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Vættir – Icelandic sweater with stand-up collar
Vættir – Icelandic sweater with stand-up collar
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Vættir is a digital knitting pattern from Ístex for an Icelandic sweater with a decorative fringe collar. The pattern is knitted in Léttlopi and is suitable for those who want to knit a sweater with a unique expression inspired by Icelandic tradition.
The characteristic yoke is combined with a double-folded collar adorned with handmade fringes. 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 pattern: Jóhanna Hjaltadóttir
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 on 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 garment will have the wrong measurements.
SIZESXS (S, M, L, XL)
GARMENT MEASUREMENTS
Bust circumference: 87 (96, 102, 109, 113) cm
Length to underarm: 50 (52, 54, 56, 58) cm
Sleeve length to underarm: 44 (46, 48, 50, 51) cm
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YARN REQUIREMENTS
Colour A: 9418 Stone Blue 8 (8, 9, 9, 10) skeins
Colour B: 0059 Black 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) skeins
Colour C: 1400 Camel 1 (1, 2, 2, 2) skeins
CIRCULAR NEEDLES
4 mm, 80 cm
4.5 mm, 40 and 80 cm
5.5 mm, 40 cm (for the collar)
DPNS4 mm and 4.5 mm
ACCESSORIESCrochet hook (for fringe)