38 (40, 42, 43, 44) cm from the cast-on edge. The sleeves are cast on in A with 28 (30, 30, 32, 32) stitches on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, ribbed for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm, increased evenly to 42 (42, 42, 48, 48) stitches on 6 mm and given the same border. The pattern says to “work patt from Chart 1 then change to M and at the same time inc” 1 stitch after the first and before the last stitch of the round, every 7th round for women or every 8th round for men, 6 (7, 8, 7, 8) times, to 54 (56, 58, 62, 64) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined in M for the round yoke, 204 (210, 216, 234, 240) stitches, and the 43-round yoke chart, with four decrease rounds, takes it to 68 (70, 72, 78, 80); sizes XS to L leave out marked rounds, so the chart is 36 (38, 40, 41, 43) rounds. The neckband is knitted in A on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles: decreased to 54 (54, 56, 58, 60) stitches, 8 cm of K1, P1 rib, cast off loosely, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched. The underarm stitches are grafted.

Design: Alda Þórarinsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 12 (nos. 11 and 12), 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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