Lopi 18 No. 36 & 37 — Round-Yoke Sweater and Zipped Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Two different garments by Védís Jónsdóttir in one leaflet from Ístex’s Lopi 18, both knitted in Álafosslopi in the round from the bottom up, with a deep round yoke of small staggered blocks striped in several colours. No. 36 is a light beige pullover in sizes XS, M and L, with two rounds of small twists in its K2, P2 ribs, a border of small blocks above the hem and cuffs, and a short ribbed neckband. No. 37 is an oatmeal cardigan for women and men in sizes XS, M, L and XL, with a sleeve length for each: K2, P2 ribs, a yoke of light beige blocks beside striped ones, a front that is cut open for a zipper, and a folded rib collar. Most of the contrast colours are no longer made — six of No. 36’s seven and five of No. 37’s eight; light beige (0086), oatmeal (0085), dark denim heather (0010) and quiet purple (0163) still are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Both pattern numbers — No. 36, the pullover, and No. 37, the zipped cardigan
• No. 36 in sizes XS, M and L; No. 37 in XS, M, L and XL
• Sleeve lengths for women and for men on No. 37
• The border and yoke charts for No. 36 and the yoke chart for No. 37, each with its key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the oatmeal No. 37 kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

No. 36, pullover: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (M L) — there is no kit for No. 36
M 0086 light beige — 6 (6 7)
A 9215 mauve — 1 (1 1) · no longer made
B 0163 quiet purple — 1 (1 1)
C 9736 pond heather — 1 (1 1) · no longer made
D 9240 golden green — 1 (1 1) · no longer made
E 9332 antique gold — 1 (1 1) · no longer made
F 0032 berry heather — 1 (1 1) · no longer made
G 9210 burgundy — 1 (1 1) · no longer made

No. 37, zipped cardigan: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (M L XL)
M 0085 oatmeal — 6 (7 8 8)
A 0086 light beige — 1 (1 1 1)
B 0010 dark denim heather — 1 (1 1 1)
C 0163 quiet purple — 1 (1 1 1)
D 9118 dark sienna — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the No. 37 kit uses 0867 chocolate heather, a dark brown, lighter and browner than the near-black red-brown in this shaded photo
E 9392 rust — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the No. 37 kit uses 9971 amber heather, a copper-orange heather, clearly lighter and more orange than the deep brick red in the photo
F 9332 antique gold — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the No. 37 kit uses 9964 golden heather, a mustard gold, clearly brighter and more orange than the dull ochre in the photo
G 0014 forest heather — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the No. 37 kit uses 9967 teal heather, a dark petrol green, close to the photo, a little bluer
H 0484 forest green — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made in Álafosslopi (Ístex still makes 0484 only as Plötulopi, a different yarn) — the No. 37 kit uses 9966 cypress green heather, a very dark olive green, noticeably lighter than the near-black green in the photo

Sizes — No. 36, pullover (no size S)

Sizes — No. 37, zipped cardigan (no size S)

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

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 80 cm, for No. 36’s hem rib and No. 37’s welt, which is knitted back and forth
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the bodies and the yokes
4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the cuffs and the neckbands
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 lists leave them out
The pattern calls a circular needle a “twin pin”

You will also need
For No. 37: a zipper (in the pattern’s list, which gives no length or type), and a sewing machine and thread to secure the front before it is cut, which the list leaves out. For both: stitch holders for the underarm stitches (in both lists) and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms — and, for No. 37, for sewing down the folded neckband.

How it is knitted
No. 36 is knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 124 (136, 144) stitches in light beige on the 4.5 mm circular and knitted in K2, P2 rib for 8 rounds; in rounds 3 and 7 each pair of knit stitches is crossed. It is increased to 132 (144, 150) stitches, and on 6 mm comes a 12-round border of small blocks from chart 1, then light beige to 38 (42, 43) cm. The sleeves start with the same rib on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, are increased to 42 (42, 48) stitches, get the same border on 6 mm and are increased alternately every 7th and 8th round to 52 (56, 60). Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 204 (216, 228) stitches — and a 41-round chart with seven decrease rounds takes it down to 68 (72, 76): staggered blocks, each striped in two or three colours, on the light beige; the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The neckband is the same 8 rounds of rib with crossed stitches, on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles and 68 stitches in every size, cast off knitwise from the wrong side and not folded. No. 37: the welt is 5 cm of K2, P2 rib in oatmeal, knitted back and forth on the 4.5 mm circular. One stitch is cast on, and the body is joined and knitted in the round on 6 mm, with three purl stitches at the centre front, to 38 (42, 43, 44) cm. The sleeves are knitted in the round from 5 cm K2, P2 cuffs on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles and increased every 8th round for women or every 9th for men to 52 (56, 60, 62) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 207 (219, 231, 243) stitches — and a 43-round chart with seven decrease rounds takes it down to 71 (75, 79, 83): light beige blocks beside blocks striped in dark denim heather, quiet purple, dark sienna, rust, antique gold, forest heather and forest green, on the oatmeal; the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. Two rows of machine stitching go into the purl stitch at each side and on both sides of the centre purl stitch, and the front is cut open up the centre one. The neckband is knitted back and forth in K2, P2 rib on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles to 8 cm, folded in half to the inside and slip-stitched, and the zipper is sewn in. In both, the underarm stitches are grafted.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 18 (nos. 36 and 37), 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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