Lopi 18 No. 35 — Brown Round-Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

A round-yoke pullover 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 acorn, a brown, with K1, P1 rib at the hem, cuffs and neck. A border of white zigzags and oatmeal points sits above the hem and cuff ribs, and the yoke carries bands of white zigzags, rounded shapes and small diamonds with oatmeal between them up to a folded rib neckband. Five sizes, XS to XL, with sleeve lengths for women and for men. All three colours are still made by Ístex.

What you get

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

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL)
M 0053 acorn — 7 (8 8 9 9)
A 0051 white — 1 (1 2 2 2)
B 0085 oatmeal — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Sizes

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

Needles
4½ 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
4½ 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 or 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 (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 118 (124, 130, 136, 140) stitches in acorn on the 4½ mm circular, knitted in K1, P1 rib for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm and increased to 132 (138, 144, 150, 156); on 6 mm comes the 12-round border chart, then acorn to 38 (40, 42, 43, 44) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 28 (30, 30, 32, 32) stitches on 4½ mm double-pointed needles, knitted in the same rib and increased to 42 (42, 42, 48, 48); on 6 mm they get the same border, and then in acorn 1 stitch is increased at each end of the 2nd round and after that of every 8th round for women or every 9th for men, 4 (5, 6, 5, 6) times, to 52 (54, 56, 60, 62). They are knitted to 41 (43, 43, 45, 45) cm for women or 46 (48, 48, 50, 50) cm for men. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 204 (210, 216, 234, 240) stitches — and the 43-round yoke chart, with four decrease rounds, takes it down to 68 (70, 72, 78, 80); sizes XS to L leave out marked rounds — XS seven, S five, M four and L two — and XL knits all 43. The neckband is 8 cm of K1, P1 rib on 4½ mm double-pointed needles, decreased on the first round to 54 (54, 54, 56, 58) stitches, cast off loosely, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched. The underarm stitches are grafted.

Based on designs from The Handknitting Association of Iceland, adapted by Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 18 (no. 35), 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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