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Woman holding Faðmur closed at her chest, in the pattern’s own colours — white Einband lace, the eyelet-and-ridge back folded round her neck like a collar, ¾ sleeves, and two long feather-and-fan fronts hanging to scalloped points that shade from white through beige to oatmeal. The dark over-the-knee socks are not part of the pattern
Faðmur — Lace Wrap Cardigan Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Girl in Blóm, worn open, in the pattern’s colours — a garnet red Léttlopi zip cardigan with white bands of red flowers at the hem and on the cuffs, a plain red body, sleeves and yoke, red front bands and a red zip. The floral blouse, the denim skirt and the daisies in her hand are not part of the pattern
Blóm — Children’s Zip Cardigan with Flower Bands Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
A young man and a young woman in 1 x var cardigans by a pale yellow wooden house, both in the pattern’s own colours. He wears the men’s version in beige, zipped, with a round yoke of white flowers on black, black triangles and white chevrons, and the black-and-white band above the beige rib at the hem and cuffs. She wears the long women’s version in white, partly zipped, with the same yoke and bands and a tall rib collar. His jeans, her lace dress and tights and the cars are not part of the pattern
1 x var — Women’s and Men’s Zip Cardigan Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Smiling boy sitting on a railing in Verur, the beige colourway — an oatmeal body and sleeves, a dark brown yoke with white and light beige motifs, the same band above the dark hem and cuff rib, and a dark folded neckband, shown in the pattern’s original colours. The black trousers are not part of the pattern
Verur — Children’s Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Young man in a black leather jacket wearing Vegur — a garter-stitch scarf with lengthwise stripes of rust, black, stone blue, pale ash, rust and black, shown in the pattern’s original colours. The jacket is not part of the pattern
Vegur — Striped Garter-Stitch Scarf Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Three Ungi baby cardigans laid flat on grass, one in each of the pattern’s colours: golden yellow, clover green and sunset rose. Garter-stitch Plötulopi with a round neck and small round buttons down the front
Ungi — Garter-Stitch Baby Cardigan Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
The felted Tindur tea cosy on a wool blanket outdoors — a chartreuse green band and a darker green band with red and yellow embroidered flowers, then black, indigo, light indigo, a white peak and a red tip, shown in the pattern’s original colours. The teapot, the blanket, the bowl, the book and the pen are not part of the pattern
Tindur — Felted Tea Cosy Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Smiling boy leaning on wooden posts in the T sweater, in the pattern’s colours — an indigo blue body and yoke, light denim sleeves, a white and light denim zigzag band around the upper arms and above the hem, a white zigzag near the top of the yoke and a light denim ribbed neckband
T — Children’s Zigzag Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
A pair of Stúkur wrist warmers laid on large green leaves, in navy Léttlopi — the pattern’s blue version. Moss-stitch edges, and four small mismatched buttons along each warmer, sewn on with red yarn in little crosses
Stúkur — Léttlopi Wrist Warmers Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Young woman in profile in Strompur — a carmine red Plötulopi hat in chunky rib, her ponytail coming out through the open, rolled top, shown in the pattern’s own colour. The grey jacket is not part of the pattern
Strompur — Open-Top Plötulopi Hat Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Woman on a green park bench in the Sál shrug, in the pattern’s garnet red Léttlopi — deep K2, P2 rib, long ribbed sleeves down to the hands and an open front that frames the body like a wide collar. The black top, the orange necklace, the belt and the striped skirt are not part of the pattern
Sál — Ribbed Shrug Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Woman on a ship’s deck in Rú — a plum heather Plötulopi shoulder collar in rib, standing up at the neck and flaring over the shoulders, with round silver-tone buttons down the front, shown in the pattern’s own colour. The black top is not part of the pattern
Rú — Plötulopi Shoulder Collar Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
The felted Lofn bag worn at the hip, in the pattern’s black heather Jöklalopi — plain stocking stitch, five small round mirror discs sewn in a row across the top, a felted fringe along the bottom and the narrow strap rising from the sides. The long teal sweater is a different pattern
Lofn — Felted Shoulder Bag Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Six Kríli mittens in the pattern’s heaven blue Léttlopi, laid in a flower shape around a daisy on a lichen-speckled rock — plain stocking stitch, K1, P1 rib cuffs, shaped tops and thumbs. The pattern is for one pair
Kríli — Children’s Mittens Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Boy in Kolla — a navy Léttlopi hat in 2×2 rib, pulled down over his ears, shown in the pattern’s own colour. His blue zip cardigan with red, yellow and white bands is not part of the pattern
Kolla — Children’s Ribbed Hat Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Young man wearing Karri in the pattern’s winter blue Plötulopi — a tall K1, P1 rib standing up round the neck and a pointed bib over the chest, its stocking-stitch centre framed in moss stitch. The black top and the open dark jacket are not part of the pattern
Karri — Ribbed Collar with Front Bib Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Two people in Húm by a football goal, both in the pattern’s own colours — the woman in the blue version, a blend of winter blue, navy and arctic blue with a darker navy band at the hem, the man in the grey version, a dark tweedy blend of dark grey, black heather and grey heather. Her white patterned hat, the T-shirts and the jeans are not part of the pattern
