Silfra

Knitting
June 2012
Aran (8 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in over stockinette stitch using smaller needles with heavier yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
7.0 mm
1283 - 1529 yards (1173 - 1398 m)
133, 148 cm at yoke bottom (circumference of combined shoulders and arms)
English Icelandic
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The yoke is worked first, from the bottom up with Léttlopi. The bottom part of the cape is worked with single-ply Einband from the yoke and down in four pieces using garter stitch (back pieces are sewn together afterwards).

This Fair Isle cape begins at the yoke bottom until the finished neck. The rest of the poncho pieces are then picked up and knit downwards in garter stitch.

Yarn Information:
Létt-Lopi
A - 0056 Light Ash Heather
3, 3 skeins
327, 327 yards

B - 0051 White
2, 2 skeins
218, 218 yards

Einband
C - 0051 White
3, 4 skeins
738, 984 yards

Gauge Note:
18 stitches and 24 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm (4 inches by 4 inches) measured over stockinette stitch using smaller needles and heavier yarn.
13 stitches and 28 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm (4 inches by 4 inches) measured over garter stitch using larger needles and lighter yarn.
7mm needles are listed in the pattern as the equivalent of US 10.5 needles.

More information on where to buy Lopi:
USA and Canada www.berroco.com
Sweden & Norway www.jarbo.se
Denmark www.fruzippe.dk
Mid-Europe www.debondtbv.nl