The Best of Lopi

Knitters will enjoy using these patterns to knit up sweaters. The bulky gauge makes the sweaters easy to finish in a week. Knit a little every day and you simply can't help finish in a week. Plus it's fun to combine the charts from one sweater with the sizes from another. Socks, mittens, hats, scarves, ponchos and even some Aran style sweaters are found in this book.

This book is awesome. I highly recommend this book if your at all interested in knitting Islandic sweaters...this is the book for you! The sweater patterns are gorgeous! The patterns are easy explained and the graphs are easy to read. I have made several sweaters from this book and I am very happy with all of them. I also like the way they give you differnt color combinations for most of the sweaters also. Just in case you don't care for the colors it's knitted in in the book, they give you another color combination. I definatley recommend purchasing a Lopi color card sample if your not able to actually see the yarn before you buy it. I got mine on line where I buy my lopi yarn. Just like everything...the colors of the yarn vary from the way they look in the book. This book is definatley worth buying. I love it.

Though I have yet to knit a sweater from this book (just received it last week, and have nearly completed a pair of socks from it,) I suspect that it will be one of my most-used knitting books. It contains many sweater patterns, most of which are sized from extra small to extra large, and a number of patterns for socks, mittens and hats as well. I feel that the selection of sweater patterns is well-balanced; there are of course the traditional Icelandic round-yoked sweaters, but there are also patterns for cabled sweaters and a cabled jacket, fairisle, and many other pullovers and cardigans inspired by the traditions of other countries. There are some very nice patterns for men as well as for women and children, which is nice because attractive men's sweater patterns can be difficult to come across. The book also contains information on what exactly Lopi yarn is, plus color charts of both Lopi and Lopi Lite. Then next sweater I start will be the Norwegian-inspired men's cardigan, and I also plan to knit the little girls' poncho and the fantastic Snorri aran before next Christmas. For myself I want to knit the cabled jacket; for my mom the very unique textured, multicolored jacket; for my sister the hooded, zippered jacket with colorwork edging . . . I guess you can say that this book inspires me!

XRX will need to compile more books. With these beautiful designs and combination of colors complimented by their easy to follow directions they are sure to be a hit in the knitting world. Good Luck...design again soon...Lourdes

This book celebrates 35 years of Lopi knitting patterns by presenting classics in this Scandinavian wool and adding updated styles and colors. Lopi is a long-staple wool from Icelandic sheep. It's lightly spun, incredibly warm and produces those popular bulky ski sweaters with colorful yokes knitting in the round. ... This book takes advantage of the new colors and updates the classic round yoke styles with new raglan style cardigans, pullovers, textured knitting (possible with light Lopi) and accessories like hats and mittens.In particular, I admired the Luter pullover, done in a deep blue with a bronzy mix of colors in the yoke. It reminded me of a Bohus design. I also loved the Annika cardigan, classic styling but in shades of lovely cobalt blues. The Gudjon cardigan, done in Lopi Lite shades of green is a great style for a man and light enough to wear inside as well as outside. (Lopi is SO warm, it can be too heavy as indoor wear. I knitted one such pullover from yarn bought in Iceland, and it was warm enough to wear as a winter coat while shoveling snow in near-zero temperatures kn New England. ... The designs in this book should also last and last--they are classics and I think you could be knitting from this book decades from now with no worry about looking dated. The photography is rich and professional. If you love ski sweaters and Lopi, you will probably love this book.