Lopi 18 No. 24 & 25 — Children’s Round-Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Two children’s round-yoke sweaters by Ásdís Hallgrímsdóttir in one leaflet from Ístex’s Lopi 18, knitted in Álafosslopi in the round from the bottom up, in five sizes to fit 110 to 152 cm tall. Both share one yoke chart — small diamonds, a wide zigzag, a band of small diamonds, a second zigzag and spokes up to the neck. Design 24 is steel blue with a white and light gray yoke, a matching border above the ribbed hem and cuffs, and a folded neckband. Design 25, adapted by Védís Jónsdóttir, is white with a mauve and old rose yoke, embroidered after knitting with small lazy-daisy flowers in straw and French knots in field; it has moss-stitch edges, no border and a single rib collar, and is 2 cm longer in the body and 2 cm shorter in the sleeve. Design 24’s steel blue (9300) is no longer made, its white and light gray still are; in Design 25 only the white is still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Both sweaters — Design 24 in steel blue and Design 25 in white, with embroidery
• Five sizes, to fit 110, 122, 134, 140 and 152 cm tall
• The border and yoke charts with a key for each design, and drawings of the two embroidery stitches
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the blue No. 24 kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Design 24 (blue): Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · to fit 110 (122 134 140 152) cm tall
M 9300 steel blue — 3 (4 4 5 5) · no longer made — the blue No. 24 kit uses 0010 denim heather, a heathered mid blue, brighter and bluer — less grey — than the muted slate blue in the photo
A 0051 white — 1 (1 1 2 2)
B 0056 light gray — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Design 25 (white): Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · to fit 110 (122 134 140 152) cm tall — there is no kit for Design 25
M 0051 white — 4 (4 5 5 6)
A 9215 mauve — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made
B 9024 old rose — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made

Design 25, for the embroidery: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · the list gives no amounts — only a little of each is needed (our estimate)
C 9720 straw — no amount printed · no longer made
D 9719 field — no amount printed · no longer made

Sizes

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

Needles
Design 24: 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 60 cm, and 4.5 mm double-pointed needles for the rib and the neckband; 6 mm (US 10) circular needle, 60 cm, and 6 mm double-pointed needles for the body, the sleeves and the yoke
Design 25: 5 mm (US 8) circular needle, 60 cm, and 5 mm double-pointed needles for the moss-stitch edges; 6 mm (US 10) circular needle, 60 cm, and 6 mm double-pointed needles for the body, the sleeves and the yoke; 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the collar
The pattern calls a circular needle a “twin pin”

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches (in both lists), and a tapestry needle — in Design 25’s list, for the embroidery; Design 24 needs one too, for grafting the underarms and sewing down the neckband.

How it is knitted
Both are knitted in the round from the bottom up and share the yoke. Design 24: the body is cast on with 92 (96, 102, 108, 112) stitches in steel blue on the 4.5 mm circular for 5 (5, 5, 5, 6) cm of K1, P1 rib and increased to 102 (108, 114, 120, 126); on 6 mm comes a 10-round border from chart 1 — a light gray band, a white zigzag and small white motifs — then steel blue to 25 (28, 30, 33, 36) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 24 (24, 26, 26, 28) stitches on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, ribbed the same, increased to 36 (36, 36, 36, 42), given the same border on 6 mm double-pointed needles and increased to 44 (46, 48, 50, 52). Design 25: the body is cast on with 98 (104, 110, 116, 122) stitches in white on the 5 mm circular for 5 rounds of moss stitch, increased to 102 (108, 114, 120, 126) on 6 mm and knitted plain to 27 (30, 32, 35, 38) cm; the sleeves are cast on with 30 (30, 30, 32, 32) stitches on 5 mm double-pointed needles for the same moss stitch, then knitted on 6 mm and increased to 44 (46, 48, 50, 52). In both, body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 156 (168, 174, 186, 198) stitches — and a 35-round chart with four decrease rounds takes it down to 52 (56, 58, 62, 66); the smaller sizes skip marked rounds, and the top of the yoke moves onto the double-pointed needles. Design 24’s neckband is 7 (7, 7, 8, 8) cm of K1, P1 rib in steel blue on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched; Design 25’s collar is 5 (5, 5, 6, 6) cm of K1, P1 rib in white, cast off loosely and left single. Both are decreased to 50 (50, 50, 52, 52) stitches, and the underarm stitches are grafted. Last, Design 25’s yoke is embroidered: lazy-daisy stitches in straw, four to a flower, make small flowers over the white stitches of chart rounds 16 to 18, with a French knot in field at the centre of each, and more French knots in field go between the white stitches of rounds 14 and 20.

Design: Ásdís Hallgrímsdóttir; No. 25 adapted by Védís Jónsdóttir — patterns from Lopi No. 18 (nos. 24 and 25), 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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