This is my favourite pattern yet from this wonderfully useful book, so I was surprised to find there was no entry for it under the ‘Knitting With Icelandic Wool’ book. somehow it must have been overlooked so I have created an entry now. Now everyone can see and knit one for themselves. As usual, this is a clear and straight-forward knit which is wonderfully quick.

I love the waves pacing round the yoke. This one is a Christmas present for my grandfather who was in the Royal Navy for many years and is modelled here by his great-grandson. I choose the second colour scheme pictured on page 97 but using a dark navy instead of black to make the most of my grandfather’s very bright blue eyes.

As you can see from my notes above, I used a lot less wool than called for in the pattern.

Errata

There is one small error in the small ‘Chart 2 - yoke’. After the final decreases there should be ‘no-stitch’ columns to the right of the k2tog (row 40).

The stitches held for the underarms don’t match up in size L so you’ll will need to make a choice how many you want to hold (I choose 10) and then check your total figure for the joined body and sleeves and adjust accordingly before beginning the yoke.

Changes

I used size 6mm needles for looseness for the neckband and Grandma’s favourite bind-off.

Grandma’s Favourite Bind Off

Place needle in stitches as if to P2tog but wrap the right needle with the yarn clockwise (opposite of usual); pass the stitch on the left needle onto the left needle and repeat until only one stitch remains. Draw the tail through the final stitch using a darning needle as usual.

I grafted the live stitches of the underarms using Kitchener Stitch

Kitchener Stitch

Front needle, thread tapestry needle through as if to purl, let the stitch stay
Back needle, thread tapestry needle through as if to knit, let the stitch stay

Now repeat the following four steps until all the stitches are used.

1. Front needle, thread tapestry needle through as if to knit, let the stitch come off
2. Front needle, thread tapestry needle through as if to purl, let the stitch stay
3. Back needle, thread tapestry needle through as if to purl, let the stitch some off
4. Back needle, thread tapestry needle through as if to knit, let the stitch stay.

Neaten any holes and weave in the ends.