Congrats to Sarah for winning this giveaway!
Pom Pom Quarterly just released their Winter 2017 volume and it is the perfect antidote to the dark days of Winter. I am especially excited because I contributed a design to this beautiful collection—Bindrune, in the always lovely Lettlopi by our partner brand Istex.
This cozy cardigan/jacket is worked back and forth in rows from the bottom up. The back and fronts are worked separately from the underarm to the shoulders, which are shaped using short rows. The sleeves are worked in the round from the bottom up and seamed to the body.
All the color work happens at the hem and the cuff making this a great project for pushing your color boundries—choose a main color to suit your style and wardrobe and have a little fun with the contrast colors. The original is shown in Istex Lettlopi (worsted; 100% Icelandic Wool, 100 m/109 yds per 50 g skein) Yarn A: Heaven (1702); 3 (3, 3, 4, 4, 4) skeins, Yarn B: Rough Sea (1415); 3 (3, 3, 4, 4, 4) skeins, Yarn C: Ash Grey (0054); 5 (5, 6, 6, 7, 8) skeins. But I’ve had some fun this morning coming up with alternate color ways:
Neutral: Black Heather, Golden Heather, and Oatmeal (I may need to cast on one in this combination on right now.)
Bright: Royal Fuchsia, Mimosa, and Apricot (inspired by my blog co-author Amy Palmer who would rock this with an amazing red lipstick)
Western: Grey, Brick heather, and Grape heather—an iconic combination destined to be worn with cowboy boots.
What colors would you use to knit your Bindrune? Tell us in the comments below and you could win a print copy of the Pom Pom Quartlery Issue 23 and the yarn to knit your own in your chosen shade. Contest open from now until 11:59 EST Sunday November 26th. One winner will be chosen at random and announced here Monday, November 27th.
Can’t wait? Order your copy of Pom Pom Winter here, or you could subscribe and feel all warm and cozy in in the winter weather.
I love the Neutral: Black Heather, Golden Heather, and Oatmeal combination!
I like the neutral.
I like the Neutral Selection
I like the neutral.. great combination
I would love it in Neutral
I like the Black heather colourway.
Lette Lopi is one of my favourite yarns.
I love the western colorway. This sweater is gorgeous!
I think tan, rust and turquoise would be a fun combo!
Grey, brick and grape would be my choices
I think the western group is perfect for me or my daughter-in-law
I’m looking at the awesome shades in the Western colourway: Grey, Brick heather, and Grape heather! What a wonderful project!
I’m like you, one is not enough, but which combo to do first?
1418 spónn/straw and 1707 geimur/galaxy and 1408 ljósrauð samkemba/light red heather
I want these three colors* because the combination is way outside my comfort zone, but I think they’d be great. I just can’t decide between straw and galaxy for the main color
* and dozens more
Thanks for the inspiration and the giveaway.
I love the Spring Green Heather so that needs to be one of my colors. Glacier Blue Heather is good with that and I like Straw as my main color.
Glacier Blue Heather, Spring Green Heather and either Ocean Blue Heather or Lapis Blue Heather. Love the sweater!
Royal Fuchsia, Mimosa, and Apricot are three of my faves and would work stunningly in my wardrobe.
I would love this sweater in the Neutral colorway: Black Heather, Golden Heather, and Oatmeal! Thanks for the giveaway!
such a gorgeous knit! I would have to choose the western colors.
Love, love, love the western colorway. Beautiful sweater.
Black Heather, but with Royal Fuchsia and Mimosa. I like neutrals with a pop of color.
The bright is calling my name. And I am a tee shirt and cardi kind of a gal so this pattern is one I would love to have!
I, too, like the western colorway!
I love the Western! So pretty!
Ash Heather, Pink Heather, and Royal Fuscia
Honestly I’d do oatmeal with mimosa and apricot! Blend the mellow with the bright punchy colors.
I would love to make this in the bright color way the fuchsia color really stands out and would be great on a drab winter day,
The perfect combination is Grey, Brick heather, and Grape heather. Very striking.
