Lena
by Ágústa Jónsdóttir
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Lena
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The Lena pullover is knitted with the Icelandic yarn Mosi Mjukull, a blend of alpaca and Icelandic wool. I am an Icelandic knitter and I base my work on the knitting tradition in Iceland where we normally knit with chunky wool. We always work in the round and we make the yoke circular. I am true to these tradtitions with this sweater.
When I was designing it, I wanted to make a simple Viking pattern, using both knit and purl. This is a techninque which came from the Swedish ladies of Bohus in the fifties. The texture is different when you add purl to the pattern, which is what I was looking for.
For more information, see:
http://knitty.com/ISSUEw17/PATTlena/PATTlena.php
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About this yarn
by Gústa Knitting
Aran
64% Alpaca, 36% Icelandic
85 yards
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50
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- First published: December 2017
- Page created: September 11, 2018
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