Styrkur — Lace-Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s long round-yoke pullover from Ístex’s Lopi 29 is knitted in Plötulopi with two strands held together, on 6½ mm needles. It is all one colour; the pattern is in the texture — columns of eyelet holes round the yoke, and lace ribs at the hem, cuffs and neck. The body is wider at the chest than at the hem. Two colour versions, gold yellow and arctic blue, in sizes S/M, M/L and L/XL. Both colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — gold yellow and arctic blue
• Sizes S/M, M/L and L/XL
• One lace chart for the yoke
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the arctic blue kit or the gold yellow kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Yellow: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S/M (M/L L/XL) · knitted with two strands held together
A 1424 gold yellow — 5 (5 6)

Blue: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S/M (M/L L/XL) · knitted with two strands held together
A 1431 arctic blue — 5 (5 6)

Sizes

Gauge
12 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6½ mm needles, with two strands of Plötulopi held together.

Needles
6½ mm (US 10½) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
5 mm (US 8) circular needle, 80 cm, for the body rib
4½ mm (US 7) circular needle, 40 cm, for the neckband
5 mm and 6½ mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 5 mm for the cuffs

You will also need
Two stitch markers for the side increases (in the pattern’s list). Stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle for grafting and weaving in — the instructions use them, but the pattern’s list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, with two strands of Plötulopi wound together and knitted as one. The body is cast on loosely with 112 (120, 128) stitches on the 5 mm circular and worked in a lace rib — knit 2, purl 2, with a yarn over and a decrease in each knit rib on every other round; the pattern does not say how long. On 6½ mm it goes on in stocking stitch, with 4 stitches increased at the sides — 2 at each side — six times, every 11th (12th, 12th) round, to 136 (144, 152), and is knitted to 50 (52, 54) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 32 (32, 36) stitches on 5 mm double-pointed needles, worked in the same rib, and increased at the underarm on 6½ mm, 3 (4, 3) times, to 38 (40, 42) stitches, to 40 (41, 42) cm. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, 184 (192, 200) stitches; after 12 (15, 18) plain rounds comes the 25-round lace chart — in each 8-stitch repeat one column of yarn-over holes, a hole on every other round, with five rounds of extra decreases that take the yoke to 69 (72, 75) stitches. The neckband is knitted on 4½ mm: one round decreasing 6 stitches, then a lace rib of purl 1, knit 2 with yarn overs, bound off in purl 1, knit 2. The underarms are grafted, and the sweater is rinsed by hand and laid flat to dry.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 29 (no. 17), 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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