I would use light ash heather, stone blue heather and air blue. Thank you for the chance to win the book and yarn to make this fantastic sweater!!
I’d use the bright combination, perfect to brighten up grey winter days.
I love the western color scheme
I would use black heather for the main color and royal fuschia and grape Heather for the accents.
Definitely the Western, if I were doing it for myself. It’s beautiful!
I’d love to make this sweater out of the neutral colorway!
I love the Western: Grey, Brick heather, and Grape heather!
I would knit it in apricot with light ash grey and white for the other colours!
Oh, the BRIGHT all the way – what a fun project that would be!
I love the colors in the Bright colorway. Nothing fights off the winter blues better that bright, vivid colors.
I am liking the Neutral colorway with Western coming in second. It looks so cozy and casual.
The Western colors speak to me, but neutrals always work too. I’ve been trying to step outside the box and pick colors lately though so if I were to do something in my own colors, I’d choose 0054 light ash heather as the main, and 1414 violet heather and 1417 frostbite for the accent colors. Looks like an awesome sweater for Chicago weather.
The Western is the winner for me. Love the sweater!
Ok, I can’t not leave a comment on this one!
First of all, big congrats on a beautiful design, and to be featured in Pom Pom!!!
Secondly, the Western colors would be my pick, and not just because I’m from Texas. It’s country colors that I love (and I already have the boots).
I love that first combo – black heather, golden heather and oatmeal. What a gorgeous sweater!
Neutrals to start with. I would also do some blues. I love gray…
Oatmeal with apricot looks pretty
I love the Bright group, they look like happy cheery colours!!
Western and I love that it’s knit back and forth.
Loving the neutral grey colorway featured with the pop of bright underneath.
What a great sweater! I love Lettlopi. I think I would go with the Ash Heather for the body with Fuschia and maybe Amber for the contrast colors? Or maybe Amber for the body and… Hmmmmm…I may have to do some swatching
The first item I ever knit was a sweater vest in Lopi. 🙂 I love this beautiful and elegant sweater in the Western colorway.
I love the neutrals
I like the barley, air blue & fjord blue, although all the colours are fab
Such a beautiful sweater!! I love the Neutral colors :
Black Heather, Golden Heather and Oatmeal. Gorgeous!!
I want Golden Heather, Mimosa and Apricot, our winters in Fairbanks are Soooo Very White, a flash of brilliance is quite appropriate!
I love all the choices! Don’t make me choose! MAYBE the western.
Western I believe is my fab! Thank you!!!
Is do it in the colors pictures love it with the fuchsia pants! 2nd choice would be western.
I like the Western, love lopi yarn.
Western. what a bright colorway for a pop of color and fun for such a beautiful sweater to wear on a cold wintry day
I love the original of Heaven, Rough Sea and Ash Grey. My colours. Sigh. Such a beautiful, cozy sweater!
I love the western colours.
I would love to make this in 1703 mimosa, 1408 light red heather, and 1412 pink heather. I’ve been wanting to make something in golds and pinks and this would be wonderful!
Love the Western combo so much, I think I’m heading out to buy cowboy boots! It’s terrific.
I would love Royal Fuchsia, Grape Heather, and Apricot. Those colors would be so much fun to knit together!
Love that western color way.
I would use light ash, spring green and apricot. Those colors are outside of my normal knitting palette and it would be good to switch things up.
Ocean blue with fjord blue and air blue as the accent colors
Light ash heather with light red heather and lilac.
The neutral color way Wow beautiful!
I like that black heather, oatmeal heather, and golden combination!
The Neutrals please! I need this in my life ❤️👏🏼👏🏼 . I have been dying to try this yarn.
It’s hard to beat the contrast of the original Lopi colorway, so I’d choose that one.
The Western is my favorite. I like the style of the sweater and it is time for me to knit something for me. I will keep my fingers crossed.
I choose gray, brick, and grape because those colors would add a little something to my wardrobe!
It’s a tough choice, but I think I would have to go with the neutral combo.
The neutral colorway… each one is a favorite color and would fit right in with my wardrobe. Truly beautiful.
