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Knit your own lopapeysa — pattern and yarn in one box

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About the kits

Knit your own lopapeysa — pattern and yarn in one box

Every kit pairs a traditional Icelandic pattern with genuine Ístex lopi — the exact yarn the design was written for. Knitting your own lopapeysa takes time and patience, and that is rather the point: hours of good work, and a sweater you will never take for granted.

At a glance

Includes: Knitting pattern + the lopi yarn
Needles: Optional add-on on most kits
Yarn: Genuine Ístex lopi
Skill range: First-timers to experts

Tag Grey - One color pullover Icelandic wool sweater Knitting Kit

From $110.40

(5.0)

Greipar - Knitting Kit

From $49.20

Eternity Light Ash - Knitting Kit

From $109.20

Styrkur Arctic Blue Pullover Sweater - Knitting Kit

From $61.20

(5.0)

Margret White Lagoon Heather Lettlopi Wool sweater - Knitting Kit

From $126.00

(5.0)

Cecilia Lettlopi Orange Wool sweater - Knitting Kit

From $124.80

(4.0)

Auðna - Multi color Knitting Kit

From $92.40

Riddari - Red Knitting Kit

From $96.00

(5.0)

Sold out

Purple wool sweater (A) - Knitting Kit

$67.32

(5.0)

Sif - Icelandic Lettlopi cardigan wool sweater - Knitting kit

From $61.20

(5.0)

Grey Sweater 9x - Knitting Kit

From $115.20

(5.0)

Sérvitringur - Brown Knitting Kit

From $91.20

(5.0)

ANKER - Knitting Kit

From $85.20

(5.0)

Góa - Fjallalopi Moorit Knitting Kit

From $80.40

(5.0)

Linn Lettlopi White Wool sweater - Knitting Kit

From $108.00

(5.0)

Reddish Brown Benefit Icelandic sweater knitting kit

From $120.00

(5.0)

Path - Green Wool Dress Knitting Kit

From $86.40

(5.0)

Freckleface Violet unisex cardigan Knitting Kit

From $68.40

(5.0)

Cecilia Lettlopi Fuchsia Wool sweater - Knitting Kit

From $124.80

(5.0)

Castle Lettlopi Short Crimson Red Wool Sweater - Knitting Kit

Castle Lettlopi Red Short Wool sweater - Knitting Kit

From $90.00

(5.0)

Anniversary - Pullover Blue Knitting Kit

From $97.20

(5.0)

Riddari - Glacier Blue Knitting Kit

From $96.00

(4.0)

Cross Wool Sweater - Knitting Kit

From $79.20

(5.0)

Skarfar Blue Wool pullover - Knitting Kit

From $114.00

(5.0)

Hófadynur - Knitting Kit

From $82.80

Sipoonkorpi - Lagoon Icelandic sweater - Lettlopi Knitting Kit

From $108.00

(5.0)

Elina - Arctic Blue Sweater Knitting Kit

From $52.80

Sumuneule White and Grey - Wool sweater knitting kit

From $129.60

(5.0)

Móra Brown Lettlopi Wool sweater - Knitting Kit

From $85.19

(5.0)

DALUR - Knitting Kit

From $91.20

(5.0)

Sipoonkorpi - Golden Icelandic sweater - Lettlopi Knitting Kit

From $108.00

(1.0)

Riddari Grey Children sweater - Knitting Kit

From $61.20

(5.0)

Carmen - Blue and Rust Red Shrug open front Knitting Kit

From $84.00

(5.0)

Elina - White and Pink Sweater Knitting Kit

From $54.00

Cecilia Lettlopi Grey Wool sweater - Knitting Kit

From $124.80

(5.0)

Arnar Icelandic sweater Black - Knitting Kit

From $96.00

(5.0)

Merineule Blue - Wool sweater knitting kit

From $128.40

(5.0)

Viðar Green wool sweater - Knitting Kit

From $76.80

(5.0)

Riddari - Grey and Yellow Lettlopi Knitting Kit

From $96.00

(5.0)

Anniversary - Golden Heather Knitting Kit

From $114.00

(5.0)

Sold out

Landslide bulky one color knitting kit

$120.12

(5.0)

Saga - Knitting Kit

From $74.40

(5.0)

Varma Black Long Sweater Cardigan - Knitting Kit

From $108.00

(5.0)

Skjaldmær - Fjallalopi Grey Green wool sweater Knitting Kit

From $154.80

(5.0)

1927 Christmas Lettlopi Wool sweater - Knitting Kit

From $114.00

(5.0)

Hiutaleneule Amber Heather - Wool sweater knitting kit

From $118.80

(5.0)

Hrafnhildur - Wool sweater knitting kit

From $118.80

(5.0)

Hilda - Wool sweater knitting kit

From $118.80

(5.0)

Earth Blue Unisex knitting kit - Icelandic wool sweater

From $105.37

(5.0)

JÖKLA RED - Knitting Kit

From $116.40

Good to know

Knitting kit questions, answered

I've never knitted a lopapeysa — can I manage a kit?

Many of our customers knit their first lopapeysa from one of these kits. Choose a one-colour or simple-yoke design to start, and warm up with our free patterns. Stuck mid-project? Write to us — we knit these ourselves.

What exactly is in the box?

The knitting pattern and the genuine Ístex lopi yarn for the design. On most kits you can add needles as an option at no fuss.

Which yarn do the kits use?

Most use Léttlopi — the classic lopapeysa yarn — while some designs call for Álafoss Lopi, Plötulopi or Einband. Each kit page says which.

Do US orders pay customs on delivery?

No — duties and taxes are settled at checkout, so nothing is due when the parcel arrives. No customs bills, no courier fees.

An Icelandic knitting kit is the whole project in one box: the pattern and every skein of genuine Icelandic lopi you need, measured for your size, in the designer's chosen colours. Cast on tonight; wear a lopapeysa you made yourself.

What's in the kit — and which one should you pick?

Each kit includes the pattern (in English) and the exact yarn quantities for the size you order — no guessing, no leftover-skein roulette. Browse by who you're knitting for: men's sweaters, women's sweaters and children's, or explore by designer — from Ístex's own Védís Jónsdóttir to Nordic names like Tove Richter and Linka Neumann in our designer collection. If it's your first lopapeysa, a single-colour yoke pattern is the gentlest start — and our free patterns let you try the craft before you commit to a big project.

We're knitters in a knitting country — if you're stuck choosing between two kits, tell us who it's for and we'll give you an honest answer.