Rosa — Bulky Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s Rosa from Ístex’s Lopi 28 is a round-yoke pullover in Bulky Lopi (Jöklalopi) on 10 mm needles, with ¾-length sleeves and a twisted rib at the hem, cuffs and neck. It comes in two lengths: short, 30–33 cm to the underarm, and long, 50–53 cm, cast on wider and decreased at the sides. There are two yoke charts: A, a wide zigzag band with a second zigzag inside, and B, the same band with a row of diamonds, each embroidered with a small X in Léttlopi. Three colour versions as printed — black (short or long), white (long) and blue (short) — in sizes S to XL. Mountain blue (1415), the main colour of the blue version, is no longer made; the other colours are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two lengths — short and long
• Three colour versions — black, white and blue
• Two yoke charts, A and B, with a key for each
• Sizes S, M, L and XL
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and the yarn for the long sweater: the black kit or the white kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Black: Jöklalopi — 100 g hanks · sizes S (M L XL)
A 0005 black heather (short) — 5 (6 6 7)
A 0005 black heather (long) — 7 (7 8 8)
B 0085 oatmeal — 1 (1 1 1)
C 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1)

Black: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · for the embroidery
0005 black heather — no amount given · for the X in chart B’s diamonds — the leaflet prints only the code; “black heather” is the name Ístex prints for Léttlopi 0005 in Kría, in the same book

White: Jöklalopi — 100 g hanks · sizes S (M L XL)
A 0051 white (long) — 7 (7 8 8)
B 0058 dark grey — 1 (1 1 1)
C 0054 ash heather — 1 (1 1 1)

Blue: Jöklalopi — 100 g hanks · sizes S (M L XL)
A 1415 mountain blue (short) — 5 (6 6 7) · no longer made by Ístex — we have no kit for the blue version
B 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1)
C 0005 black heather — 1 (1 1 1)

Blue: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · for the embroidery
9434 crimson red — no amount given · for the X in chart B’s diamonds — the leaflet prints only the code; “crimson red” is our shop’s name for Léttlopi 9434

Sizes

Gauge
8½ sts × 12 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 10 mm needles.

Needles
10 mm (US 15) circular needles, 40 and 60–80 cm, for the body and the yoke
10 mm (US 15) double-pointed needles for the sleeves
9 mm (US 13) circular needle, 40 cm, or double-pointed needles, for the neckband

You will also need
Markers for the side decreases of the long version (in the pattern’s list). Stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle for grafting and for the embroidery — the instructions use them, but the pattern’s list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up on 10 mm needles; the rib at the hem, cuffs and neck is a twisted rib — knit 2 through the back loop, purl 2. Short body: cast on in A with 72 (80, 88, 96) stitches, 10 cm of twisted rib, then stocking stitch to 30 (31, 32, 33) cm. Long body: cast on 80 (88, 96, 104) stitches, 10 cm of twisted rib, then stocking stitch with 1 stitch decreased at each side marker every 9th (10th, 10th, 10th) round, 4 times, to 72 (80, 88, 96), and on to 50 (51, 52, 53) cm. The sleeves are cast on in A with 32 (36, 36, 36) stitches on 10 mm double-pointed needles, knitted in twisted rib for 10 cm and then in stocking stitch; sizes S and XL get 1 stitch every 10th round, 2 times — after the first stitch, then before the last stitch of the round (our reading of “in sequence”) — to 34 and 38 stitches, and sizes M and L have no increases; the ¾ sleeve is knitted to 30 (31, 32, 33) cm, or the length you want. Body and sleeves are joined in A for the round yoke, 120 (128, 136, 144) stitches, and chart A or B — 28 rounds, with a decrease in each 8-stitch repeat on five of them — takes it to 45 (48, 51, 54); the smaller sizes, and size L, leave out marked rounds. The neckband is knitted in A on 9 mm: decreased to 40 (40, 44, 44) stitches and worked in twisted rib, 4 cm for the short sweater or 7 cm for the long, then bound off. The underarms are grafted, and with chart B an X is embroidered in Léttlopi into each diamond.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 28 (no. 11), 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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