Lopi 18 No. 12 & 13 — Round-Yoke Doll Sweater Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke sweater for a doll, from Ístex’s Lopi 18, knitted in Léttlopi in the round on double-pointed needles from the bottom up. One leaflet, two pattern numbers: Design 12 is crimson with a yoke of stacked zigzags in iris, grass and goldenrod — purple, green and yellow — with purple ribs and neckband; Design 13 is white with zigzags in oatmeal, acorn and black sheep and a rib striped in black sheep and acorn. Both have the same instructions, charts and size, with a colour key for each, a narrow border of small points above the rib at the hem and cuffs, and a short opening at the neck that closes with one button. One size, chest 40 cm — for a doll about 18 inches (46 cm) tall, by our estimate from the photos. In Design 12, iris (9440), grass (9444) and goldenrod (9435) are no longer made; Design 13’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 — Design 12 in crimson and Design 13 in white
• One size, for a doll — chest 40 cm
• Two charts — the border above the rib and the yoke — with a colour key for each design
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the red No. 12 kit or the white No. 13 kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Design 12 (crimson): Léttlopi — 50 g balls · one size — the pattern prints an amount only for M; A, B and C are used only for the edges and the colour pattern
M 9434 crimson — 1
A 9440 iris — no amount printed · no longer made — the red No. 12 kit uses 1414 violet heather, the same purple but clearly darker
B 9444 grass — no amount printed · no longer made — the red No. 12 kit uses 1406 spring green heather, the same grass green, lighter and a little more yellow
C 9435 goldenrod — no amount printed · no longer made — the red No. 12 kit uses 1703 mimosa, close to the golden yellow, a little lighter and softer

Design 13 (white): Léttlopi — 50 g balls · one size — the pattern prints an amount only for M; A, B and C are used only for the edges and the colour pattern
M 0051 white — 1
A 0085 oatmeal — no amount printed
B 0053 acorn — no amount printed
C 0052 black sheep — no amount printed

Size
One size, for a doll: chest 40 cm (15¾″), length 17 cm (6¾″) to the centre front neck, sleeves 10 cm (4″) to the underarm. The pattern names no doll. The doll in the photos looks like a common 18-inch (46 cm) play doll (our estimate); Ístex’s Rós doll sweater (Lopi 29 no. 5), written for a 46 cm doll, has a 39 cm chest.

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5 mm needles.

Needles
5 mm (US 8) double-pointed needles — for the body, sleeves and yoke
3¾ mm (US 5) double-pointed needles — for the ribs and the neckband

You will also need
A 3 mm (US D) crochet hook for the button loop, 1 button (the pattern gives no size) and stitch holders (or waste yarn) for the underarm stitches — all in the pattern’s list — and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms, tacking down the strands inside the sleeve border and weaving in the ends.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round on double-pointed needles, from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 72 stitches and each sleeve with 18 on 3¾ mm, for 3 rounds of K1, P1 rib — all in A for Design 12; for Design 13 cast on in C and striped 1 round C, 2 rounds B. On 5 mm comes a 3-round border of small points from chart 1, then stocking stitch in M: the body to 11 cm, the sleeves increased to 24 stitches and knitted to 10 cm. Body and sleeves are joined, 96 stitches, for the round yoke: a 12-round chart of zigzags in A, B and C on M, with small columns of A up to the neck and four decrease rounds, down to 32 stitches. The neckband is knitted back and forth on 3¾ mm — 1 knit row and 3 rows of K1, P1 rib in A for Design 12; 1 knit row and 2 rib rows in A, then 1 rib row and the cast-off in C, for Design 13 — so it leaves a short opening, closed with a button and a loop of 8 crocheted chains on the left side. The underarm stitches are grafted, and the loose strands inside the sleeve border are tacked down with M.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 18 (nos. 12 and 13), 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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