Vorleysing for kids by Ástþrúður Sif Sveinsdóttir

Vorleysing for kids

Knitting
October 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in 10 x 10 cm = 24 st and 32 rows
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
558 - 1301 yards (510 - 1190 m)
104, 116, 128, 140, 152 cm
English Icelandic
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CONSTRUCTION
Vorleysing for kids is a top-down seamless circular yoke sweater with colorwork. Inspired by the traditional Icelandic sweater. You cast on at the neckline and knit down following the chart. When the yoke is finished the sleeves are separated from the body by slipping stitches onto a holder or waste yarn and are knitted later. When the main body is finished, you transfer the sleeve stiches from the holder/waste yarn to a needle and pick up stiches from the armhole. Then the sleeves are knitted from the armhole to the wrist. It is easy to adjust the length

SIZES
The pattern has 5 sizes from 104-152 cm
Bust circumference of sweater: 67, 71, 73, 78, 85 cm
Length to armhole: 24, 27, 30, 33, 36 cm
Sleeve length: 28, 31, 34, 37, 40 cm

GAUGE
10 x 10 cm = 24 sts and 32 rows in st st using 3½ mm needles.

MATERIAL
Lamana – COMO, 120 m/25 g skeins
A = 05 Silver Gray 3 (4, 4, 5, 6)
B = 67 Mustard 1 (1, 1, 1, 2)
C = 01 Black 1 (1, 1, 1, 2)
D = 00 Wool White 1 (1, 1, 1, 1)
or
Pernilla – Filcolana, 170 m/50 g skeins
A = 977 Marzipan 2 (3, 3, 4, 5)
B = 369 Slightly Purple 1 (1, 1, 1, 2)
C = 807 Boysenberry 1 (1, 1, 1, 1)
D = 101 Natural White 1 (1, 1, 1, 1)