I would love to make this in the Neutral colourway. Thank you for this opportunity!
The neutral colorway is my taste. Thank you
I like the grey with brick and grape heather.
western, for SURE! Icy cool like winter…
I’m a neutrals kind of “old lady”!
Lovely! I would use milkyway, lilac heather, and fjord blue.
So hard to decide. I would go with natural or western though I would wear all the colors when I think of it. Lovely. 😊
Oatmeal, rust heather and apricot! Beautiful!
The western is just gorgeous!
Neutral or Western!
Wow! It’s gorgeous! I think it’s a toss up for the body between a dark grey or black. But definitely the Royal Fuchsia , Mimosa and Apricot. What a statement piece!
Thank you!
So many gorgeous shades, it’s so hard to choose!! Today I’m thinking Light ash heather, Glacier blue heather and Galaxy 🙂
I love the black heather. Classic colouring with a not so classic styling! Looks wonderfully comfortable!
I like Royal Fuchsia and Grape Heather
Beautiful! I would use Navy Blue as the main color, and Mustard and Golden Heather for the color work accents.
What pretty designs! Oatmeal is my choice
Just finished a pullover for my daughter, Mora by Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir Michelsen, and ready for the next project. My favourite colours are ash grey, dark wine and pink heather.
I have about 10 skeins of Lett Lopi Oatmeal Heather waiting to be something. Binder just be that something! Then I’d need another in Royal Fucia, Mimiosa and Apricot for my very Happy days!
Please correct to Bindrune.
I love the Bright combination – the apricot is one of my favorite colors as well.
To bring a bit of sunshine to dark dreary winter I’d use mimosa as the main color with apricot and acorn heather for the colorwork.
Loving Royal Fuchsia, Grape Heather, and Apricot. 🕊
Although Iike all of the combinations, I would choose neutral, because it matches most of my wardrobe
So many lovely colors!! I like the idea of using 0056 ljósgrár/ash heather, 1705 lambagras/royal fuchsia, and 1707 geimur/galaxy. I’m totally in love with that galaxy!!
Oh, wow, I love love love the original colorway! The subtle hint of the light blue at the hem and cuffs is perfect!
I love the neutral colourway, thanks for the giveaway!
I love the Bright combination: these colours on a dull winter’s day would cheer me up no end.
I love the Bright colorway!
neutral! I love this design!
I’d have to go with black heather as the main colour with royal fuchsia and spring green heather…simply because I’m rather into matching my knits to my hair colour at the moment!!
neutral! I love this design!
I love the western colours!
Heaven, rough sea, ash grey! Gorgeous colourway & that yarn looks stunning!!
Neutral for sure – goes with most of my existing wardrobe 😄
Oh my! Ash, Rough Sea, and Royal fuscia for me!!!
I would like to see the yarn in person, but my choices would be Straw, Air Blue and Fjord Blue. It’s a beautiful sweater, and I love those colors.
Maybe Western, maybe neutral
I‘d use ocean blue and fjord blue as color A and B and air blue as the main color C because I am in a very blueish mood at the moment. 💙 But the very best thing about this all is that I already got the pompom mag #23 and would be able to start knitting this in a minute. 😉
That neutral color combo – I’m obsessed with natural sheepy colors and a little yellow would expand my usual color palette.
I’d love to make a Bindrune with the main colour being “geimur”, with “ash heather” and “glacial blue”
I love the original colour ways shown in Heaven, Rough Sea and Ash Grey 🌟😍😍
I’d love to knit my mum one, buta really colourful one. Lapis blue Heather for the main colour, with milky way and royal fuchsia for the colour work.
I love the bright colour way but I swap mimosa for mustard. I love a bit of mustard!!!
It would be the Brights one for me. I do love a bit if fuschia.
I love the neutral 🙂
I love the Neutrals 😍
Hi! Thanks for a great giveaway! I haven’t tried Lettlopi yet, but would love to. I really want to start doing some colourwork, so this cardy is a great starter for me. There are so many colours that it’s hard to choose. I love the Stone Blue Heather as the main colour with either Lapis Blue Heather or Navy Blue and also the Garnet Red Heather.
