Þórunn — Long Textured Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Þórunn is Hulda Soffía Arnbergsdóttir’s long cardigan for women from Ístex’s Lopi 33, in one light colour: textured all over with small slipped-stitch cables, A-line from a wide hem to the chest, with a raglan yoke, garter-stitch edges and six buttons on the upper half. The pattern gives two yarns at the same gauge: one strand of Plötulopi (1038 ivory beige) and one of Einband (1038 light beige) held together, or a single strand of Léttlopi (1418 straw). Sizes XS to XL. All three colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two yarn options — Plötulopi and Einband held together, or Léttlopi
• Sizes XS, S, M, L and XL
• One 8-round chart for the texture, with a key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Þórunn kit (Plötulopi and Einband)

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Held together: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes XS (S M L XL) — one strand of Plötulopi and one of Einband, knitted as one
A 1038 ivory beige — 3 (3 3 4 4)

Held together: Einband — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL)
A 1038 light beige — 4 (4 4 5 5)

Or instead: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) — a single strand, at the same gauge
A 1418 straw — 9 (10 10 10 11)

Sizes

Gauge
20 sts × 26 rows = 10 cm (4″) over the pattern on 4.5 mm needles, with one strand of Plötulopi and one of Einband held together, or with a single strand of Léttlopi.

Needles
4 mm (US 6) circular needle, 80 cm, for the garter-stitch hem and the front bands
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body, the yoke and the neckband
4 mm and 4.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4 mm for the garter-stitch cuffs

You will also need
6 buttons (the pattern gives no size) and a cable needle — both in the pattern’s list, which notes the small cables can be crossed without one — and, though the list leaves them out, a sewing machine and thread for the steek, stitch holders and markers, and a tapestry needle.

How it is knitted
Knitted with one strand of Plötulopi and one of Einband held together, or with one strand of Léttlopi. The body is cast on with 210 (218, 226, 234, 242) stitches on the 4 mm circular, knitted back and forth in garter stitch for 3 cm, then joined with 2 purled steek stitches and knitted in the round on 4.5 mm in the texture pattern: a slipped stitch is crossed over its neighbours every four rounds, so small cables zigzag up the fabric. Two garter stitches mark each side, and the body is decreased beside them nine times, from 105 (109, 113, 117, 121) cm round the hem to 88 (92, 96, 100, 104) cm at the chest. The sleeves start with 6 cm of garter stitch in the round on 4 mm double-pointed needles; then every stitch is knitted into twice, doubling the count, and the pattern begins on 4.5 mm, with a few increases. Body and sleeves are joined, and the yoke is shaped with raglan decreases every other round beside two-stitch garter lines, then finished with 6 cm of garter stitch at the neck, knitted back and forth. The steek is machine-sewn and cut, and 3 cm garter-stitch bands are picked up on both fronts on 4 mm, with six buttons from about 40 cm above the hem to the neck.

Design: Hulda Soffía Arnbergsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 33 (no. 7), 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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