Þúfa (Lopi 24) — Striped Cushion with Pompoms Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s square cushion from Ístex’s Lopi 24 is knitted in the round in Álafosslopi, in double moss stitch — knit 2, purl 2, shifted every two rounds — in seven stripes of 12 rounds: sapphire blue, teal, chartreuse green, golden, amber, fuchsia and bordeaux heather. The cover is sewn closed over a 50 × 50 cm filling, and 16 small pompoms “in multiple colours” finish it; in the photo they sit along the two sewn edges. One size, 50 × 50 cm. One of the seven colours, sapphire blue heather (9968), is no longer made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• One cushion, 50 × 50 cm, with 16 pompoms
• A chart of the seven stripes in double moss stitch
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · one cushion, 50 × 50 cm · one ball of each colour
A 9968 sapphire blue heather — 1 · no longer made — the kit uses 1233 space blue
B 9967 teal heather — 1
C 9965 chartreuse green heather — 1
D 9964 golden heather — 1
E 9971 amber heather — 1
F 9969 fuchsia heather — 1
G 9961 bordeaux heather — 1

Size
One size: 50 × 50 cm (19¾″ square), for a cushion filling of 50 × 50 cm (in the pattern’s list).

Gauge
13 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles — the pattern gives the gauge over stocking stitch, though the cushion is knitted in double moss stitch.

Needles
6 mm (US 10) circular needle, 60 cm

You will also need
A cushion filling, 50 × 50 cm (not included; it is in the pattern’s list). Two round templates 4 cm across with a 1½ cm hole for the pompoms, and a tapestry needle for sewing the edges — the instructions use them, but the pattern’s list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round in one piece. 104 stitches are cast on with A on the 6 mm circular and knitted in double moss stitch — rounds 1 and 2 knit 2, purl 2; rounds 3 and 4 purl 2, knit 2 — for 12 rounds in each colour, A to G: seven stripes, 84 rounds in all, then cast off. The bottom edge is sewn together from the right side, the cover is stuffed with the 50 × 50 cm filling, and the top edge is sewn. The 16 pompoms are made with two round templates 4 cm across with a 1½ cm hole in the middle, in multiple colours; the pattern does not say where they go — in the photo they sit along the two sewn edges.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 24 (no. 18), 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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