Lopi 18 No. 7 — Blue Star-Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Gréta Björk Jóhannesdóttir’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 18, adapted by Védís Jónsdóttir, knitted in Álafosslopi in the round from the bottom up, in sizes S to L, with a high ribbed collar. The body is dark denim heather; the light beige yoke has copper star shapes alternating with hollow blue diamonds, antique gold dots and small dark sienna motifs, between two bands of loden green and field, with a narrow sienna and gold band below the collar. The hem and cuffs are K1, P1 rib in five colour stripes under a green wave border. One colour version. Five of its seven colours are no longer made: dark sienna (9118), copper (9384), antique gold (9332), loden green (9239) and field (9719); dark denim heather (0010) and light beige (0086) still are. Our shop sells a kit for this pattern under the name Rósalind.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Three sizes, S to L
• Two charts — the border above the hem and cuffs, and the yoke — with the key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: Rósalind

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L)
M 0010 dark denim heather — 5 (5 6)
A 9118 dark sienna — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 1237 sheep sorrel
B 9384 copper — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 9971 amber heather
C 9332 antique gold — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 9964 golden heather
D 0086 light beige — 1 (1 2)
E 9239 loden green — 1 (1 2) · no longer made — the kit uses 1231 garden green
F 9719 field — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the kit uses 9965 chartreuse green heather

Sizes

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

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 80 cm — for the striped rib at the hem
4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles — for the cuffs and the collar
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — for the body, the sleeves and the yoke
By our reading also 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the sleeves: they change to 6 mm with 42 stitches, about 32 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, which the list leaves out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with 116 (126, 138) stitches in dark denim heather on the 4.5 mm circular and knitted in K1, P1 rib in stripes — 2 rounds each of dark denim heather, dark sienna, copper, antique gold and light beige — with 10 (14, 16) stitches increased on the last round, to 126 (140, 154). On 6 mm comes a 9-round wave border of loden green and field from chart 1, then the body goes on in dark denim heather to 39 (41, 43) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 30 stitches on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, ribbed in the same stripes and increased to 42 on the last round, given the same border on 6 mm with 1 stitch increased at each end of its last round, then increased at both ends of every 9th round, 4 (5, 6) times, to 52 (54, 56) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke — 196 (210, 224) stitches — and the 41-round chart is knitted: the border’s green wave band turned upside down (our reading of the charts), the light beige band of copper stars, blue diamonds, gold dots and small sienna motifs, a second green band, then light beige, a narrow band of sienna and gold, and dark denim heather for chart rounds 39 to 41. Decreases in the chart and evenly spaced decrease rounds take it down to 56 (56, 64) stitches; size S leaves out two rounds and the decreases of a third, and sizes S and M leave out one more round — 38 (40, 41) rounds in all. The collar is 8 cm of K1, P1 rib in dark denim heather on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, decreased to 54 (54, 56) stitches on its first round and cast off loosely in rib. The underarm stitches are grafted.

Design: Gréta Björk Jóhannesdóttir, adapted by Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 18 (no. 7), 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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