Ranga — Zip Cardigan with Textured Yoke Knitting Pattern

Ranga is Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke zip cardigan from Ístex’s Lopi 29. The deep rib at the hem and cuffs and the tall collar are knitted in Álafosslopi on 6 mm needles; the body, sleeves and yoke in Léttlopi on 4.5 mm. The yoke pattern is in a second colour, and most of its stitches are purled, as the chart marks them. The cardigan is knitted in the round, cut open up the front and closed with a zipper with two slides. Two colour versions — black heather with ash, and chocolate with black — in sizes S to XL. All the colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — black heather with ash, and chocolate with black
• Sizes S, M, L and XL
• The yoke chart, with a key for both colours
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the black kit or the brown kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Black version: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L XL) — rib and collar
A 0005 black heather — 2 (2 2 2)
B 0054 ash — 1 (1 1 1)

Black version: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL) — body, sleeves and yoke
C 0005 black heather — 6 (7 7 8)
D 0054 ash — 2 (2 3 3)

Brown version: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L XL) — rib and collar
A 0053 chocolate — 2 (2 2 2)
B 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1)

Brown version: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL) — body, sleeves and yoke
C 0053 chocolate — 6 (7 7 8)
D 0059 black — 2 (2 3 3)

Sizes

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch with Léttlopi on 4.5 mm needles. The pattern gives no gauge for the Álafosslopi rib.

Needles
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — for the hem rib (knitted back and forth) and the collar, in Álafosslopi
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 60–80 cm — for the body and the yoke, in Léttlopi
6 mm and 4.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 6 mm for the Álafosslopi cuffs

You will also need
A zipper with two slides — it is in the pattern’s list, which gives no length — and, though the list leaves them out, a sewing machine and thread in a matching colour, stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle.

How it is knitted
The hem is cast on in Álafosslopi on the 6 mm circular and knitted back and forth in P2, K2 rib for 11 (11, 12, 12) cm. Then the body changes to Léttlopi on 4.5 mm: 2 stitches are cast on, which are purled all the way up for the steek, and the body is joined, increased on the first round and knitted in the round in stocking stitch to the underarm. The sleeves start with 14 cm of K2, P2 rib in Álafosslopi on 6 mm double-pointed needles; all their increases are made on the first Léttlopi round, and they go straight up from there. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, a 50-round chart with six decrease rounds, from 241 (257, 265, 281) stitches to 63 (67, 69, 73); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The 2 purl stitches are bound off, and the collar is knitted back and forth in K2, P2 rib in Álafosslopi on 6 mm for 8 cm and bound off in rib. Last, the front is machine-sewn twice through each chain of purl stitches, cut between the seams, and the zipper is sewn in under the front edges.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 29 (no. 8), 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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