Lopi 12 No. 23 & 24 — Round-Yoke Sweater, Hat and Mittens Knitting Pattern

Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke Álafosslopi sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 12, nos. 23 and 24 — one design in two colour versions, in sizes M, L and XL, with sleeve lengths for women and for men. No. 23 is light beige with acorn, white, black sheep and oatmeal; no. 24 is light ash with dark grey, white, black heather and ash (our shop’s names — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers). Both have a deep yoke — dark points rising from the body, a wide band of white star shapes with small dark ovals between them, and white rays up to a folded ribbed neckband — and a matching border above the hem and cuff rib. The same leaflet has a plain one-colour hat by Guðrún Jónsdóttir and patterned mittens by Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir in either version’s colours. Every colour number in the leaflet is still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — no. 23 light beige and no. 24 light ash
• Sizes M, L and XL, with sleeve lengths for women and for men
• A one-colour hat (printed as one size) and patterned mittens in sizes M and L
• Three charts — the border above the hem and cuffs, the yoke and the mittens — with a key for both versions
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and the yarn for the sweater only — not for the hat or the mittens: the beige kit, no. 23 or the light grey kit, no. 24

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

No. 23, light beige: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sweater, sizes M (L XL) — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; the names are our shop’s
M 0086 light beige heather — 5 (6 6)
A 0053 acorn heather — 2 (3 3)
B 0051 white — 1 (2 2)
C 0052 black sheep heather — 1 (2 2)
D 0085 oatmeal heather — 1 (1 1)

No. 24, light ash: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sweater, sizes M (L XL) — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; the names are our shop’s
M 0054 light ash heather — 5 (6 6)
A 0058 dark grey heather — 2 (3 3)
B 0051 white — 1 (2 2)
C 0005 black heather — 1 (2 2)
D 0056 ash heather — 1 (1 1)

Hat: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · one size, one colour — the hat’s own list; the name is our shop’s
0056 ash heather — 1

Mittens, no. 23 colours: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes M and L — the mittens’ own list; it gives an amount only for the main colour
G 0086 light beige heather — 1 · printed “G” in the mittens’ list; the instructions call it M
A 0053 acorn heather — no amount printed
B 0051 white — no amount printed
C 0052 black sheep heather — no amount printed
D 0085 oatmeal heather — no amount printed

Mittens, no. 24 colours: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes M and L — the mittens’ own list; it gives an amount only for the main colour
G 0054 light ash heather — 1 · printed “G” in the mittens’ list; the instructions call it M
A 0058 dark grey heather — no amount printed
B 0051 white — no amount printed
C 0005 black heather — no amount printed
D 0056 ash heather — no amount printed

Sizes

The sweater’s measurements. The hat is printed as “One Size” and the mittens come in sizes M and L; the pattern gives no measurements for either.

Gauge
13 stitches and 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles — the same for the sweater, the hat and the mittens.

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
Hat: 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles. Mittens: 4.5 mm and 6 mm double-pointed needles
The sweater’s list has no 6 mm double-pointed needles, but the sleeves change to the 6 mm “twin pin” with only 42 (48, 48) stitches — about 32 (37, 37) cm round (our calculation), too few for a 40 cm circular; by our reading the 6 mm double-pointed needles from the hat and mittens’ lists are easier there
The pattern calls a circular needle a “twin pin”

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

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 130 (136, 140) stitches in colour A on the 4.5 mm circular for 6 (7, 7) cm of K1, P1 rib, then increased to 144 (150, 156) on 6 mm. An 11-round border from chart 1 comes next — white with dark points rising into a dark band, then colour A points rising into the main colour — and the body goes on in M to 42 (43, 44) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 30 (32, 32) stitches in A on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles for the same rib, increased to 42 (48, 48) on 6 mm and given the same border; then you change to M and, in the pattern’s words, “at the same time” increase 1 stitch after the first and 1 before the last stitch of the round on every 7th round for women or every 8th round for men, 8 (7, 8) times, to 58 (62, 64) stitches, and knit on to 43 (45, 45) cm for women or 48 (50, 50) cm for men. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 216 (234, 240) stitches — and chart 2 takes it to the neck: first 13 rounds — dark points, a band in colour A, and white with small dots — with 20 (24, 16) stitches decreased evenly on round 13, to 196 (210, 224); then a 14-stitch repeat with its decreases drawn in the chart, to 56 (60, 64) stitches. Size M leaves out rounds 30, 33, 38 and 39, and size L rounds 33 and 39, so the chart is 39 (41, 43) rounds. The neckband is knitted in A on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles — 56 (58, 60) stitches, 8 cm of K1, P1 rib — cast off loosely, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched down. The underarm stitches are grafted. The hat is knitted in the round on 6 mm double-pointed needles in plain stocking stitch, with no rib, then decreased in three steps and drawn together. The mittens start with 2 rounds of K1, P1 rib in A and rib in the main colour to 7 cm; the hand is knitted on 6 mm with a thumb opening knitted over contrast yarn, chart 3 — 13 rounds of small motifs in colours A, C and D on white — and a top decreased at both sides to 8 stitches.

Design: Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir (sweater and mittens) and Guðrún Jónsdóttir (hat) — patterns from Lopi No. 12 (nos. 23 and 24), 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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