Saga (Lopi 27) — Colourwork Zip Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Saga is a slightly A-shaped Léttlopi cardigan with ¾ sleeves and a zipper, from Ístex’s Lopi 27, designed by Védís Jónsdóttir. Body and sleeves are patterned all over in bands of small motifs, with rounds of purl dots between the bands, and the round yoke adds a band of large circles. It is knitted in the round with a purl stitch at each side of the centre front, then machine-sewn and cut open for a zipper with two slides. Two colourways — Saga 1 in thirteen bright colours, and Saga 2 in nine colours from white and beige to greys, chocolate and black heather — in sizes S to L. Four Saga 1 colours — 1410 orange, 9264 mustard, 1400 camel and 1401 hazel — are no longer made. Another Ístex pattern in our shop, Saga án fléttu, is a different design.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colourways — Saga 1 (13 colours) and Saga 2 (9 colours)
• Sizes S, M and L
• Two charts for each colourway — body and sleeves, and the yoke — with a key for each
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the Saga 1 kit or the Saga 2 kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Saga 1: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L)
A 1405 bottle green — 2 (2 2)
B 1409 garnet red — 1 (1 2)
C 1410 orange — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the Saga 1 kit uses 1704 apricot
D 9423 lagoon — 1 (1 2)
E 1414 violet — 1 (1 1)
F 9264 mustard — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the Saga 1 kit uses 9426 golden heather
G 9432 grape — 1 (1 1)
H 9420 navy — 2 (2 2)
I 9434 crimson — 1 (1 2)
J 1400 camel — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the Saga 1 kit uses 1419 barley
K 1403 lapis blue — 1 (1 1)
L 9427 rust — 1 (1 1)
M 1401 hazel — 1 (1 1) · no longer made — the Saga 1 kit uses 0867 chocolate heather

Saga 2: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L)
A 0867 chocolate — 2 (2 3)
B 0051 white — 2 (2 2)
C 0005 black heather — 2 (3 3)
D 0058 dark grey — 1 (1 1)
E 0086 light beige — 2 (2 2)
F 0054 ash — 2 (2 2)
G 0053 acorn — 1 (1 1)
H 0056 light grey — 1 (1 1)
I 0085 oatmeal — 1 (1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
18 stitches and 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5 mm needles.

Needles
4 mm (US 6) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — for the moss-stitch hem and cuffs
5 mm (US 8) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — for the body, the sleeves and the yoke
3.5 mm (US 4) circular needle, 40 cm — for the neckband
The list has no double-pointed needles: the sleeves are cast on and knitted on the circular needles

You will also need
A zipper with two slides — 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 body is cast on in colour A on 4 mm and knitted back and forth in moss stitch for 5 (5, 7) rows; then 2 purl stitches are cast on at the centre front — purled all the way up, for the steek — and the body is joined and knitted in the round on 5 mm from chart 1. On round 62 (65, 65) it is decreased by 16 stitches, from 169 (185, 201) to 153 (169, 185). The sleeves start with 5 (5, 7) rounds of moss stitch and are knitted from the same chart, straight, with no increases. Body and sleeves are joined at 233 (249, 265) stitches and the round yoke is knitted from chart 2, 50 rounds with five decrease rounds, to 90 (96, 102); size S leaves out five marked rounds and size M three. The purl stitches are bound off and the neckband is knitted back and forth on 3.5 mm: 7 rows of moss stitch in A, a purl row from the right side, and 6 rows of stocking stitch in lagoon (Saga 1) or oatmeal (Saga 2); it is folded to the inside and sewn down, or left to roll for a wider neck. Then the front is machine-sewn twice through each chain of purl stitches and cut between the seams, the zipper is sewn in by hand under the front edges, and slip stitches are worked round every other circle in the yoke — crimson on Saga 1, chocolate on Saga 2.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 27 (no. 5), 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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