Húm — V-Neck Plötulopi Sweater Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Man holding a Siamese cat, wearing Hrím in the beige colourway — a barley body and sleeves with bands of zigzags, squares, crosses and diamonds in browns and white, a patterned yoke and a straw edge rolled over at the neck, shown in the pattern’s original colours. The jeans and the cat are not part of the pattern
Hrím — Banded Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
A woman’s hands in Happ — black Léttlopi mittens, each with four silver-tone buttons of different designs in a line at the wrist, the long cuffs pushed up the arms, shown in the pattern’s own colour. The navy flecked sweater with a patterned yoke is a different pattern, and the black trousers are not part of the pattern either
Happ — Léttlopi Mittens with Buttons Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Two hands in the GSM mittens, in the pattern’s crimson red Léttlopi — one with the mitten top folded back, bare fingertips out of the half-length fingers and the thumb tip through the thumb opening on the keys of a flip phone; the other with the top pulled over the fingers like a mitten, above the ribbed cuff. The phone and the dark sleeve are not part of the pattern
GSM — Convertible Mittens Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Woman among trees in Drama, the yellow coat — a long open coat in golden (9964) Álafosslopi with a fringe down both fronts, ruffled cuffs, a tall ruffled collar and a thin brown cord at the neckline, shown in the pattern’s own colour. The black skirt is not part of the pattern
Drama — Long Fringed Coat Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Toddler in a garden wearing Bláklukka, the green version — a spring green body and sleeves, a white yoke band with heaven blue bell flowers, small violet accents and green zigzags, and a green moss-stitch neckband, shown in the pattern’s original colours. The jeans are not part of the pattern
Bláklukka — Children’s Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
A girl and a boy by a pond in B&G hoodies, both in the pattern’s own colours. She wears the long version in dark olive with a chocolate hood and patch pockets, reaching her upper thigh; he wears the short, hip-length version in dark grey with a black hood and pockets. Both close with a zipper up the front. Her black top, necklace and trousers and his jeans are not part of the pattern
B&G — Children’s Zip Hoodie Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Girl with braids in Doppa, the colourful version — a violet neck rib, a black yoke with rows of small mustard flowers, orange squares with garnet centres, green dots and big lilac dots, short cap sleeves, and the same dots above a garnet hem rib, shown in the pattern’s original colours (mustard, orange and lilac are no longer made). The lavender top and the denim skirt are not part of the pattern
Doppa — Children’s Yoke Vest Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Smiling woman on the bow of a boat in the Lopi 12 no. 7 sweater — a dark plum body, raspberry rib at the hem and cuffs, and a raspberry yoke with pink ovals ringed in plum and raspberry rays up to the neck, shown in the pattern’s original colours in an old film photo (all three are no longer made). Her scarf and red trousers are not part of the pattern; the man behind her wears a different pattern
Lopi 12 No. 7 — Round-Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Woman in Gná, the orange version — a raglan pullover with a braided cable up the centre front, a grey-brown murky band across the chest and sleeves, ribbed hem and cuffs and a narrow ribbed neck, shown in the pattern’s original colours, orange (1410, no longer made) and murky (1420). The jeans are not part of the pattern
Gná — Cabled Raglan Sweater Knitting Pattern Sale price$8.00
Garri — Knitting pattern
Garri — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Kónn — Knitting pattern
Kónn — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Litlu manneskjurnar — Knitting pattern
Litlu manneskjurnar — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Borg mín borg — Knitting pattern
Borg mín borg — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Púls — Knitting pattern
Púls — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Leistar — Knitting pattern
Leistar — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Bæli — Knitting pattern
Bæli — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Fleygur — Knitting pattern
Fleygur — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Himinn og haf — Knitting pattern
Himinn og haf — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Systur og bræður — Knitting pattern
Systur og bræður — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Sérvitringur — Knitting pattern
Sérvitringur — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Plús — Knitting pattern
Plús — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Glitta — Knitting pattern
Glitta — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Klippa — Knitting pattern
Klippa — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Lausn — Knitting pattern
Lausn — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Móska — Knitting pattern
Hnoðri — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Friður — Knitting pattern
Beta — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Smástirni — Knitting pattern
Friður — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Gata — Knitting pattern
Smástirni — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Pí — Knitting pattern
Pí — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Kast — Knitting pattern
Kast — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Blessun — Knitting pattern
Blessun — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Logi — Knitting pattern
Logi — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00
Nína — Knitting pattern
Nína — Knitting pattern Sale price$8.00

Knitting patterns by Istex, the spinner of Iceland's classic Lopi yarns, covering authentic lopapeysa sweaters, cardigans and accessories. Each pattern is written for genuine Icelandic wool so your finished piece looks and wears as intended.

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