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Hjörtu – Icelandic baby cardigan and trousers
Hjörtu – Icelandic baby cardigan and trousers
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Hjörtu is a knitting pattern for an Icelandic baby cardigan with matching trousers, knitted in Léttlopi.
The cardigan has a multi-coloured yoke with heart-shaped motifs and crocheted front edges. The body and sleeves are knitted in the round from the bottom up and joined before the yoke. The matching trousers are knitted in the round with a raised back.
Pattern: Hulda Hákonardóttir
Original pattern and description: Ragnheiður Matthíasdóttir
Adaptation: Védís Jónsdóttir
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Pattern Information
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YARN QUALITYLéttlopi – 100% Icelandic wool (50 g = approx. 100 m)
GAUGE (10 × 10 cm)
18 sts × 24 rows in stockinette stitch with 4.5 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 garments will have the wrong measurements.
SIZES6–9 (9–18, 18–24) months
GARMENT MEASUREMENTS
Cardigan chest circumference: 56 (59, 64) cm
Cardigan length to armhole: 16 (18, 20) cm
Sleeve length to armhole: 18 (20, 22) cm
Trouser length: 24 (26, 28) cm -
YARN AMOUNTSCardigan
A 1420 murky: 3 (3, 3) balls
B 1418 straw: 2 (2, 3) balls
C 0051 white: 1 (1, 1) ball
Pants
A 1420 murky: 3 (3, 3) balls
CIRCULAR NEEDLES4 and 4.5 mm, 40 and 60 cm
DOUBLE-POINTED NEEDLES4 mm
CROCHET HOOK4 mm
ACCESSORIES6 buttons