Lopi 12 No. 16 — Light Beige Round-Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Guðríður Aðalsteinsdóttir’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 12, knitted in Álafosslopi for women and men, with a sleeve length for each. It is light beige heather with a yoke in dark grey and white: a band of light beige diamonds set in dark grey with white points above it, slanting dark grey diamond shapes, a white and dark grey zigzag, and fine dark grey lines up to a folded neckband. A matching band of diamonds sits above the ribbed hem and cuffs. One colour version, five sizes from XS to XL. The leaflet prints only the colour numbers (the names here are our shop’s); all three colours are still made.

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
• Two charts — the border above the rib and the yoke — with a colour key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; the names are the ones our shop uses
M 0086 light beige heather — 6 (6 7 7 8)
A 0058 dark grey heather — 2 (2 2 2 2)
B 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Sizes

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

Needles
4½ 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
4½ 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 or 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 neckband — the pattern’s list leaves it out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on in light beige heather (M) with 118 (124, 130, 136, 140) stitches on the 4½ mm circular and knitted in knit 1, purl 1 rib for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm; on 6 mm, 14 (14, 14, 14, 16) stitches are increased evenly, to 132 (138, 144, 150, 156), chart 1 — an 11-round border — is knitted, 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 on 4½ mm double-pointed needles, ribbed for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm and increased evenly to 42 (42, 42, 48, 48) on 6 mm; the same border is knitted, then M — “and at the same time” 2 stitches are increased at the underarm every 7th round for the women’s length or every 8th round for the men’s, 6 (7, 8, 7, 8) times, to 54 (56, 58, 62, 64). The sleeves are knitted to 41 (43, 43, 45, 45) cm for women or 46 (48, 48, 50, 50) cm for men. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, 204 (210, 216, 234, 240) stitches, and the 43-round yoke chart, with one knit-2-together in each repeat on rounds 17, 28, 37 and 43, takes it to 68 (70, 72, 78, 80). Sizes XS to L leave out marked rounds — XS knits 36 rounds, S 38, M 39, L 41 and XL all 43. The neckband is knitted in M on 4½ mm double-pointed needles: decreased evenly to 54 (54, 56, 58, 60) stitches, 8 cm of knit 1, purl 1 rib, bound off loosely, folded in half to the inside and sewn down. The underarms are grafted.

Design: Guðríður Aðalsteinsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 12 (no. 16), 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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