Afmæli
Finished
March 1, 2013
March 30, 2013

Afmæli

Project info
Afmæli 20-year Anniversary Sweater by Védís Jónsdóttir for Ístex
Knitting
SweaterPullover
Me (34" bust, 30" waist, 39" hip, 6' tall)
Hybrid of women's small/medium
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
806 yards = 7.4 skeins
Ístex Léttlopi
6 skeins = 654.0 yards (598.0 meters), 300 grams
Black
Ístex Léttlopi
0.22 skeins = 24.0 yards (21.9 meters), 11 grams
Natural/Undyed
Ístex Léttlopi
0.22 skeins = 24.0 yards (21.9 meters), 11 grams
Blue
Ístex Léttlopi
0.2 skeins = 21.8 yards (19.9 meters), 10 grams
Yellow-green
Ístex Léttlopi
0.2 skeins = 21.8 yards (19.9 meters), 10 grams
Yellow-orange
Ístex Léttlopi
0.12 skeins = 13.1 yards (12.0 meters), 6 grams
Red-orange
Ístex Léttlopi
0.1 skeins = 10.9 yards (10.0 meters), 5 grams
Red
Ístex Léttlopi
0.16 skeins = 17.4 yards (15.9 meters), 8 grams
Red-purple
Ístex Léttlopi
0.18 skeins = 19.6 yards (17.9 meters), 9 grams
Blue-green
Notes

Size:
* Used a hybrid of women’s small and medium to fit my larger hips and long arms. Details below.

Yarn usage:

  • Used exactly 6 balls of main colour, and approximately 10 grams of each of the other colours (even the beige, since I didn’t use it for the ribbing).
  • I have lots of leftovers!

Body:

  • Started off with medium size at hips.
  • Used the main body colour instead of the light beige for the bottom ribbing.
  • Decreased 2 sts at either side of body 6 cm after ribbing, then every 6 cm to waist (164 sts).
  • Did not increase after waist.

Sleeves:

  • Cast on 38 sts.
  • After last row of ribbing in main colour added 2 more sts on next round (40 sts) and then completed colour chart.
  • Increased on next round and then every 9th round 11 times (64 sts).
  • After last increase, knit 18 more rounds. This made very long sleeves - long enough to cover my palms!
  • Put 13 stitches from each sleeve on a holder (underarm stitches). 51 sts remaining to incorporate into yoke.

Yoke:

  • Knit size small by knitting 51 sts from first sleeve, putting 13 sts from body on holder on either side of body, knitting 70 body sts for front, knitting 51 sts of other sleeve, then knitting 68 stitches for back (240 sts total).
  • Continued yoke as for women’s small BUT did extra rows as for size medium, to add a little more length.
  • Did fewer rows of ribbing at neck.
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March 1, 2013
March 30, 2013
 
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  • Project created: December 11, 2012
  • Finished: March 31, 2013
  • Updated: April 1, 2013
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