Rose buds and flowers

by Elísabet Pálmadóttir

Published May 01. 2017 14:41

Posting every fortnight is becoming a bit more difficult as my other hobby, gardening takes up more of my time, it has been three weeks since I posted my last design on the page. I hope it has been worth waiting for. This time I have found some wonderful flowers to inspire me.

I recall my grandmothers with all sorts of craft and very often flowers as motives. Perhaps my interest in flowers originates from them, inspiring me to make this springtime sweater. The basis for the pattern comes once again from the Sjonabok and is transferred into a yolk pattern for an Icelandic sweater. The yarn is the Icelandic Lopi Lite (Worsted weight yarn, 100 % wool). and it is knitted on the Bond USM knitting machine.

This sweater is a twist of the traditional Icelandic Lopi sweaters, made with a zipper and pockets in the front it becomes a bit more modern.


Design: Springtime sweater

This sweater is both hand knitted and machine knitted. The ribs and yolk are handknitted and the remaining parts front, back, hood and sleeves are machineknitted. Yarn is Lopi lite and there are two green colors and two pink colors required for the pattern. The pockets are knitted with the front pieces and the pockets rib is knitted after finishing the piece. The rib for the hood is hand manipulated on the machine. The yolk is knitted in a circle, after knitting the rib above the yolk the front is opened up by chrocheting on both sides of the two center stitches and then cut open. Then the hood is machine knitted. Thread and then stitch the zipper in place.

Pieces

Piece name Rows Stitches Repeat Size Tension
Back 70 82 1 Medium Stocking Stitch - 3.50 - Lopi Lite
Front 70 42 1 Medium Stocking Stitch - 3.50 - Lopi Lite
Front rib 10 42 1 Medium Rib - 0.00 - Lopi Lite
Sleeve 80 38 1 Medium Stocking Stitch - 3.50 - Lopi Lite
Sleeve rib 10 38 1 Medium Rib - 0.00 - Lopi Lite
Back rib 10 82 1 Medium Rib - 0.00 - Lopi Lite
yoke, hood and zipper 60 240 1 Medium Stocking Stitch - 3.50 - Lopi Lite