Lopi 18 No. 28 — Dark Tweed Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Guðný Pálsdóttir’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 18, for women and men, knitted in Álafosslopi in the round from the bottom up: a dark brown-black tweed with small white flecks, a yoke in white and oatmeal — a zigzag band, a row of rings, a band of small motifs and white stripes rising to the neck — a matching zigzag border above the hem and cuffs, and a folded neckband. One colour version, in five sizes from XS to XL, with a sleeve length for women and one for men. The main colour, black sheep tweed (9452), is no longer made; the white and the oatmeal still are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Five sizes, XS to XL
• Sleeve lengths for women and for men
• Two charts — the border above the hem and cuffs, and the yoke
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) — one set of amounts for both sleeve lengths
M 9452 black sheep tweed — 7 (8 8 9 9) · no longer made — the kit uses 9975 black tweed, which keeps the white flecks but is blacker than the dark brown-black in the photo
A 0051 white — 1 (1 2 2 2)
B 0085 oatmeal — 1 (1 1 1 2)

Sizes

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

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
By our reading also 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the sleeves: they change to 6 mm with only 42 to 48 stitches, about 32 to 37 cm round, 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
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches (the pattern lists them), and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms and sewing down the neckband.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 118 (124, 130, 136, 140) stitches in the main colour on the 4.5 mm circular, knitted in K1, P1 rib for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm and increased to 132 (138, 144, 150, 156) stitches. On 6 mm comes a 7-round zigzag border in white and oatmeal from chart 1, then the body goes on in the main colour to 38 (40, 42, 43, 44) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 28 (30, 30, 32, 32) stitches on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, ribbed for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm, increased to 42 (42, 42, 48, 48), given the same border on 6 mm and then increased every 8th round for women or every 9th for men to 52 (54, 56, 60, 62) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, 204 (210, 216, 234, 240) stitches, and the yoke is knitted from a 43-round chart in white and oatmeal — a zigzag band, a row of rings, a band of small motifs and white stripes up to the neck — with four decrease rounds, to 68 (70, 72, 78, 80) stitches; the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The neckband is 1 round knit and 8 cm of K1, P1 rib on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, decreased to 54 (54, 54, 56, 58) stitches at the start, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched, and the underarm stitches are grafted.

Design: Guðný Pálsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 18 (no. 28), 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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