Lopi 12 No. 33 & 34 — Children’s Yoke Sweater, Ear-Flap Hat and Mittens Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s children’s set from Ístex’s Lopi 12: a round-yoke sweater, an ear-flap hat with crocheted cords and a pair of mittens, all knitted in Álafosslopi, the sweater in four sizes to fit 110 to 140 cm tall. One leaflet, two pattern numbers, with one set of instructions and charts and the colours for each side by side. No. 33 is the bright version: an apple green sweater with a yoke of small scarlet and goldenrod motifs ringed in black, a bright fuchsia band with goldenrod diamonds, a scarlet band and bright fuchsia and black spikes up to a folded neckband, a matching hat, and bright fuchsia mittens with a scarlet top. No. 34 is the natural version, in black heather — a charcoal — with white, light gray, acorn and dark gray. Four of No. 33’s five colours are no longer made — apple green (9212), bright fuchsia (9010), goldenrod (9213) and scarlet (0078); No. 34’s colours are all still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Both pattern numbers — No. 33, bright green, and No. 34, charcoal
• The sweater in four sizes, to fit 110, 122, 134 and 140 cm tall
• The ear-flap hat in one size and the mittens in three
• Five charts — a border for each number, the yoke, the hat band and the mitten band — with a key for both numbers
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the green No. 33 kit or the charcoal No. 34 kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

No. 33 (green): Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sweater, to fit 110 (122 134 140) cm tall — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; the names are Ístex’s own, from its Lopi 18 leaflets
M 9212 apple green — 3 (4 4 5) · no longer made — the green No. 33 kit uses 9983 apple green, an olive-leaning apple green, clearly more yellow than the grass green in the photo
A 0059 black — 1 (1 2 2)
B 9010 bright fuchsia — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the green No. 33 kit uses 1240 dark magenta, a hot pink-magenta, clearly pinker and less violet than the purple-magenta in the photo
C 9213 goldenrod — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the green No. 33 kit uses 9964 golden heather, a mustard gold, clearly more orange than the clear yellow in the photo
D 0078 scarlet — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made in Álafosslopi — the green No. 33 kit uses 0047 happy red, a clear red, darker than the red in the photo

No. 33, hat and mittens: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · the hat is one size, the mittens come in 110 (122/134 140) — both lists print an amount only for M; they also name A, B, C and D with no amount, and by our reading these come from the sweater’s balls
M 9212 apple green, for the hat — 1 · no longer made — the green No. 33 kit uses 9983 apple green here too
M 9212 apple green, for the mittens — 1 in every size · no longer made — the green No. 33 kit uses 9983 apple green here too

No. 34 (charcoal): Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sweater, to fit 110 (122 134 140) cm tall — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; the names are Ístex’s own, from its Lopi 18 leaflets
M 0005 black heather — 3 (4 4 5)
A 0051 white — 1 (1 2 2)
B 0056 light gray — 1 (1 1 1)
C 0053 acorn — 1 (1 1 1)
D 0058 dark gray — 1 (1 1 1)

No. 34, hat and mittens: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · the hat is one size, the mittens come in 110 (122/134 140) — both lists print an amount only for M; they also name A, B, C and D with no amount, and by our reading these come from the sweater’s balls
M 0005 black heather, for the hat — 1
M 0005 black heather, for the mittens — 1 in every size

Sizes — the sweater, to fit 110 to 140 cm tall

The hat is one size: 66 stitches, about 51 cm round (our calculation). The mittens come in three sizes, 110, 122/134 and 140 — about 15.5, 17 and 18.5 cm round the hand by the stitch counts (our calculation).

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

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 60 cm, for the hem rib
6 mm (US 10) circular needle, 60 cm, for the body and the yoke
4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the cuffs, the neckband, the hat’s ear flaps and rib, and the mitten cuffs
6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the sleeves, the top of the yoke, the hat and the mittens
The pattern calls a circular needle a “twin pin”

You will also need
A 4.5 mm crochet hook for the hat cords (in the hat’s list, which prints it as US G) and stitch holders for the underarm stitches (in the sweater’s list); and, which the pattern uses but does not list, a short length of contrast yarn for the thumb openings and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms, sewing down the neckband and sewing on the cords.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, the same way for both numbers. The body is cast on with 92 (96, 102, 108) stitches in M on the 4.5 mm circular for 5 (5, 5, 6) cm of K1, P1 rib and increased to 102 (108, 114, 120) on 6 mm. A border comes next — chart 1a for No. 33, 5 rounds: black, bright fuchsia dotted with black, black dotted with goldenrod, scarlet dotted with black, and black; chart 1b for No. 34, 7 rounds: a white round, then white blocks and small white motifs on black heather, with small acorn and dark gray dots (sizes 110 and 122 skip one round) — and the body goes on in M to 25 (27, 30, 33) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 24 (24, 26, 26) stitches on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, ribbed the same, increased to 36 (36, 38, 38) on 6 mm, given the same border and increased every 7th round to 44 (46, 48, 50) stitches; in sizes 134 and 140 the border does not fit the sleeve stitches — the pattern says so itself. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 156 (168, 174, 186) stitches — and a 33-round chart with four decrease rounds takes it down to 52 (56, 58, 62); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds, and the top of the yoke moves onto the double-pointed needles. The neckband is decreased to 50 (50, 52, 52) stitches and knitted in K1, P1 rib in M on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles for 7 (7, 7, 8) cm, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched, and the underarm stitches are grafted. The hat starts with two ear flaps of 22 stitches, knitted back and forth — two rows of rib, then on 6 mm decreased by 2 stitches at the centre of every row down to a point. 14 stitches are picked up across each flap, with 25 and 13 cast on between them — 66 stitches — for 3 rounds of rib, a 13-round band from chart 3 on 6 mm, M to 13 cm from the cast-on edge and a crown decreased to 6 stitches and drawn together. Two 25 cm cords are crocheted in chain stitch, changing colour with every stitch through all five colours, and sewn to the bottom of the ear flaps. The mittens are cast on with 20 (20, 22) stitches in M for 5 (5, 6) cm of K1, P1 rib, then knitted on 6 mm double-pointed needles: No. 33 knits one round of black, a bright fuchsia hand, rows 3 to 9 of chart 4 and a scarlet top; No. 34 knits the hand and top in M with the whole 11-row chart 4 band. The thumb opening is knitted over a scrap of contrast yarn, the top is decreased at both sides to 8 (10, 8) stitches and drawn together, and the thumb is picked up — in bright fuchsia for No. 33, in M for No. 34.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 12 (nos. 33 and 34), 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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