Teikn (Lopi 28) — Children’s Yoke Dress Knitting Pattern

Teikn — signs. Védís Jónsdóttir’s sleeveless A-line dress for little girls from Ístex’s Lopi 28, knitted in Léttlopi in one piece from the hem up: a moss-stitch hem with a narrow band of figures above it, little moss-stitch cap sleeves, a round yoke of small figures, and a button at the neck. The pattern has two colour versions in sizes 2 to 5 years: white, with figures in spring green, sun yellow, pink and lilac, and light red, with every figure in white. It is a different pattern from our Teikn children’s sweater (Lopi 34). Sun yellow (1411), lilac (1413) and the red dress’s main colour, light red (1408), are no longer made; white, spring green and pink still are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — white and red
• Sizes 2, 3, 4 and 5 years
• Two charts — the hem band and the yoke — with a key for both versions
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the white kit or the red kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

White dress: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 2 (3 4 5) years
A 0051 white — 3 (3 4 4)
B 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1)
C 1411 sun yellow — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the white kit uses 1703 mimosa, stronger and a little darker than the soft yellow in the photo
D 1412 pink — 1 (1 1 1)
E 1413 lilac — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the white kit uses 1702 milkyway, about as light but bluer and greyer, a pale lavender-blue

Red dress: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 2 (3 4 5) years — every figure is knitted in white
A 1408 light red — 3 (3 4 4) · no longer made — the red kit uses 9434 crimson red, a clear, strong red, deeper and less pink than the red in the photo
B 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm needles.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 60 cm
3.5 mm (US 4) circular needle, 60 cm, for the moss-stitch hem
3.5 mm (US 4) double-pointed needles for the neckband, and 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the top of the yoke

You will also need
Stitch markers, a 3.5 mm crochet hook for the button loop and 1 little button (no size given) — all in the pattern’s list — and a tapestry needle for weaving in the ends.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the hem up, in one piece. 136 (144, 160, 168) stitches are cast on in A on the 3.5 mm circular and knitted in moss stitch for 4 (4, 5, 5) rounds; on 4.5 mm comes the border from chart 1 — 9 rounds in size 5, 8 in sizes 2, 3 and 4, which leave out round 5 — then plain stocking stitch in A. Eight stitches are decreased evenly four times on the way up (five times in sizes 4 and 5), so the dress narrows from the hem to the chest. At the underarms 6 (7, 8, 9) stitches are bound off on each side, and in the next round 35 (36, 37, 38) new stitches are cast on over each shoulder; these are knitted in moss stitch for 3 rounds and make the little cap sleeves. After 3 stitches are increased over each shoulder, the round yoke is knitted from a 29-round chart with five decrease rounds, from 168 (176, 184, 192) stitches to 63 (66, 69, 72). The neckband is 1 round in A with a few decreases on 3.5 mm double-pointed needles, then 3 rows of moss stitch knitted back and forth to leave a short opening, which closes with a crocheted chain loop and one little button.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 28 (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.

No email? Check your spam folder, then write to support@icelandicstore.is with your order number. A person answers, Monday to Friday.