Týra — Children’s Banded Sweater and Hat Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s Týra from Ístex’s Lopi 25: a children’s drop-shoulder sweater in Léttlopi (No. 11) and a matching hat (No. 12), in one leaflet. The sweater is covered from the hem to the chest, and on the sleeves, in narrow stranded bands — little flowers, zigzags, stripes and small squares in eight colours, mostly on navy blue — with a plain pink upper body and light red moss-stitch edges. The hat is pink, with a folded navy rib brim and one seven-round band from the sweater’s chart. Sweater sizes 3 to 7; the hat is children’s size 3–6. Three of the eight colours are no longer made — light red (1408), sun yellow (1411) and lilac (1413); of these the hat uses only sun yellow.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Both patterns in the leaflet — No. 11, the sweater, and No. 12, the hat
• Sweater in sizes 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; hat in children’s size 3–6
• Two colour charts, for the sleeves and the body — the hat uses seven rounds of the body chart
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the sweater kit or the hat kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Sweater (No. 11): Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes 3 (4 5 6 7)
A 9420 navy blue — 2 (2 2 2 2)
B 1408 light red — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the sweater kit uses 9434 crimson red, a deeper, stronger red than the warm, slightly coral red in the photo
C 1404 glacier blue — 1 (1 1 1 1)
D 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1 1)
E 1411 sun yellow — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the sweater kit uses 1703 mimosa, a warm golden yellow, very close to the yellow in the photo
F 1413 lilac — 1 (1 1 1 1) · no longer made — the sweater kit uses 1702 milkyway, a pale bluish lavender, paler and bluer than the soft lilac in the photo
G 1402 heaven blue — 1 (1 1 1 1)
H 1412 pink — 2 (2 3 3 3)

Hat (No. 12): Léttlopi — 50 g balls · children’s size 3–6, one size
A 9420 navy blue — 1
D 1406 spring green — 1
E 1411 sun yellow — 1 · no longer made — the hat kit uses 1703 mimosa, a warm golden yellow, very close to the yellow in the photo
H 1412 pink — 1

Sizes — sweater
3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The pattern prints the sizes without a unit; by our reading they are ages in years (the hat is printed “children’s size 3–6”). Choose by the chest measurement.

Size — hat
Children’s size 3–6, one size. The pattern gives no measurements; with 80 stitches at 18 stitches to 10 cm, the hat is about 44 cm (17¼″) round (our calculation), with a 14-round rib brim that is folded up.

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm needles. The hat gives the same gauge.

Needles
Sweater: 3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 60–70 cm, for the body
Sweater: 3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the sleeves and the neckband
Hat: 3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 cm, and 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the crown

You will also need
For the sweater, a stitch holder (or scrap yarn) for the front neck stitches and a tapestry needle for joining the shoulders and sewing in the sleeves; for the hat, a tapestry needle for weaving in the ends. The pattern’s lists name only the yarn and the needles.

How it is knitted
Sweater: the body is knitted in the round from the hem up — cast on in navy blue, 1 round of light red, then 3 (3, 4, 4, 4) rounds of light red moss stitch on 3.5 mm. On 4.5 mm comes the 63-round body chart — little flowers, stripes, zigzags, small squares and key shapes in all eight colours; most rounds use two colours, a few use three — and then plain pink up to the armholes. There the body is divided into back and front, stitches are cast off at each side for the armholes, and the two pieces are knitted back and forth in pink; the front has a round neck, the back is cast off straight. There is no yoke. The sleeves are knitted in the round from the cuff, with the same light red edge, their own 71-round chart and 2 stitches increased every 7th round, then finished in pink. The shoulders are joined and the sleeves sewn into the straight armholes from the right side. The neckband is picked up in light red: 2 rounds of moss stitch, 2 of K1, P1 rib and a last round of rib in navy blue. Hat: knitted in the round from the brim up. 80 stitches are cast on in navy blue on the 3.5 mm circular and knitted in K1, P1 rib for 14 rounds. On 4.5 mm come 4 plain rounds (navy in the photo — the pattern does not name the colour), then a 7-round band from the body chart and 14 rounds of plain pink. The crown is decreased 8 stitches at a time in eight steps, with a plain round after each of the first two, down to 16 stitches, and the yarn is drawn through. The rib is folded up at the end.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 25 (nos. 11 and 12), 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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