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Man in a street of old houses wearing Rökkur from Lopi 24, shown in the pattern’s original jungle green (9980, no longer made), which knits up in uneven olive and near-black bands — moss stitch all over, no rib at the hem or cuffs, a high stand-up collar and a front zip, here open to mid-chest. The black T-shirt and the jeans are not part of the pattern

Rökkur (Lopi 24) — Men’s Moss-Stitch Zip Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Sale price$8.00

Men’s zip cardigan knitted flat in moss stitch · Álafosslopi, one colour · high folded collar and hidden pockets · sizes 50–54

Pattern only: the English PDF, emailed to you right after purchase. Yarn is not included.

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  • Lopi 24, no. 3 — Védís Jónsdóttir, after an old Álafoss pattern
  • Sizes 50–54 · chest 100–114 cm
  • The English knitting pattern (PDF), emailed right after purchase
  • Álafosslopi in moss stitch on 6 mm needles — 12 stitches to 10 cm
  • Three sizes, 50 to 54 — chest 100–114 cm (39¼–45″)
  • Takes 11 balls of Álafosslopi in size 50, 12 in sizes 52 and 54 — yarn and zip are not included
Man in a street of old houses wearing Rökkur from Lopi 24, shown in the pattern’s original jungle green (9980, no longer made), which knits up in uneven olive and near-black bands — moss stitch all over, no rib at the hem or cuffs, a high stand-up collar and a front zip, here open to mid-chest. The black T-shirt and the jeans are not part of the pattern
Rökkur (Lopi 24) — Men’s Moss-Stitch Zip Cardigan Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00

Why you'll love it

  • All moss stitchEvery piece is moss stitch on 6 mm needles — no colourwork, no charts, and no rib at the hem or cuffs.
  • Folded collar6 cm of K1, P1 rib, a purl row for the fold and 6 cm more, folded to the inside over the top of the zip.
  • Hidden pocketsPocket linings sewn inside the fronts, with the openings left in the side seams.
  • An old Álafoss designVédís Jónsdóttir’s new version of an old pattern from Álafoss.
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Rökkur (Lopi 24) — your questions, answered

Can I still buy the colour in the photo?
No. Jungle green Álafosslopi (9980), the pattern’s only colour, is no longer made by Ístex. In the photo it knits up in uneven bands of olive and near-black; as the pattern lists only this one colour, we read the bands as coming from the yarn itself (our reading of the photo — the pattern does not say so). No colour in today’s Álafosslopi range knits up in bands like this. Our kit for this pattern uses cypress green heather (9966): one even, heathered dark green, close to the overall shade of the photo but without the bands.
Is this the same Rökkur as the one in Lopi 33?
No. This Rökkur is from Lopi 24 (no. 3): a men’s zip cardigan in moss stitch. The Rökkur in Lopi 33 is a different pattern — a patterned cardigan with a shawl collar by Bergrós Kjartansdóttir — with its own kit in our shop.
Which size should I knit?
Three sizes, 50, 52 and 54 (European men’s sizes), with a chest of 100, 107 and 114 cm, a length of 65, 67 and 69 cm to the shoulder, and sleeves of 51, 52 and 53 cm to the underarm. There is no rib at the hem or cuffs.
How much yarn do I need?
Álafosslopi in 100 g balls, one colour: 11 (12, 12) balls — the pattern’s one amount, which covers the pocket linings and the collar too.
Are there mistakes in the pattern?
We found three, all in sizes 52 and 54; size 50 is not affected. 1) The fronts are printed “Cast on 31 (36) 36 sts”. Our reading of the arithmetic is 31 (33) 35: with those numbers the back and fronts add up to the chests in the size table (100, 107 and 114 cm), and the front shoulders match the back. 2) Size 54, back: 2 stitches are left over at the shoulders — work 17 (not 16) stitches before the neck cast-off, and cast off the last 6 (not 5) on each shoulder (our calculation). 3) Size 54, sleeve cap: the decreases leave 9 stitches, not the 11 printed — cast off the 9 (our calculation).
Which zip do I need?
An open-ended (separating) zip, 65 cm long — the pattern gives one length for all three sizes, with the top end hidden inside the folded collar. Measure your finished front edge before you buy it, especially for size 50: by our calculation its front is about 3 cm shorter. The zip is sewn in by hand, twice — first from the right side, then loosely from the wrong side.
How are the pockets made?
Each pocket lining is 19 stitches knitted for 18 cm in moss stitch. It is sewn on three sides to the wrong side of the front, at the side, 2 cm above the cast-on edge, and the side seam is left open for 10–11 cm (closed 2–3 cm at the top of the pocket and 5 cm at the bottom). So the pockets are hidden inside, with the openings in the side seams.
Is everything in the photo part of the pattern?
The cardigan is. The black T-shirt under it and the jeans are not. In the photo the zip is open to mid-chest.
How do I get the pattern?
The PDF is emailed to you right after purchase. Nothing is posted. It is in English and has 4 pages: the cover photo, one page with a small photo, the materials, sizes, tension and all the instructions, a blank page and Ístex’s back cover.

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