Lopi 12 No. 17 — Long Red Textured Yoke Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Jóhanna Hjaltadóttir’s long buttoned cardigan for women from Ístex’s Lopi 12, knitted in Álafosslopi: a red body and a round yoke where much of the black is knitted as purl stitches, so the black motifs stand out in relief. In the photo, black shapes rise from the red into a black and white band, then small blue tulip shapes and rounds of green, fuchsia ribs, yellow, blue and green climb to a folded red neckband. The body is knitted in the round and cut open at the front, with ribbed front bands and 6 or 7 buttons. One colour version, in sizes XS to L. The leaflet prints only the colour numbers: black (0059) and white (0051) are still made, but 0078, 9303, 9212, 9010 and 9213 — scarlet, cornflower, apple green, bright fuchsia and goldenrod in Ístex’s Lopi 18 leaflets — are not.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes XS, S, M and L
• The 42-round chart for the textured yoke, with the 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) — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; scarlet, cornflower, apple green, bright fuchsia and goldenrod are Ístex’s names for 0078, 9303, 9212, 9010 and 9213 in its Lopi 18 leaflets, black and white are our shop’s names for 0059 and 0051
M 0078 scarlet — 6 (7 7 8) · no longer made — the kit uses 0047 happy red, a red of the same hue but clearly darker than the bright scarlet in the photo
A 0059 black — 2 (2 2 2)
B 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1)
C 9303 cornflower — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 1233 space blue, a vivid royal-blue heather, clearly darker than the cornflower blue in the photo
D 9212 apple green — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 9983 apple green, a brighter, yellower green than in the photo
E 9010 bright fuchsia — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 1240 dark magenta, a vivid pink-magenta, brighter and pinker than the deep raspberry ribs in the photo
F 9213 goldenrod — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 9964 golden heather, a mustard gold, clearly deeper than the bright yellow in the photo

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 welt
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; the front bands and the neckband are knitted back and forth on 4.5 mm needles
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 and 6 (6, 7, 7) buttons — both in the pattern’s list, which gives no button size — plus a sewing machine and thread for the cut front, and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms and sewing on the bands.

How it is knitted
The welt is K1, P1 rib in the main colour, M, knitted back and forth on 4.5 mm with the first buttonhole, and 8 stitches at each front edge wait on holders for the bands. The body is then knitted in the round on 6 mm in M, with two purl stitches side by side at the centre front, straight up to the underarm at 38 (40, 42, 43) cm — there is no colour border. The sleeves are knitted in the round from a 6 (6, 6, 7) cm ribbed cuff and increased at each end of every 7th round. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 201 (209, 217, 233) stitches — and a 42-round chart with five decrease rounds takes it down to 77 (80, 83, 89); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. Much of the black is purled, which gives the yoke its texture. Two rows of machine stitching go into each purl stitch up the front, and the front is cut open between them. The ribbed front bands are knitted from the held stitches with a stocking-stitch facing that folds over the cut edge, and sewn on. The neckband is K1, P1 rib with the top buttonhole in it, folded in half to the inside and sewn down. The underarm stitches are grafted. The pattern says the body, sleeves and yoke can also be knitted back and forth, with no cutting.

Design: Jóhanna Hjaltadóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 12 (no. 17), 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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