Lopi 18 No. 30 — Children’s Blue Tweed Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Astrid Ellingsen’s children’s round-yoke sweater 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. Its main colour is monet, a mid-blue tweed with small coloured flecks; the yoke has a band of light denim diamonds with copper-orange centres outlined in navy, small zigzags, a row of small copper crosses and spikes rising to a folded blue neckband, and a matching border sits above the ribbed hem and cuffs. One colour version. Two of its four colours are no longer made — monet (9735) and copper (9384); navy and light denim heather still are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Five sizes, to fit 110, 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 blue tweed kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · to fit 110 (122 134 140 152) cm tall
M 9735 monet — 3 (4 4 5 5) · no longer made — the kit uses 1234 blue tweed, a similar mid-blue, a shade greyer, with white flecks instead of coloured ones
A 0118 navy — 1 (1 1 1 2)
B 0008 light denim heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 9384 copper — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 9971 amber heather, a rust-orange, clearly darker and rustier than in the sunlit photo

Sizes

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 (in the pattern’s list), and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms and sewing down the folded neckband.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 92 (96, 102, 108, 112) stitches in M on the 4.5 mm circular, worked in K1, P1 rib for 5 (5, 5, 5, 6) cm and increased to 102 (108, 114, 120, 126). On 6 mm comes a 7-round border from chart 1 — light denim and copper with navy points above — then the body goes on in M 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, increased to 36 (36, 36, 36, 42), and knitted on 6 mm double-pointed needles: the same border, then M, increased to 44 (46, 48, 50, 52) stitches. 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): a band of light denim diamonds with copper centres, outlined in navy, a small zigzag, a row of small copper crosses, a second small zigzag, and navy and light denim spikes rising to the neck. The smaller sizes leave out marked rounds, and the top of the yoke moves onto the double-pointed needles. The neckband is knitted one round in M on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, then K1, P1 rib for 7 (7, 7, 8, 8) cm, decreased on its first rib round to 50 (50, 50, 52, 52) stitches; it is cast off loosely, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched, and the underarm stitches are grafted.

Design: Astrid Ellingsen — pattern from Lopi No. 18 (no. 30), 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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