
Ylja - Long Wool Cardigan Sweater Coat Knitting Kit
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Overview
- Includes: Knitting pattern + the lopi yarn for this design
- Yarn: Álafoss Lopi — genuine Ístex lopi
- Designer: Vedis Jonsdottir
- Options: Without needles, With needles
What's in the kit
- 9 × Alafoss Lopi - 1242 Oxblood Red
- 9 × Alafoss Lopi - 9962 Ruby Red Heather
- Knitting pattern in English — sent to your email right after purchase
Choose “With needles” and we also pack:
- 1 × Addi - 12.0mm Circular knitting needles / 80cm
- 1 × Addi - Double ended 12.0mm / 25cm
Ylja - Long Cardigan Sweater with pockets
This knitting kit includes all material needed to make your own traditional Icelandic sweater: Ylja, designed by Védís Jónsdóttir.
The coat is worked with two different coloured strands of Álafosslopi. The body is worked back and forth in rows and the sleeves are worked in a round from lower edge to underarm. Body and sleeves are then joined. Yoke and collar are worked back and forth in rows.
Includes: English pattern, Knitting needles, Álafoss lopi Wool needed to make the largest sweater
Álafosslopi – 100 g balls
1242 Oxblood Red (replaces 9970 Raspberry Heather) x 9
9962 Ruby Red Heather x 9
Optional, high quality ADDI knitting needles:
12 mm (US 17) circular needle, 80 cm
12 mm (US 17) five double pointed needles
More info — yarn, care, shipping & returns
Genuine Ístex lopi — the same wool Icelanders knit with, spun in Iceland from the fleece of Icelandic sheep. No substitutes.
Care of the finished garment — air out between wears; hand wash cool and dry flat. Full care guide
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Returns — unused kits in original condition; see our return policy.
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