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Skjaldmær - Fjallalopi Frost Grey wool sweater Knitting Kit
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Skjaldmær - Fjallalopi Frost Grey wool sweater Knitting Kit

Sale price$175.00

Fjallalopi yoke sweater in frost grey with a flower-border yoke · 10 sizes, bust 83–146 cm

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  • 23 balls of Fjallalopi in 5 colours
  • Shield-maiden — Vanjastrikk, Norway
  • 10 sizes · bust 83–146 cm
  • Everything for the sweater in one parcel — 23 balls of Fjallalopi, enough for the largest size, and the pattern
  • Fine Fjallalopi on 3 and 3.5 mm (US 2½ and 4) needles — 23 stitches and 26 rounds to 10 cm
  • Ten sizes — finished bust 83–146 cm (32¾–57½″)
  • A flower-border yoke, rolled edges and a back neck raised with short rows
Skjaldmær - Fjallalopi Frost Grey wool sweater Knitting Kit
Skjaldmær - Fjallalopi Frost Grey wool sweater Knitting Kit Sale price$175.00

Why you'll love it

  • Shield-maidensSkjaldmær — skjoldmøy in Norwegian — are the women of Scandinavian folklore and myth who chose to fight as warriors alongside men.
  • Five colours, one flower borderFrost grey with rubarb, lily white, mustard yellow and misty rose in the yoke, a flower border at its centre, and matching bands at hem and cuffs.
  • Rolled edges, lying stitchesHem, cuffs and neck end in a small rolled edge, with a decorative round of lying stitches that the pattern explains step by step and in a video.
  • Higher at the backGerman short rows raise the back neck about 2.5 cm above the front before the neckband is knitted.
  • Frost grey, or your ownKeep frost grey, or choose other Fjallalopi shades in the colour picker at no charge — the pattern suggests grey and green, white and red, and blue versions.
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Skjaldmær — your questions, answered

Which size should I knit?
Ten sizes, named by the finished bust: 83, 90, 97, 104, 111, 118, 125, 132, 139 and 146 cm. The length is about 60 to 73 cm at centre back, and the sleeve 45 to 51 cm, or the length you prefer.
Will I have yarn left over?
The kit holds the amount for the largest size: 12 balls of frost grey, 4 of rubarb, 3 of lily white and 2 each of mustard yellow and misty rose. The smallest size uses 5 frost grey, 2 rubarb and 1 of each of the other three, so smaller sizes leave several balls over.
Why two needle sizes?
The designer knits all the solid colour on 3 mm and all the stranded colourwork on 3.5 mm, to keep 23 stitches and 26 rounds to 10 cm in both. She asks you to swatch the colourwork: a much tighter round gauge makes the yoke too shallow.
Will the sweater twist?
Fjallalopi is a single-strand yarn, so the pattern warns the knitting can twist a little in the round. Wash it when it is finished, stretch and ease body and sleeves into shape, and dry it flat.
Can I change the length?
Yes. Knit fewer or more centimetres before the armholes, as the pattern suggests, and allow for less or more yarn.
What does the kit with needles include?
3.5 mm (US 4) and 3 mm (US 2½) circular needles, each in 40 and 80 cm, and 3 mm and 3.5 mm double-pointed needles — ADDI, the sizes the pattern names. The waste yarn or stitch holders the pattern lists are not included.

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