Yet another lopapeysa

All the same knitting pattern, but it looks completely different in different colors...!

This pattern comes from a Finnish knitting book for Icelandic patterns. I bought the book in February 2023.

The book states that the pattern is "easy to knit", and I actually find it wonderfully simple and it develops so naturally that all I need to do is look at the pattern in the book once at the beginning of each row and the rest of the row then practically follows itself.

So this is still my current favorite pattern!

I find it incredibly quick to knit - which is why I've knitted it several times and I'm still so thrilled. All the sweaters and jackets are made of Léttlopi wool, which is a medium-thickness Icelandic wool.

I think I have now knitted the pattern in 7 different variations:

First, I knitted the pattern as a cardigan for myself, with a hood for maximum everyday usability, in a really beautiful, fresh gritz green with yellow, red, and purple.

And because my sister liked the jacket so much, I knitted her the same pattern as a jacket – basic color black with brown, yellow, and green.

Later my husband got the same pattern as a classic lopapeysa (= sweater), in Icelandic colors - main color blue with red and white.

A dear friend then got the pattern as a sweater in purple, gray and white - to match the purple lupins here.

And for another dear friend, I knitted the pattern as a turtleneck sweater in turquoise, light green, and pink. It was a surprise gift for her move, and somehow those were just the colors I immediately associate with her. This time, I knitted the Lopapeysa with a matching hat with lovely, plush pompoms.

And because child 4 has somehow grown and outgrown his previous lopapeysa with a Viking pattern, he also received a new sweater at the beginning of the year – with an open collar that can be turned up, at the request of the knitter. He picked out the colors himself in the store, choosing "Hafblár" (= "Sea Blue") as the base color, along with "Vertrarbraut" (= "Star Nebula") and "Bleik samkemba" (= "Pink Symphony"). Oh, yes – in this photo, my husband is wearing our youngest's new lopapeysa.

I knitted this current version for a dear relative at the beginning of summer. I had asked her beforehand what her favorite colors were. The answer was: orange, dark red, purple, black, and a vibrant green. Well, just how vibrant the green is is a matter of opinion, but overall, I think I was able to pull off the colors quite well. And I knitted the Lopapeysa with a hood - because I know how much she loves hoodies. I feel the same way!

I'm still a bit handicapped after my accident on the patio in July. Unfortunately, my left shoulder is still not quite right, and I can't knit the way I'd like to yet—I really miss that! But I hope I'll get better... I still have two unfinished knitting projects here, and I've already bought yarn for the next one!

[Translated from here.]