Vindbelgur — Ten-Colour Striped Cowl Knitting Pattern

Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir’s Vindbelgur from Ístex’s Lopi 31: a long, double-layer cowl in narrow stripes of ten colours — seven of Léttlopi and three of Einband, which the pattern says to knit “2-ply”. It is knitted in the round, folded in half and grafted closed, 114 cm round, and in the photo it is worn wrapped twice round the neck. One colour version, one size. Sun yellow (1411) is no longer made; the other nine colours still are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• One size — 114 cm round, 11 cm wide
• The whole colour order — 29 stripes, worked twice
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the cowl kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · one size
A 0053 acorn heather — 1
B 1412 pink heather — 1
C 0054 ash heather — 1
D 1418 straw — 1
E 9423 lagoon heather — 1
F 1411 sun yellow — 1 · no longer made — the kit uses 1703 mimosa, a warm golden yellow close to the yellow stripes in the pattern’s close-up photo
G 1406 spring green heather — 1

Einband — 50 g balls · one size — knitted “2-ply”: by our reading, two strands held together
H 0008 light denim heather — 1
I 9044 purple — 1
J 9990 peach — 1

Size
One size: 114 cm (45″) round and 11 cm (4¼″) wide, folded double. In the photo it is worn wrapped twice round the neck.

Gauge
19 sts × 25 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5 mm needles.

Needles
5 mm (US 8) circular needle, 80 cm

You will also need
A tapestry needle for grafting the edges together — the pattern’s list has only the yarn and the needle.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round in stocking stitch on 220 stitches, in narrow stripes: each colour is knitted for just over one round. To change colour, the old and the new yarn are knitted together for about 10 stitches, so there are no ends to weave in. A colour order of 29 stripes is worked twice. The Einband colours are always knitted “2-ply”. There is no bind-off: by our reading, the tube is folded in half lengthwise, right side out, and the live stitches are grafted to the cast-on edge with colour F, sun yellow, giving a double-layer ring.

Design: Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 31 (no. 6), 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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