I absolutely love the western colourway, the Brick Heather colour in particular is delicious!!!
Oooooh-I would go grellow including mimosa and sun yellow! How lovely and generous of you! Xxx
I love all the possibilities colorwork offers! I like the idea of making this gorgeous pattern in black sheep with glacier blue heather and white.
I could come up with so many color combinations, maybe pine green heather, frostbite and black sheep heather, or maybe straw, chocolat heather and barley
Neutral colorway is my favourite
I would go for Grey, Brick heather and Grape! Such pretty colours!
I’d really like to do a greenish version so something like Frostbite as MC and violet heather and bottle green heather contrasts.
Wow! That’s fabulous. I would totally use Bright: Royal Fuchsia, Mimosa, and Apricot!
I really love the western colours!
I would love to make this in the Neutral colorway – that scummy yellow / gold has stolen my heart!
I would love to make the Neutral one – love that scummy yellow / gold!
feeling them all, but would start with the neutral combo!
I really love the bright color way!
Ooo!! I’d love to use the black heather, golden heather and royal fuchsia!
Crossing my fingers 😀 <3
Milkyway, pink heather and glacier I think although all the colours are so lovely it’s hard to choose.
I’d like to knit a sweater of earth colors.
Yarn A: Rust Heather (9427)
Yarn B: Chocolate heather (0867)
Yarn C: Hazel Heather (1401)
Neutral is my preferred and Pom Pom Magazine too 🙂
I’d like to knit a sweater of earth colors.
Yarn A: Rust Heather (9427)
Yarn B: Chocolate Heather (0867)
Yarn C: Hazel Heather (1401)
I would definitely knit it up in the Bright combo – absolutely perfect for combating winter (the issue *is* vivid winter after all!) wonderful pattern, and I was thrilled to see that is used Lopi!
I just LOVE the Bright color way with the fuchsia, mimosa and apricot colors. This is the kind of winter cardigan you need when it’s dark and cold up here in Canada. (And worn with a red lipstick, of course 😉 )
I would knit mine in the exact colors of the written pattern
I can never say no to a good grellow! I’d go with Golden Heather, Dark Gray, and Gray…. or Light Gray.
Oh my goodness!! It would have to be the Heaven, then the glacia blue and then the galaxy… (just look at the colours in the galaxy…I am actually salivating whilst looking at them 😐 sorry),,,,, What a fantastic giveaway! Thank you for the chance!
Dark grey heather,garnet red heather and oatmeal look tempting! There are some beautiful colours to choose from x
The Neutral colorway is beautiful. This could be my everyday, go everywhere cardigan!
MC – spring green heather
CC1 – lapis blue heather
CC2 – straw (or white for a crisper look)
The neutral colorway you put together is gorgeous. I’d wear it practically every day in the fall and winter.
I would definitely knit mine up in the Bright colorway option you picked out!
Mimosa and Lilac heather plus Ash Heather!
Western – That would be such an amazing sweater. Thank you for the change to win.
I would use glacier blue heather, navy and ash
I’d chose neutral, but I think that would just be my first… 😁
I’d stick with the Ash Grey as Yarn C, then add Air Blue as Yarn A and Ocean Blue as Yarn B. What a beautiful sweater!
Not an easy choice but I would go with the Western combination. 🙂
Oooh tricky. So many gorgeous shades to chose from. Probably milky way, grape Heather and pink Heather.
I’d love to use light ash, dark grey and grape heather together.
Love the bright combo!
Royal Fuchsia, Black Heather and Oatmeal. Love the plum colours and knitting with Lettelopi yarn
I’d use ash grey for the min colour and black heather and royal fuschia. Crossing my fingers!
The neutral colors for me. Such a great project and a historical magazine. People are collecting these beautiful publications, and for good reason.
Royal Fuchsia, Mimosa + Lagoon Heather! 🙂
Bright bright baby! 💛💛
I am intrigued by you gray, brick red and purple combo. How interesting.
I would love to be brave enough to wear the “Bright” colour way.
