Following up to my previous post about how to prepare your sweater knitting pattern before the Lopi Sweater knit-along, I wanted to share three tips for those of us larger ladies. These tips will work for almost ANY bottom up seamless yoke sweater, whether it's got colorwork or textured stitches or whatever. Everything here is… Continue reading How to Knit a Sweater from the Bottom Up: Adding Larger Sizes
Tag: Lopi Sweater KAL
Sweater Modification: Pullover or Cardigan
I love Lopi sweaters, but as you might have noticed in my last post, I especially love Lopi cardigans. If I am being very honest I don't wear my Weatherman pullover as much as I wish I did because if I am being very very honest—I don't think that yoked sweaters suit me. I am… Continue reading Sweater Modification: Pullover or Cardigan
How to Knit a Sweater from the Bottom-Up: Getting Ready
As part of our Lopi Sweater Knit-along (KAL for short), we're going to be walking you through how to knit a seamless sweater from the bottom up. This construction is very frequently found in a variety of Lopi Sweater knitting patterns, or knitting patterns with a stranded colorwork yoke, and is pretty easy to customize… Continue reading How to Knit a Sweater from the Bottom-Up: Getting Ready
Lopi KAL: Planning
I love love love my Lopi sweaters—to date, I have knit 6 and I'm so excited for our Knit-along that I'm casting on #7. Choosing which pattern to knit has been a difficult process, I want them ALL! Here is my short list: Síðsumarskápa by Védís Jónsdóttir for Ístex ($6.50; sizes 36.5–47.25") This sweater coat from… Continue reading Lopi KAL: Planning
Knit a Lopi Sweater with Us!
We're getting ready to start our first knit-along of 2018, and this time our focus is on the seamless colorwork sweater knitting patterns from Iceland! Berroco is the North American distributor for Ístex Lopi yarns, meaning they ship the yarn to us and we send it out to the local yarn stores in the United… Continue reading Knit a Lopi Sweater with Us!