Vetur — Plötulopi Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke pullover from Ístex’s Lopi 28 is knitted in Plötulopi with two strands held together, on 5½ mm needles. Small motifs in the second colour — the pattern calls them “lice” — are scattered over the body and sleeves above a border of points and small diamonds, and the deep yoke goes from small diamonds and a band of rosettes to the second colour, with small motifs up to the neck. The rib at the hem, cuffs and neck is 6 cm deep. Two colour versions — black heather with white, and ash grey with winter blue — in sizes S to XXL. All four colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — black and white, and ash grey and winter blue
• Sizes S, M, L, XL and XXL
• Two charts — body and sleeves, and yoke — with a colour key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the black and white kit or the grey and blue kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Black and white: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S (M L XL XXL) · knitted with two strands held together
A 0005 black heather — 4 (4 4 5 5)
B 0001 white — 2 (2 2 3 3)

Light grey-blue: Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes S (M L XL XXL) · knitted with two strands held together
A 1026 ash grey — 4 (4 4 5 5)
B 1432 winter blue — 2 (2 2 3 3)

Sizes

Gauge
14 sts × 19 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5½ mm needles, with two strands of Plötulopi held together.

Needles
5½ mm (US 9) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
4½ mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body rib and the neckband
4½ mm and 5½ mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4½ mm for the cuffs

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches and a tapestry needle for grafting and weaving in — the instructions use them, but the pattern’s list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, with two strands of Plötulopi wound together and knitted as one. The body is cast on in B with 120 (128, 136, 144, 152) stitches on the 4½ mm circular and knitted in knit 1, purl 1 rib for 6 cm, with 8 stitches increased in the last round; on 5½ mm it goes on in stocking stitch with the body-and-sleeve chart: a 9-round border, then the “lice” — small motifs in B, two rounds high, every 6 rounds on A — 10 (10, 10, 11, 11) times, or until the body measures 42 (43, 43, 45, 46) cm. The sleeves are cast on in B with 36 (36, 38, 40, 42) stitches on 4½ mm double-pointed needles, ribbed for 6 cm with stitches increased in the last round to 40 (40, 40, 48, 48), and worked in the same chart — 12 (12, 12, 13, 13) lice, or to 49 (50, 50, 52, 53) cm — while 2 stitches are increased at the underarm every 13th (11th, 10th, 13th, 12th) round, 5 (6, 7, 5, 6) times, to 50 (52, 54, 58, 60). Body and sleeves are joined in A for the round yoke, 200 (208, 216, 232, 240) stitches, and the 46-round yoke chart, with five decrease rounds, takes it to 75 (78, 81, 87, 90); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. The neckband is knitted in B on 4½ mm: one round decreasing to 60 (62, 64, 68, 70) stitches, then 6 cm of knit 1, purl 1 rib, bound off loosely. The underarms are grafted.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 28 (no. 1), 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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