Ró — Round-Yoke Sweater and Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Guðný María Höskuldsdóttir’s Ró from Ístex’s Lopi 30 gives two garments in one pattern, both knitted in single-ply Plötulopi on 4.5 mm needles: a pullover in grey with a yoke of ash, winter blue and denim, and a cardigan in white with a yoke of beige, spruce green and clover green. Both start with 7 cm of rib — one round k1, p1, one round knit — and are knitted in the round; the round yoke is plain at first, then a zigzag of the second colour, then the third and the fourth up to a ribbed neckband. The cardigan is cut open at the front and finished with crocheted borders and eight buttons. Sizes S to XL. Denim (1052), in the pullover, is no longer made; all the other colours still are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two garments — a pullover and a cardigan, each with its own colours and chart
• Sizes S, M, L and XL
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the grey kit or the white cardigan kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Pullover: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S (M L XL)
A 9102 grey — 3 (3 3 3)
B 1026 ash — 1 (1 1 1)
C 1432 winter blue — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1052 denim — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made by Ístex — the grey kit uses 2022 blues blue instead

Cardigan: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S (M L XL)
A 0001 white — 3 (3 3 3)
B 1030 beige — 1 (1 1 1)
C 1421 spruce green — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1423 clover green — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
19 sts × 26 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch with single-ply Plötulopi. The gauge line says 5.5 mm needles, but the materials list and every instruction use 4.5 mm.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 60 cm — the body and the yoke
4.5 mm double-pointed needles (in the pattern’s list) for the sleeves
Cardigan only: 5 mm (US H/8) crochet hook for the front borders

You will also need
For the cardigan, 8 buttons (in the pattern’s list) and a sewing machine and thread to secure the front before it is cut. For both, stitch holders for the underarm stitches, 4 stitch markers and a tapestry needle — the list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Both garments are knitted in the round from the bottom up in single-ply Plötulopi on 4.5 mm needles; they are cast on with two strands. The body, 172 (182, 194, 210) stitches, starts with 7 cm of rib — one round k1, p1, one round knit — and is knitted to 36 (38, 40, 42) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 44 (46, 48, 52) stitches, have the same rib and are increased to 62 (66, 70, 74). Body and sleeves are joined for the yoke — 264 (280, 296, 312) stitches for the pullover — and two raglan decrease rounds at the four joins take it to 248 (264, 280, 296). The 44-round chart, an 8-stitch repeat with six decrease rounds, takes it to 62 (66, 70, 74); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The neckband is 10 rounds of the same rib in colour D, bound off with two strands, and the underarms are grafted. The cardigan is cast on with 170 (180, 192, 208) stitches and its hem rib is worked back and forth; then two purl stitches are cast on at the front, making 172 (182, 194, 210), and it is knitted in the round the same way, with its own chart, to 65 (69, 73, 77) stitches and a neckband worked back and forth. The front is sewn twice by machine and cut, and crocheted borders are worked down both fronts — eight buttonholes on the right — finished with one row in spruce green up the right front, round the neck and down the left.

Design: Guðný María Höskuldsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 30 (no. 10), 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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