Tjald — Play Tent Knitting Kit
Knitted play-tent cover in Léttlopi · apricot with a colourwork band · 99 cm high
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- 26 balls of Léttlopi in 6 colours
- Lopi 42, no. 2 — Védís Jónsdóttir
- 99 cm high · frame not included
Overview
What's in the kit
Tjald — tent. “Adventures and stories happen in a tent like this,” says the pattern. Védís Jónsdóttir’s play tent from Ístex’s Lopi 42 is a knitted cover, 99 cm high, in apricot Léttlopi with a wide colourwork band in crimson, black, mimosa, glacier blue and spring green, laced to four wooden poles.
Included
- Icelandic Léttlopi wool yarn — all 26 balls the pattern calls for
- Knitting pattern in English (PDF) — emailed right after purchase
- ADDI knitting needles — only if you choose the kit with needles
Léttlopi — 50 g balls · one size
A 1704 Apricot — 13
B 9434 Crimson Red — 3
C 0059 Black — 6
D 1703 Mimosa — 2
E 1404 Glacier Blue — 1
F 1406 Spring Green Heather — 1
Size
Height 99 cm (39″). The cover is knitted in two halves, each a quarter-cone from the top down, and laced to four wooden poles.
Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm needles — keep the same gauge in the plain and the stranded parts.
Needles used in the pattern (included when you choose the kit with needles)
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — the pattern goes to 100 cm or longer for the last rounds; our 4.5 mm needles stop at 80 cm
4 mm (US 6) circular needle, 100 cm
3.5 mm (US 4) circular needle, 40 cm
4.5 mm double-pointed needles
Not included
A 3.5 mm crochet hook, 4 large buttons, a ribbon or elastic band for the top, and the frame: four wooden poles and a rope to tie them.
How it is knitted
Each half starts at the top with a few rows of seed stitch, then is joined in the round with a purl stitch at each end for a steek, increased on both sides of two markers every third round, and finished with a 71-round colourwork band from a chart and a seed-stitch hem. The steeks are machine-sewn and cut, crocheted bands go along the cut edges, and the halves are sewn together at the back and 30 cm down the front. Buttons and chain loops close the door from inside or outside, and eight braided strings tie the cover to the poles.
Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 42 (no. 2), Ístex.
More info — yarn, care, shipping & returns
Genuine Ístex lopi — the same wool Icelanders knit with, spun in Iceland from the fleece of Icelandic sheep. No substitutes.
Care of the finished garment — air out between wears; hand wash cool and dry flat. Full care guide
Shipping — DHL Express worldwide, fully tracked. Rates & times
US & Canada duties — collected at checkout; nothing to pay on delivery. How it works
Returns — unused kits in original condition; see our return policy.
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Why you'll love it
- A tent of their ownA knitted cover for a corner tent — the pattern ends with tying four wooden poles together and lacing the cover on.
- A door that buttonsButtons on both sides of the opening, so it closes from the inside or the outside.
- Steeked and cutEach half is knitted in the round and cut open along a machine-sewn steek — the Icelandic way.
- Your coloursSwap any of the six colours for another Léttlopi shade in the colour picker, at no charge.
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