Lopi 12 No. 13 — Blue and Red Yoke Sweater and Mittens Knitting Pattern

Astrid Ellingsen’s round-yoke pullover from Ístex’s Lopi 12, knitted in Álafosslopi in the round from the bottom up, for women and men — one colour version, in five sizes from XS to XL, with a sleeve length for each. In the photo it is a mid blue, with red twisted rib at the hem and cuffs, a red, black and gold border above the rib, and a deep yoke of gold and black zigzags with a red band in the middle, finished with red rib and a blue roll collar. The same leaflet has a pair of blue mittens with a red ribbed cuff, in three sizes. The leaflet prints only the colour numbers: the black (0059) is still made, but 0098, 9389 and 9332 — cadet blue, burnt red and antique gold in Ístex’s Lopi 18 leaflets — are not.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Five sizes, XS to XL
• Sleeve lengths for women and for men
• The matching mittens, in sizes S, M and L
• Two charts — the border above the hem and cuffs, and the yoke — with the key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the sweater and mittens kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Sweater: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; cadet blue, burnt red and antique gold are Ístex’s names for 0098, 9389 and 9332 in its Lopi 18 leaflets, black is our shop’s name for 0059
M 0098 cadet blue — 5 (6 6 7 7) · no longer made — the kit uses 0010 denim heather, a heathered mid blue, close to the denim blue in the photo
A 9389 burnt red — 2 (2 2 2 2) · no longer made — the kit uses 0047 happy red, a clear red, a little warmer and more vivid than the deep red in the photo
B 0059 black — 2 (2 2 2 2)
C 9332 antique gold — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 9964 golden heather, a little deeper and warmer than the golden yellow in the photo

Mittens: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L) — one ball of M for any size
M 0098 cadet blue — 1 · no longer made — the kit uses 0010 denim heather
A 9389 burnt red — no amount printed · no longer made — the kit uses 0047 happy red; the mittens’ cuffs take it from the sweater’s 2 balls (our reading)

Sizes

Gauge
13 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles. The mittens give the same tension.

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, and for the mittens’ cuffs
Mittens: 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the hand and the thumb
By our reading the sweater sleeves need the 6 mm double-pointed needles too: they change to 6 mm with only 42 to 48 stitches, too few for a 40 cm circular. The pattern lists them only for the mittens
The pattern calls a circular needle a “twin pin”

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches (in the pattern’s list); and, which the pattern uses but does not list, a short length of contrast yarn and 2 stitch markers for the mittens, and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms and weaving in the ends.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 118 (124, 130, 136, 140) stitches in A on the 4.5 mm circular for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm of twisted rib (K1 through the back loop, P1), then increased to 132 (138, 144, 150, 156) on 6 mm. A 9-round border from chart 1 comes next — red and black checks, a black round, then a black and gold zigzag on blue — and the body goes on in M to 38 (40, 42, 43, 44) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 28 (30, 30, 32, 32) stitches in A on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles for the same rib, increased to 42 (42, 42, 48, 48) on 6 mm, given the same border, and increased every 7th round for women or every 8th for men, to 54 (56, 58, 62, 64) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 204 (210, 216, 234, 240) stitches — and a 43-round chart, drawn in sections, with six decrease rounds takes it down to 78 (78, 82, 86, 90): small black and gold motifs on blue, a gold zigzag under a black band, red and black checks, a red band with black zigzag lines, a gold band, and small gold and black motifs and black stripes on blue up to the neck; the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The neckband is decreased to 54 (54, 56, 58, 60) stitches on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, knitted in A for 3 cm of twisted rib, then in M for 9 cm of stocking stitch and cast off loosely — it rolls over into a roll collar, as in the photo. The underarm stitches are grafted. The mittens are knitted in the round: 22 (24, 28) stitches in M on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, 8 cm of stocking stitch, which rolls back, then 1 round in A and 5 cm of twisted rib, then the hand in M on 6 mm, increased to 24 (26, 30), with a thumb opening knitted over a scrap of contrast yarn and a top decreased at both sides to 8 (10, 10) stitches and drawn together.

Design: Astrid Ellingsen — pattern from Lopi No. 12 (no. 13), 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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