Var — Hooded Yoke Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s hooded cardigan from Ístex’s Lopi 29 is knitted in Léttlopi: a round yoke of zigzag bands and small diamonds, a small border above the moss-stitch hem and cuffs, and a hood with a band of colour along the top. It is knitted in the round and cut open at the front (a steek), then finished with moss-stitch bands and seven press studs. Two colour versions — brown (barley, black sheep and white) and green (pine green, celery green and black) — in sizes XS to XL. All six colours are still made. Our kit for the brown cardigan is sold under the name Sjöfn — it is this pattern, Var, with all the yarn.

What you get

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

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Brown: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL)
A 1419 barley — 6 (7 7 8 8)
B 0052 black sheep — 4 (4 4 4 4)
C 0051 white — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Green: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL)
A 1407 pine green — 6 (7 7 8 8)
B 9421 celery green — 4 (4 4 4 4)
C 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4½ mm needles.

Needles
4½ mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body, the yoke and the hood
3½ mm (US 4) circular needle, 80 cm, for the moss-stitch hem, the front bands and the neckband
3½ mm and 4½ mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 3½ mm for the cuffs
The pattern’s list also names a 4 mm (US 6) circular needle, 60 cm, which the instructions never use

You will also need
The cardigan closes with seven press studs (not included; they are in the pattern’s list). Stitch markers, stitch holders, a sewing machine for stitching the steek before it is cut, and a needle for sewing on the bands and grafting — the pattern’s list leaves these out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, with two purled stitches at the centre front — a steek — that are machine-stitched and cut open at the end. The hem is cast on in B with 163 (171, 179, 187, 195) stitches on the 3½ mm circular and knitted back and forth in moss stitch for 7 rows; 5 stitches at each end go on holders for the front bands, 2 steek stitches are cast on, and the body is joined into a round of 155 (163, 171, 179, 187) stitches on 4½ mm. The 8-round border chart comes first, then A; the waist is decreased by 4 stitches twice and increased again twice, and the body is knitted to 34 (36, 38, 40, 42) cm. The sleeves start with 7 rounds of moss stitch in B on 3½ mm double-pointed needles, are increased evenly to 40 (40, 40, 44, 44) stitches on 4½ mm, get the same border, and are increased at the underarm in A to 60 (62, 64, 66, 68) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, 235 (243, 251, 259, 267) stitches, and the 50-round yoke chart, with six decrease rounds, takes it to 61 (63, 65, 67, 69); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The two steek stitches are bound off and the steek is machine-stitched; the left band is knitted, the front is cut open, and each band — 5 moss stitches with a 3-stitch facing — is sewn on, the facing hiding the machine stitching on the inside. The neckband is knitted in B across the bands and the yoke — a first row, then 5 rows of moss stitch; the hood is knitted up from it, back and forth, with 5 moss stitches at each front edge, increased evenly in its first row and then either side of the 19 centre-back stitches, to 26 cm or the length you want. The 11-row hood chart finishes it, and the top is grafted. Press studs close the front.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 29 (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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