Þíða — Children’s Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Þíða — thaw. Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke sweater for children from Ístex’s Lopi 26, knitted in Léttlopi in the round from the bottom up. The yoke has rows of small crosses, arrows, big rounded motifs and a yellow band, with the cross colour again by the neck, and the cuffs and the neck finish with a rolled edge in a contrast colour. The pattern has two colour versions with the same amounts, in sizes 2 to 8 years: red — crimson red with a black yoke of glacier blue, spring green, pink and sun yellow, and pink rolled edges — and blue — heaven blue with a navy blue yoke of spring green, orange, light red and sun yellow, and navy rolled edges. Sun yellow (1411) is no longer made, nor are the blue version’s orange (1410) and light red (1408); every other colour still is.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — red and blue
• Sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years
• The 38-round yoke chart, with a colour key for both versions
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the red kit or the blue kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Red sweater: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 2 (4 6 8) years
A 9434 crimson red — 4 (4 5 6)
B 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1)
C 1404 glacier blue — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1)
E 1412 pink — 1 (1 1 1)
F 1411 sun yellow — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the red kit uses 1703 mimosa, clearly deeper and stronger than the light yellow in the photo

Blue sweater: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ages 2 (4 6 8) years
A 1402 heaven blue — 4 (4 5 6)
B 9420 navy blue — 1 (1 1 1)
C 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1410 orange — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the blue kit uses 1704 apricot, the same warm hue but clearly browner, darker and duller
E 1408 light red — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the blue kit uses 9434 crimson red, very close: the red sweater in the same photo is crimson red
F 1411 sun yellow — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the blue kit uses 1703 mimosa, stronger and more saturated than the softer yellow in the photo

Sizes

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

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 60–70 cm, for the body rib, the body and the yoke
3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the cuffs, the sleeves and the neckband
The yoke says to change to shorter needles as the round gets smaller but lists none; the 4.5 mm double-pointed needles can take the last rounds (our reading)

You will also need
Stitch holders (or scrap yarn) for the underarm stitches, and a tapestry needle to graft them and weave in the ends — neither is in the pattern’s list.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body starts with 3 (3, 4, 4) cm of K1, P1 rib in A on the 3.5 mm circular and carries on in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm to the underarms. Each sleeve starts on 3.5 mm double-pointed needles with 5 rounds of stocking stitch in the edge colour — pink (E) for the red sweater, navy blue (B) for the blue — which roll over, then K1, P1 rib in A, and is increased up to the underarm on 4.5 mm. Body and sleeves are joined on the 4.5 mm circular for the round yoke: a 38-round chart with a 6-stitch repeat that starts in A and then has motifs on a B ground, with four decrease rounds that take it from 180 (192, 204, 216) stitches down to 60 (64, 68, 72). The smaller sizes leave out a few marked rounds, and never more than two colours are used in a round. The neckband is one decrease round in A and K1, P1 rib on 3.5 mm double-pointed needles, then 5 rounds of stocking stitch in the edge colour that roll over, cast off loosely. Last, the underarm stitches are grafted.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 26 (no. 23), 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.