Lopi 18 No. 29 — Children’s Green Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Guðný Pálsdóttir’s children’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 18, knitted in Álafosslopi in the round from the bottom up. It is green heather, with a yoke of black and white zigzag bands and a row of small white diamonds, the same zigzag border above the ribbed hem and cuffs, and a neckband folded to the outside so its cast-off edge shows. One colour version, in four sizes by the child’s height, from 122 to 152 cm. Green heather (9737), the main colour, is no longer made; the black (0059) and the white (0051) still are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Four sizes, to fit 122, 134, 140 and 152 cm tall
• 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 green sweater kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · to fit 122 (134 140 152) cm tall
M 9737 green heather — 4 (4 5 5) · no longer made — the kit uses 1231 garden green, a close match, a touch darker and less heathered than the green in the photo
A 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1)
B 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes — four children’s sizes, by height; the pattern gives heights, not ages

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

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 and the neckband
6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the sleeves and the top of the yoke
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 96 (102, 108, 112) stitches in green heather on the 4.5 mm circular and ribbed K1, P1 for 5 (5, 5, 6) cm, increasing to 108 (114, 120, 126) stitches on the last round; on 6 mm comes a 7-round zigzag border in black and white (6 rounds in the two smaller sizes), then plain green heather to 28 (30, 33, 36) cm. The sleeves start the same way on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, get the same border on 6 mm double-pointed needles and are increased to 46 (48, 50, 52) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 168 (174, 186, 198) stitches, with 8 or 9 stitches at each underarm left on holders — and knitted from a 35-round chart of zigzag bands and a row of small white diamonds, in black and white, with four decrease rounds, down to 56 (58, 62, 66) stitches; the smaller sizes skip a few marked rounds, and the top of the yoke moves onto the double-pointed needles. The neckband is 7 (7, 8, 8) cm of K1, P1 rib on 4.5 mm, cast off loosely, folded in half to the outside and sewn down loosely so the cast-off edge shows. The underarm stitches are grafted.

Design: Guðný Pálsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 18 (no. 29), 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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