Vormorgun — White Zigzag-Yoke Vest Knitting Pattern

Vormorgun is a sleeveless Léttlopi top — a vest, in the leaflet’s word — designed by Védís Jónsdóttir for Ístex as a single leaflet. It is white, with a round yoke of zigzag stripes in ash, heaven blue, lapis blue and glacier blue, twice over, and moss-stitch edges at the hem, over the shoulders and at the neck. It is knitted in the round from the hem up, with decreases and then increases at the sides, in sizes XS to XL. All five colours are still made. Our kit for it is called Spring Morning.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• One colourway — white with ash and three blues
• Sizes XS, S, M, L and XL
• The yoke chart, with its key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Spring Morning kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL)
A 0051 white — 4 (4 4 5 5)
B 0054 ash — 1 (1 1 1 1)
C 1402 heaven blue — 1 (1 1 1 1)
D 1403 lapis blue — 1 (1 1 1 1)
E 1404 glacier blue — 1 (1 1 1 1) · printed “C 1404” in the materials list; the chart key calls it E

Sizes

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

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) circular needles, 40 and 60–80 cm — for the moss-stitch hem and the neckband
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 60–80 cm — for the body and the yoke; you change to the shorter one as the yoke narrows
The list has no double-pointed needles: everything is knitted on circulars

You will also need
Two stitch markers for the sides and a tapestry needle for weaving in — the pattern uses both but does not list them.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the hem up. The body is cast on with 140 (148, 156, 164, 172) stitches in white on the 3.5 mm circular and knitted in moss stitch for 5 rounds, then in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm with a marker at each side. At 7 cm, and twice more 5 cm apart, 2 stitches are decreased at each marker (SSK, k2tog), to 128 (136, 144, 152, 160); then 2 stitches are increased at each marker with lifted increases after 5 cm, 5 cm more and 3 (4, 5, 6, 7) cm more, back to 140 (148, 156, 164, 172). The body goes on to 32 (34, 36, 38, 39) cm. For the yoke, 9 (10, 11, 12, 13) stitches are cast off under each arm, and on the next round 44 (45, 46, 47, 48) stitches are cast on over each shoulder; the shoulder stitches are worked in moss stitch while the front and back go on in stocking stitch, 3 rounds in all. 3 stitches are then increased over each shoulder, to 216 (224, 232, 240, 248), and the yoke is knitted from one chart with five decrease rounds, to 81 (84, 87, 90, 93) stitches. Sizes XS, S, M and L leave out marked rounds, so the chart is 33 (34, 36, 39, 40) rounds. For the neckband you knit 1 round on 3.5 mm, decreasing to 68 (70, 72, 74, 76) stitches, then 3 rounds of moss stitch, and bind off loosely in K1, P1 rib. The pattern’s finishing: weave in the ends, rinse by hand in lukewarm water and lay flat to dry.

Designer: Védís Jónsdóttir for istex.is — from Ístex’s single leaflet “Vormorgun Létt-Lopi vest”.

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.

No email? Check your spam folder, then write to support@icelandicstore.is with your order number. A person answers, Monday to Friday.