Riddari - children sweater- Free Wool Sweater Knitting pattern Download

Name: Riddari - children sweater- Free Wool Sweater Knitting pattern Download
Brand: The Icelandic Store
SKU: FREE0000018
Availability: OutOfStock

The children’s Riddari by Védís Jónsdóttir, written for Fjallalopi, in grey or yellow, for children 104 to 152 cm tall.

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Yarn for this pattern

Fjallalopi, the colours the pattern uses. Tap a colour to see it.

3056 grey sky3 (3, 3, 4, 4) ballsGrey version, colour A.
3059 raven black1 (2, 2, 2, 2) ballsGrey version, colour B.
3051 lily white1 ballGrey version colour C (1 ball); yellow version colour B (1, 2, 2, 2, 2).
3054 frost grey1 ballGrey version, colour D.
3040 summer yellow3 (3, 3, 4, 4) ballsYellow version, colour A. Only 1 ball in stock on 8 Oct 2026.
3024 glacier sand1 ballYellow version, colour C.
3071 misty rose1 ballYellow version, colour D.

This free Riddari sweater pattern is the children’s version of Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke lopapeysa, written for Ístex Fjallalopi. Riddari means knight. The leaflet gives two colourways: grey sky with a yoke in raven black, lily white and frost grey, and summer yellow with lily white, glacier sand and misty rose.

About the Riddari sweater pattern

Five sizes by the child’s height, 104, 116, 128, 140 and 152 cm: chest 73, 76, 80, 84 and 87 cm all the way round.
Length to the underarm 24, 27, 30, 33 and 36 cm; sleeves 28, 31, 34, 37 and 40 cm.
Fjallalopi, 50 g balls: main colour 3, 3, 3, 4 or 4 balls; colour B 1 or 2 balls; one ball each of C and D.
Gauge: 22 stitches and 29 rows to 10 cm on 3.5 mm needles, with 3 mm needles for the edges.

The hem and cuffs begin with 5 rounds of stocking stitch, then a round in colour B and 2 cm of knit 1, purl 1 rib. The pattern says to “let the knit stitch edge at body, sleeves and neck roll up”. The neckband is the other way up: 2 cm of the same rib in colour B, then 6 plain rounds in colour A. Body and sleeves are knitted in the round and joined for the yoke.

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The grey Riddari children’s kit has the pattern and 8 balls of Fjallalopi in the leaflet’s grey colours, enough for size 152.

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