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Akur – Icelandic children's sweater

Akur – Icelandic children's sweater

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Pattern

Akur is a digital knitting pattern from Ístex for an Icelandic children's sweater with a colorful yoke. The pattern is knitted in Álafosslopi and is suitable for children aged 6–14 years.

The colorful yoke is inspired by fields and the colors of nature, giving the sweater a playful look. The sweater is knitted in the round from the bottom up to the armholes before the body and sleeves are joined and the yoke is knitted according to the chart.

Designer: Hulda Hákonardóttir
Original design: Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir
Adaptation: Védís Jónsdóttir

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Pattern Information

  • YARN QUALITYÁlafosslopi – 100% Icelandic wool (100 g = approx. 100 m)

    GAUGE (10 × 10 cm)

    13 sts × 18 rows in stockinette stitch on 6 mm needles.

    Check your gauge carefully. If you knit too tightly, switch to larger needles. If you knit too loosely, switch to smaller needles. If the gauge is incorrect, the garment will have the wrong measurements.

    SIZES6–8 (10–12, 12–14) years

    GARMENT MEASUREMENTS

    Bust circumference: 74 (83, 92) cm

    Length to armhole: 27 (32, 37) cm

    Sleeve length to armhole: 33 (38, 43) cm

  • YARN AMOUNTS

    Colour A: 1231 Garden Green 3 (4, 4) skeins

    Colour B: 0054 Light Ash 2 (2, 2) skeins

    Colour C: 9965 Chartreuse Green 1 (1, 1) skein

    Colour D: 9971 Amber Heather 1 (1, 1) skein

    Colour E: 0047 Happy Red 1 (1, 1) skein

    Colour F: 9961 Bordeaux Heather 1 (1, 1) skein

    Colour G: 1233 Space Blue 1 (1, 1) skein

    CIRCULAR NEEDLES

    5 mm, 80 cm

    6 mm, 40 and 80 cm

    DOUBLE-POINTED NEEDLES5 mm and 6 mm