Tattó — Textured Turtleneck Sweater Knitting Pattern

Tattó is Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir’s turtleneck sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 24, knitted in one colour of Álafosslopi and patterned with texture instead of colour: columns of small bobbles, four raised vertical strips, horizontal tucks round the sleeves and a short block of them by one armhole, and a tall K2, P2 rib collar. It is not a yoke sweater — the body is knitted in the round to the armholes, then the front and back flat, and the sleeves are set in. The pattern gives two colours with the same amounts, white or light beige heather, in sizes S to XL; in the photo a woman wears the white one and a man the light beige heather.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colours with the same amounts — white or light beige heather
• Sizes S, M, L and XL
• Written steps for the bobbles and the vertical and horizontal “bridges”
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the white kit or the light beige heather kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

White version: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L XL) — one colour for the whole sweater
A 0051 white — 7 (7 8 8)

Light beige heather version: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes S (M L XL) — one colour for the whole sweater
A 0086 light beige heather — 7 (7 8 8)

Sizes

Gauge
13 sts × 19 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles.

Needles
5 mm (US 8) circular needle, 80 cm, for the hem rib — the pattern prints US 9, but 5 mm is US 8
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the sleeves
Five 5 mm (US 8) double-pointed needles for the cuffs; the collar is also picked up on 5 mm needles
By our reading also 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles for the lower sleeves: each sleeve changes to a “short 6 mm circular” straight after the cuff and has only 44 to 46 stitches after the first round, too few to go round a 40 cm circular. The pattern’s list leaves them out

You will also need
Stitch holders and stitch markers — the instructions use several, but the materials list has none — a spare needle for the tucks, and a tapestry needle for sewing the shoulders, setting in the sleeves and stitching down the vertical strips.

How it is knitted
The body is cast on with 5 mm needles, knitted in 12 rounds of K2, P2 rib and then in the round on 6 mm to the armholes; from there the front and back are knitted back and forth. Columns of small bobbles run up the body, with four raised vertical strips between two bobble bands — each strip is knitted separately from a picked-up loop, joined to the body at top and bottom and stitched down at the end. Horizontal tucks, made by knitting each stitch together with the stitch six rows below, ring each sleeve four times, starting 15 cm up from the cast-on edge, and sit in a short block of four on the upper front by one armhole. The sleeve tops end in a saddle strap that tapers towards the neck; the shoulders are sewn, the sleeves set in, and a 12 cm K2, P2 rib collar is picked up on 5 mm. The cuffs are 12 rounds of K2, P2 rib.

Design: Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 24 (no. 10), 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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