Lopi 18 No. 31 — Children’s Round-Yoke Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Astrid Ellingsen’s children’s cardigan from Ístex’s Lopi 18, adapted by Védís Jónsdóttir and knitted in Álafosslopi: a scarlet body with navy rib and navy front bands, and a round yoke of apple-green diamonds with goldenrod centres, outlined in navy, then scarlet shapes with small goldenrod dots framed in navy and green, and navy spokes up to the neck. A navy border of small scarlet flowers sits above the hem and cuffs and in the neckband. The body and yoke are knitted in the round and the front is cut open. One colour version, five sizes to fit 110 to 152 cm tall, with the buttons on either side for a girl or a boy. Scarlet (0078) is no longer made in Álafosslopi, and apple green (9212) and goldenrod (9213) are no longer made; navy (0118) still is.

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
• Button sides for a girl and for a boy
• Three charts — the border above the hem and cuffs, the yoke and the neckband
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the red kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · to fit 110 (122 134 140 152) cm tall
M 0078 scarlet — 3 (3 4 4 5) · no longer made in Álafosslopi — the kit uses 0047 happy red, the same hue but clearly darker than the bright scarlet in the sunlit photo
A 0118 navy — 2 (2 3 3 3)
B 9212 apple green — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 9983 apple green, a little darker and more yellow than in the sunlit photo
C 9213 goldenrod — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 9964 golden heather, a deeper, mustard gold, clearly darker and warmer than the bright yellow in the 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 welt
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 — the front bands and the neckband are also knitted on 4.5 mm needles
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
Buttons — 5 (6, 6, 6, 6), in the pattern’s list, which gives no size; stitch holders for the front-band and underarm stitches (also in the list); and, which the list leaves out, a sewing machine and thread to secure the front before it is cut, and a tapestry needle for sewing on the bands and facings and grafting the underarms.

How it is knitted
The welt is 3 cm of K1, P1 rib in navy, knitted back and forth on the 4.5 mm circular with the first buttonhole at 2 cm, and 6 stitches at each front edge go onto holders for the bands. The body is then knitted in the round on 6 mm, with 2 purl stitches cast on at the centre front: a 7-round border from chart 1 — small scarlet flowers with goldenrod centres on navy — then scarlet to 25 (28, 30, 33, 36) cm. The sleeves are knitted in the round on double-pointed needles from a 3 cm navy rib cuff, get the same border on 6 mm, and are increased every 6th round to 44 (46, 48, 50, 52) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 153 (165, 171, 183, 195) stitches — and a 35-round chart with four decrease rounds takes it down to 53 (57, 59, 63, 67); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds, and the top of the yoke moves onto the double-pointed needles. Two rows of machine stitching go into each purl stitch up the front, and the front is cut open between them once the button band is knitted. The 6-stitch navy front bands are knitted from the held stitches with a 3-stitch stocking-stitch facing that folds over the cut edge, and sewn on. The neckband is knitted back and forth across the bands and the yoke: a 6-row band from chart 3 — the same small navy flower band — with the top buttonhole in the band rib, then a navy facing folded to the inside along a purl fold line and slip-stitched. The underarm stitches are grafted.

Design: Astrid Ellingsen, adapted by Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 18 (no. 31), 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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