Slydda — Striped Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Slydda — sleet. Rebekka Kristjánsdóttir’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 33, knitted with one strand of Einband and one of Plötulopi held together, which gives a two-tone, tweedy fabric. The pattern has a men’s version in lime and chocolate, with a stripe of double lime Einband round the yoke and one on the right upper arm, and a ladies’ version in orange and chocolate, with stripes of single orange Einband round the yoke, near the right cuff and on the left upper arm. Both are in sizes XS to XL, with a sleeve length for each. All three colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two versions — men’s in lime and chocolate, ladies’ in orange and chocolate
• Sizes XS, S, M, L and XL, with men’s and ladies’ sleeve lengths
• The yoke decrease chart, with a key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the men’s lime kit or the ladies’ orange kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Men’s version: Einband — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) — one strand, held together with the Plötulopi
A 9268 lime — 4 (4 4 4 4)

Men’s version: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes XS (S M L XL)
B 1032 chocolate — 3 (3 3 3 3)

Ladies’ version: Einband — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) — one strand, held together with the Plötulopi
A 1766 orange — 4 (4 4 4 4)

Ladies’ version: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes XS (S M L XL)
B 1032 chocolate — 3 (3 3 3 3)

Sizes

Gauge
14 sts × 22 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5 mm needles, with one strand of Einband and one of Plötulopi held together.

Needles
5 mm (US 8) circular needles, 40 cm and 60 or 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
4.5 mm (US 7) long circular needle for casting on the body and its rib — the instructions use it, though the materials list leaves it out
4.5 mm (US 7) and 5 mm (US 8) double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4.5 mm for the cuffs; the neck rib is knitted on 4.5 mm too

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle for grafting and weaving in — the pattern’s list leaves both out.

How it is knitted
Knitted with one strand of Einband and one of Plötulopi held together, in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on with a double strand of Einband on the 4.5 mm circular, worked in K2, P2 rib with both yarns for 3½ (3½, 4, 4, 4) cm, and then in stocking stitch on 5 mm to the underarm, with no shaping. The sleeves start the same way on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles and are increased at the underarm every 10th round. The stripes are Einband alone: men’s — double lime Einband, 5 cm on the right sleeve ending 5 cm below the underarm (the left sleeve has none); ladies’ — single orange Einband, 5 cm from 9 cm on the right sleeve and from 33 (36, 38, 39, 40) cm on the left. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, decreased from a 45-round chart with five decrease rounds, from 200 (208, 216, 224, 232) stitches to 75 (78, 81, 84, 87); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The yoke stripe starts in round 13 for men (12 rounds of double Einband) and in round 16 for ladies (10 rounds of single Einband). The neck is 4 cm of K2, P2 rib on 4.5 mm, bound off with double Einband, and the underarms are grafted.

Design: Rebekka Kristjánsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 33 (no. 9), 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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