Snæfellsjökull — Jagged-Peak Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Snæfellsjökull is a round-yoke Álafosslopi sweater with a high ribbed collar, from Ístex’s Lopi 27, designed by Védís Jónsdóttir. Body and sleeves are plain stocking stitch above a K1, P1 rib; at the base of the yoke the body colour rises in small jagged peaks into a band of a second colour, which rises in taller peaks into the light upper yoke. Two colour versions — black with grey and white, and ruby red with black and light indigo — in sizes S to XXL, with men’s and women’s sleeve lengths. Every colour in both versions is still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — black and white, and red and blue
• Sizes S, M, L, XL and XXL, with men’s and women’s sleeve lengths
• The yoke chart, with a key for both colours
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the black and white kit or the red and blue kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Black/white version: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L XL XXL)
A 0005 black — 5 (6 6 7 7)
B 0057 grey — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 0051 white — 2 (2 2 2 3)

Red/blue version: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L XL XXL)
A 9962 ruby red — 5 (6 6 7 7)
B 0005 black — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 9958 light indigo — 2 (2 2 2 3)

Sizes

The pattern prints no women’s sleeve length for size XXL.

Gauge
13 stitches and 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — for the hem rib and the first 3 cm of the collar
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — for the body, the yoke and the rest of the collar
4.5 mm and 6 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4.5 mm for the cuffs

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
Body and sleeves are knitted in the round from the bottom up, starting with 5 cm of K1, P1 rib on 4.5 mm, then plain stocking stitch on 6 mm, with 6 (6, 6, 8, 8) stitches increased evenly on the body after the rib. On the sleeves 5 stitches are increased evenly after the rib, then 1 stitch after the first and 1 before the last stitch of the round on every 9th (9th, 10th, 10th, 9th) round, 7 (7, 7, 7, 8) times. Body and sleeves are joined at 190 (200, 210, 220, 230) stitches and the yoke is knitted from one 41-round chart: the body colour rises into the second colour in rounds 1 to 6, the second colour rises in taller peaks into the light colour up to round 18, and the rest of the yoke is the light colour, with six decrease rounds — one decrease in every 10-stitch repeat — to 76 (80, 84, 88, 92) stitches; the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The collar follows: 22 (24, 26, 28, 30) stitches are decreased on the first round, then 3 cm of K1, P1 rib on 4.5 mm and 6 cm more on 6 mm, bound off in rib. The underarms are grafted.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 27 (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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