Valley the color selections are BEAUTIFUL! If I have to choose one, the Western would be fun to knit. I have every issue of POM POM….what ever happen with ( if you happen to find the most beautiful sweater in the world….) ? Was it found?
Pat
It is suppose to say…All of the color…..some how it changed?
This is such a gorgeous pattern! It’s so hard to choose, but I think I would go with greys and greens – Space Galaxy for the main body, fading to Rough Sea, with the accent in Light Ash Heather 🙂
I would do one up in Light Beige as the MC with Rough Sea and Pink Heather
😁
One look at the Grape Heather and my choice was settled ….. it would be Western for me – no doubts at all.
I have been planning something in mustard for a long time so I would do Mustard for the main colour with white and Golden Heather .
Despite the names, nothing somber about the stunning Heaven, Rough Seas and Ash Grey. Amazing!
I would choose the Neutral color combination. I would love to knit this cardigan up in those colors. It would be something I could see myself wearing often!!!
Black, white, mustard yellow
This pattern would be perfect for autumn in Victoria BC! I love all 3 of the alternative colour ways, but if I could choose any Lopi colour combination it would be Barley as the main colour, acorn heather as the dark contrast and then have a tough time deciding between jump green heather or glacier blue heather as the bright contrast. Beautiful yarn, beautiful pattern!
I love the black heather and golden heather – but would add a nice splash of turquoise with it! Lovely sweater, looks like perfect winter coziness!
Western gray, brick heather, and grape
Oh, the neutrals please !
I’m in love with the original color way, I love to knit with Lopi and a long cardigan would be so nice for chilly mornings and cold evenings. In combination with a purple skirt I have it would also be an awesome X-mas outfit.
I really love the original colours used in the magazine. It’s not often I choose to make something exactly as shown in the pattern but this is just too gorgeous not to!
White, garnet red heather and glacier blue
The bright version because fuchsia is timeless … (love the combination with the apricot !)
I have to agree with you Black Heather, Golden Heather and Oatmeal. Needs to be knitted, soon.
Wow! Western for me!
I’m in love with this sweater! I’m thinking Glacier blue heather as colour A, Galaxy for B and Milkyway for C. Really excited to start it, but I’ve promised myself I have to finnish my paper first…
Love the dressy/casual wearing possibilities of this cozy piece! Neutral: Black Heather, Golden Heather, and Oatmeal for the win!
I would knit it in the brightest colors you have available because I would be SO happy to win and would want everyone to see it!
I’ve been wanting to do a colorwork sweater. This one is so gorgeous and perfect! Pick me ☺️
I love the Western. Such pretty colors, and the sweater is gorgeous!
They are all beautiful, bit the neutral color way is my absolute favorite. They remind me of a sweater I had way back in high school that I wish wad still in my closet!
I have been thinking about this since I saw the preview… I’m leaning towards something like ash grey, pink heather, and bottle green heather. But there are a lot of good choices! Love this design.
I’m definitely a Western or Neutral kind of lady!
I would choose Bright-with those vivid, fun colors. Excited to see more fiber patterns.
I love the western colourway! Love your yarn!!
Ooh ….I would go for Ash grey, Royal fuscia, and Golden heather…….yum yum 😋
I would use Grey for the main colour and red for one of the contrast colours, along with a darker shade of grey
I’d choose Colorways out of my normal selections and go with the Royal Fuchsia, Mimosa and Apricot. Vibrant colours that POP against the winter snowfall in central Manitoba! Yet would still look sharp with a solid colour top, skinny jeans and ballet flats! Thanks for the chance to win Berroco!
Oh I would love to knit it in the neutral colours
I love the gray and brick, but would use apricot instead of the grape as a third colour. I love the warm red, oranges, and yellows right now.
Neutral all the way! Taupe + gray go with everything, and who doesn’t love a little flash of gold to brighten things up?
