Lopi 12 No. 8 — Yoke Cardigan with Clasps Knitting Pattern

Astrid Ellingsen’s hip-length cardigan from Ístex’s Lopi 12, knitted in Álafosslopi in the round and cut open at the front: white, with a round yoke of white ovals with light beige centres set in light ash, small patterned borders above folded hems, a folded neckband, light ash front bands and six hooks instead of buttons. One colour version, in four sizes from XS to L. The leaflet prints only the colour numbers; all three colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Four sizes, XS to L
• Three charts — the border above the hems, the yoke and the neckband
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the white cardigan kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M L) — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; the names are our shop’s
M 0051 white — 5 (5 6 6)
A 0054 light ash heather — 3 (3 3 3)
B 0086 light beige heather — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes

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

Needles
5 mm (US 8) circular needle, 80 cm, for the body hem and its border
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
5 mm (US 8) double-pointed needles for the sleeve hems and borders and the neckband; the front bands are knitted on 5 mm too
By our reading also 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the sleeves: they change to 6 mm with only 38 to 44 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
Six hooks — the pattern gives no type or size; the photo shows silver-tone clasps — and stitch holders, both in the pattern’s list; a sewing machine and thread for the stitching before the front is cut; and a tapestry needle for sewing on the bands, slip-stitching the hems and neckband and grafting the underarms.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, with a purl stitch at each side of the centre front. Each hem starts in light ash on 5 mm: on the body 8 rows of stocking stitch knitted back and forth, on the sleeves 8 rounds, then a purl fold line. Next comes an 8-round border from chart 1 in light ash, light beige and white, still on 5 mm; body and sleeves then go on in white on 6 mm, and the sleeves are increased at the underarm. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — a 40-round chart in all three colours with five decrease rounds, from 199 (207, 215, 231) stitches to 79 (82, 85, 91). The neckband is an 8-round band from chart 3 on 5 mm double-pointed needles, then a purl fold line and 7 rows of light ash facing. Two rows of machine stitching go up each purl stitch, and the front is cut open between them. The hems and the neckband are folded back along their fold lines and slip-stitched. The front bands are knitted separately in light ash, 8 stitches wide with one column of slipped stitches, sewn on, folded in half over the cut edge to the inside and slip-stitched, and six hooks close the front.

Design: Astrid Ellingsen — pattern from Lopi No. 12 (no. 8), 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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