A new Lopapeysa Icelandic sweater for my youngest

Icelandic sweater / Lopapeysa

Since we got our Icelandic house, I have (re-)discovered knitting with great enthusiasm and have been knitting for my entire family and other very special people for about five years now - primarily with Icelandic wool and with Icelandic-inspired patterns with round yokes.

In March 2023, I knitted a Viking-inspired lopapeysa for my youngest (child no. 4). I had seen the pattern for the round yoke in a knitting book; it was modeled after a classic Viking longship, with dragon heads on the bow and round shields on the side planks. I immediately fell in love with the pattern...!

Didn't he look cute, my little "Wickie"?!?

However, my youngest has definitely grown in the last 1.5 years – when he wanted to wear his lopapeysa on New Year's Eve, it was clearly too short in the arms and was already starting to show a bit of a belly. So, it's no longer the ideal fit, at least not for a warm sweater!

Then, in January, we went to the store in Reykjavík to buy new Léttlopi wool for our upcoming knitting project, and my youngest chose the colors for his new Lopapeysa himself.

He chose 9419 – "Hafblár," or "Sea Blue" – as his base color. He also selected 1702 ("Vetrarbraut" – "Starry Nebula") and 1412 ("Bleik samkemba" – "Pink Symphony") for the pattern.

And then I started knitting...

At the beginning of February, the new Lopapeysa for Child 4 was finally finished – he'd already put on his new sweater, but there hadn't been a presentable photo of Child 4 in his new Lopapeysa yet. We've now made up for that...!

So, child 4 is now back with an Icelandic sweater. He's happy – and so am I. The new Lopapeysa should fit for a while now!

[Translated from here.]