Vættir — Yoke Sweater with Fringed Collar Knitting Pattern

Vættir — spirits. A long round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 34, knitted in Léttlopi: plain stone blue, with a yoke of camel and black motifs, a camel-and-black border on the sleeves above black rib cuffs, and a black collar with a fringe of all three colours knotted round it. The original pattern is by Jóhanna Hjaltadóttir; Védís Jónsdóttir redesigned it and the instructions are by Hulda Hákonardóttir. One colour version, in sizes XS to XL. Camel (1400) is no longer made; stone blue and black still are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes XS, S, M, L and XL
• Two charts — the sleeve border and the yoke — with a colour key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Vættir kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL)
A 9418 stone blue — 8 (8 9 9 10)
B 0059 black — 2 (2 3 3 3)
C 1400 camel — 1 (1 2 2 2) · no longer made by Ístex — the Vættir kit uses 1419 barley in its place

Sizes

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

Needles
4 mm (US 6) circular needle, 80 cm — for the ribbed hem and the start of the collar
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — for the body and the yoke
5.5 mm (US 9) circular needle, 40 cm — for the top part of the collar
4 mm and 4.5 mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4 mm for the rib cuffs

You will also need
A crochet hook for the fringe (in the pattern’s list; no size given), and — though the list leaves them out — stitch holders, markers and a tapestry needle.

How it is knitted
The body is cast on in stone blue on the 4 mm circular, knitted in the round in K1, P1 rib for 3 cm and then in plain stone blue on 4.5 mm — there is no border on the body — with 2 stitches decreased at each side three times, so it is a little wider at the hem than at the chest. The sleeves start with 3 cm of black K1, P1 rib on 4 mm double-pointed needles, then a 25-round border from chart 1 on 4.5 mm — stone blue and black checks, camel shapes on black and a camel band — and go on in stone blue, increased under the arm. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, a 50-round chart with five decrease rounds, from 232 (248, 264, 280, 296) stitches to 87 (93, 99, 105, 111); the top of the yoke is black. The collar is black: one round with decreases on 4 mm, 5 cm of K1, P1 rib, then the work is turned inside out, and 6 cm more are knitted on the 5.5 mm needle and bound off loosely. Last, a fringe is knotted into every other knitted stitch of the collar: one 14 cm strand of each colour, folded in half and pulled through with a crochet hook.

Original pattern: Jóhanna Hjaltadóttir. Redesign: Védís Jónsdóttir. Instructions: Hulda Hákonardóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 34 (no. 17), 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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