Rakel

Knitting
December 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
18 stitches = 4 inches
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
766 - 1203 yards (700 - 1100 m)
9 sizes
English Icelandic
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Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Chest circumference of finished sweater: 89.5 (95.5, 105.5, 113.5, 118.5, 128, 135.5, 143.5, 154 )cm - (positive ease 5-10 cm)

Needles
Circular needles
3mm, 40 cm for ribbed neckline
4mm, 80 cm for body rib.
4mm, 40 cm circular or double pointed for sleeve rib.
4,5mm - 40 cm for sleeves and beginning of yoke
4,5mm - 80 cm for yoke and body

Yarn suggestions
Garnbúð Eddu - Fiða - 75% Brushed baby suri alpacca / 25% Mulberry Silki - 50 gr / 300m
Or
Garnbúð Eddu Merino silk DK - 80% Merino /20% Mulberry silk - 100gr / 225m
Yardage:
Color A: 454 (484, 534, 575, 600, 648, 686, 726, 780) m
Color B: 182 (194, 214, 230, 240, 259, 275, 291, 312) m

Gauge
Ribbed neckline
24 sts in rib patt (k3, p1) = 10 cm with 3mm needles.
2 color stranded pattern
20 sts = 10 cm with 4.5 mm needles.
One color stockinette
18 sts = 10 cm with 4.5 mm needles.

I knit a size 4 (the blue one)
My bust is approx 110 cm
I am 155 cm tall (or small ) and the length of my sweater from armhole is 28 cm with rib.