Great initiative and beautiful garnment with my favo wool ever! I would love to knit this in the original color, but just one shade darker grey (0057) for the simple reason that i will be wearing it outside when on a farm. The original color shafes are beautiful but i would also like to play with possibilities with shades 9964 golden heather, 9966 cypres green, 1240 dark magenta, 0159 orchid, 9965 chartreuse green heather and a little touch of 9958 light indigo
Mm I love them all but would go with the the Western colourway.
Bright would be my choice
I would choose barley, hazel heather, and either lyme grass or frostbite (not sure which right now).
Feeling (and loving!) the wintry blues: navy, fjord, and grey ash heather!
Bright. With fuchsia as the main colour.
I would love it in deep dark gray with pops of black, turquoise and creamy white. Yum!
I think I would choose the western palette although I really love the bright pink and orange combo!
I would choose the Western grey, heathered brick and grape heather
Ahhhhh I love ❤️ them all but in particular the light grey background. So stylish
I would choose the western colorway. I love the grape with the gray.
Hi, i’d Go out of my comfort zone and choose the BRIGHT. It would add some much needed fun to my wardrobe:)
The Western colorways rock! Thanks!
Royal Fuchsia, Mimosa, and Apricot
I would pick the Western colorway!
Western is my choice! My problem would be keeping it away from my daughters as I know they would love it too. I will have to get busy!
All of the colour ways look fab, my first choice would be Western as it would go so well with colours in my wardrobe, fingers crossed.
Western would be fabulous! Beautiful sweater
Western would just rock it
I really like that western combination of grey, brick heather and grape heather!
I love the colors of Western. They would be perfect for this great sweater pattern.
Grey Brick and Grape heathers for my choice 😀
Neutral
I love the western color way… and a sweater knit with it will be wonderful!
Interesting garment. I had this idea of frostbite color (kal) as main color and apricot and berry heather as accent. I did use lettlopi when I made felted slippers. It’s very easy to work with this yarn. Would be very happy to knit with it again. Keeping my fingers crossed! Thank you for wonderful ideas.
love all of them !!! The order I would like to knit them is the model, then the Western, then the Neutral, then the Bright…
Thank you for the opportunity to win!!!
I love the original with the ash grey, rough sea and heaven.
I love the Western combination-I would even finish it for myself which would be a first
Love the Western colors. Thank you!
I think I would like Heaven as the main color, with lilac heather and Fjord for accent.
I like the Western combo.
I love the Western colorway.
I love the colors on the model! Beautiful pattern!
The Bright colorway is gorgeous and a nice pop of color on a bleak winter day.
Blues! Air blue, ocean blue, fjord blue. Glacier blue is tempting too! Lopi is so nice to work with!
Neutrals all the way!
I love the neutral – they are all fantastic! A beautiful pattern
Western. 🙂
Love the western! it is such a beautiful pattern
Cannot decide between Bright and Western, may have to do both. I love the lines of the sweater and the color work.
Oatmeal, chocolate and golden or rust heather.
I would knit the bright!!!
I choose the neutral combo – it’s stunning!
Black heather, golden heather and oatmeal combo
I love the neutral combo. Gorgeous!
I love the Neutral combo (but Western is a very close second!)
I would love barley 1419 as a main colour and murky 1420 and glacier blue 1404 for a contrast colours. I definitely need to knit warm cardi for myself!
Neutral!
I love the Western combo!
I Like Western – but if I could pick my own it would be Lapis Blue Heather with Air Blue and Fjord Blue 🙂
So many choices! I would use milkyway for the main color, and galaxy and glacier blue heather for the border. What a cozy sweater!
I love the Western color combination even though I don’t have any cowboy boots.
I’d use Ash Grey, Fuschia and Golden Heather. I love to knit with Lopi and Lettlopi for its warmth and lightness! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
Thank you for the chance to win. I love lettlopi, Pompom, your pattern—and the neatral colorway 💕💕
I would like the neutral coloray, thank you! Love it!❤️
The bright combo would be really fun!
I would love to work this gorgeous sweater up in the western,
Somehow my comment came up twice. Sorry, I’m not trying to enter twice!
Grape heather, Mimosa and Apricot
What a great sweater! I really like the Western: Grey, Brick heather, and Grape heather.
the color and the model are very beautiful