Vor (Lopi 33) — Spring Green Cardigan with Textured Yoke Knitting Pattern

Vor — spring. Birna Björnsdóttir’s cardigan from Ístex’s Lopi 33, knitted in spring green Léttlopi with a textured round yoke: V-shaped panels of purl stitches outlined with eyelets, from one 52-round chart that also does all the yoke shaping. The body is shaped in at the waist, the collar folds over, and the edges — fronts, collar, hem and cuffs — are finished with a row of crab stitch in black Einband. It is knitted in the round and cut open at the front, and closes with 7 buttons, or 14 if you add a second row as in the photo. One colour version, in sizes XS to L. Both colours are still made.

What you get

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

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L)
A 1406 spring green — 8 (8 9 9)

Einband — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L) — only for the crocheted edging
B 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1)

Sizes

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

Needles
3½ mm (US 4) and 4½ mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm — 3½ mm for the hem and the first part of the collar, 4½ mm for the body, the yoke and the rest of the collar
3½ mm and 4½ mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 3½ mm for the cuffs
A crochet hook for the front bands and the edging — the materials list says 3 mm (US C), the finishing says 3½ mm

You will also need
7 to 14 buttons (the pattern gives no size; the buttonholes are 3–4 chain stitches) and the crochet hook — both in the pattern’s list — and, though the list leaves them out, a sewing machine and thread for the steek, 2 stitch markers, stitch holders and a tapestry needle.

How it is knitted
The body is cast on with 159 (171, 187, 197) stitches on 3½ mm and knitted in the round with one purl stitch at each side of the centre front, purled all the way up for the steek. It starts with 3 knit rounds and 5 rounds of twisted rib (knit 1 through the back loop, purl 1), then goes on in stocking stitch on 4½ mm: from 6 cm it is decreased at both sides every 9th round, five times, to 139 (151, 167, 177) stitches, and from 30 cm increased every 8th round, three times, to 151 (163, 179, 189). The sleeves start the same way on double-pointed needles and are increased under the arm every 8th round. Body and sleeves are joined and the yoke is knitted from one 52-round chart of knit and purl stitches, yarn-overs and double decreases, from 227 (243, 259, 275) stitches to 60 (64, 68, 72); each size leaves out the rounds marked for it. The collar starts with 3 cm of twisted rib on 3½ mm; then, on 4½ mm, a stitch is made after every third stitch, the cardigan is turned inside out and 8 cm more rib is worked from the wrong side. The front is machine-sewn twice and cut open; 3 rows of single crochet in spring green go along each front, and a row of backwards single crochet (crab stitch) in black Einband goes all round the edge and round the cuffs. 7 buttonholes of 3–4 chain stitches are made on the right front.

Design: Birna Björnsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 33 (no. 23), 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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