{"product_id":"lopi-18-no-34-long-round-yoke-sweater-knitting-pattern","title":"Lopi 18 No. 34 — Long Round-Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern","description":"\u003cp\u003eA long round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 18, based on designs from The Handknitting Association of Iceland and adapted by Védís Jónsdóttir, knitted in Álafosslopi in the round from the bottom up. The body and sleeves are red fire tweed, with five rounds of moss stitch at the hem and cuffs and a tall K1, P1 rib collar that stands up. The yoke is midnight blue, banded in five bright colours — grass, aquamarine, goldenrod, copper and bright fuchsia — in small zigzags, dots, arches and diamonds, and the same bands make a border above the cuffs. One colour version, four sizes from XS to L, 66 to 72 cm long to the front neck. Six of the seven colours are no longer made — fire tweed (9738), grass (9301), aquamarine (9214), goldenrod (9213), copper (9384) and bright fuchsia (9010); midnight blue (0709) still is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour sizes, XS to L\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo charts — the border above the cuffs and the yoke — with the band colours printed beside them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lopi-18-no-34-long-red-yoke-sweater-knitting-kit\"\u003ethe red kit\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYarn used in the pattern\u003c\/strong\u003e (not included)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eÁlafosslopi — 100 g balls\u003c\/strong\u003e · sizes XS (S M L)\u003cbr\u003e\nM 9738 fire tweed — 5 (6 6 7) · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the kit uses 9962 ruby red heather, a deep red of about the same depth but a clearer, stronger red than the brick red in the photo, and a plain heather without the tweed’s small green, orange and purple flecks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA 0709 midnight blue — 2 (2 2 2)\u003cbr\u003e\nB 9301 grass — 1 (1 1 1) · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the kit uses 1231 garden green, a leaf green, much darker and duller than the vivid emerald in the photo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nC 9214 aquamarine — 1 (1 1 1) · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the kit uses 1233 space blue, a strong blue, clearly darker and more violet than the bright azure in the photo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nD 9213 goldenrod — 1 (1 1 1) · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the kit uses 9964 golden heather, a mustard gold, clearly deeper and more orange than the bright yellow in the photo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nE 9384 copper — 1 (1 1 1) · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the kit uses 9971 amber heather, a rust orange, clearly redder and brighter than the ochre brown the copper shows in the photo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nF 9010 bright fuchsia — 1 (1 1 1) · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the kit uses 1240 dark magenta, a vivid pink-magenta, much brighter and pinker than the muted violet-magenta in the photo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eXS\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eS\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eM\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eL\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChest\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e102 cm\u003cbr\u003e40¼″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e106 cm\u003cbr\u003e41¾″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e111 cm\u003cbr\u003e43¾″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e115 cm\u003cbr\u003e45¼″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLength to centre front neck\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e66 cm\u003cbr\u003e26″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e68 cm\u003cbr\u003e26¾″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e70 cm\u003cbr\u003e27½″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e72 cm\u003cbr\u003e28¼″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSleeve length to underarm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e39 cm\u003cbr\u003e15¼″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40 cm\u003cbr\u003e15¾″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e41 cm\u003cbr\u003e16¼″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e42 cm\u003cbr\u003e16½″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGauge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeedles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 mm (US 8) circular needle, 80 cm, for the moss-stitch hem\u003cbr\u003e6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke\u003cbr\u003e5 mm (US 8) double-pointed needles for the moss-stitch cuffs and 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the collar\u003cbr\u003eBy our reading also 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the sleeves: they change to 6 mm with only 36 stitches, about 28 cm round, too few for a 40 cm circular. The pattern’s list leaves them out\u003cbr\u003eThe pattern calls a circular needle a “twin pin”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou will also need\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStitch holders for the underarm stitches (in the pattern’s list), and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms and weaving in the many colour ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it is knitted\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 128 (134, 140, 146) stitches in fire tweed on the 5 mm circular, knitted in moss stitch for 5 rounds, increased to 132 (138, 144, 150) stitches on 6 mm and knitted in plain stocking stitch to 43 (44, 45, 46) cm — there is no border on the body. The sleeves are cast on with 34 stitches on 5 mm double-pointed needles and knitted in moss stitch for 5 rounds; on 6 mm comes an 18-round border from chart 1 on 36 stitches — midnight blue zigzags with narrow bands of the five bright colours — then fire tweed, increased at the underarm to 52 (54, 56, 60) stitches, to 39 (40, 41, 42) cm. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 204 (210, 216, 234) stitches — and a 41-round chart with four decrease rounds takes it down to 68 (70, 72, 78): a midnight blue zigzag rising from the red, then small zigzags, dots, arches and diamonds, band after band up to the neck, in which no round uses more than midnight blue and one bright colour; the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The collar is 8.5 cm of K1, P1 rib in fire tweed on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, cast off loosely in rib and not folded, so it stands up. The underarm stitches are grafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBased on designs from The Handknitting Association of Iceland, adapted by Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 18 (no. 34), Ístex.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ístex","offers":[{"title":"English","offer_id":67601333944373,"sku":"PAT-EN-L18-34","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1662\/1057\/files\/lopi18-34-cover-1_e3028037-d38d-4ce8-9eb4-844e5944ce51.jpg?v=1791004387","url":"https:\/\/icelandicstore.is\/products\/lopi-18-no-34-long-round-yoke-sweater-knitting-pattern","provider":"The Icelandic Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}