Showing posts with label Lopi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lopi. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Tossut Léttlopista & ohje











Joululahjojen valmistuttua inspiroiduin huovutettujen tossujen tekemisestä niin, että tekaisin Léttlopista seitsemät tossut samalla (omalla) ohjeellani. Neljät on jo huovutettu, kolme paria odottaa vielä muovipussien harsimista ja huovutusta.


Tässä muistiinpanoni koon 39 Léttlopi-tossuihin.

Tarvikkeet: 
2 kerää Léttlopia
Sukkapuikot numero 5

Aloitus:
Luo kahdeksikkoaloituksella 48 silmukkaa (näin tossuista tulee saumattomat)
Jaa silmukat 4 puikolle (12 silmukkaa joka puikolla)
1. kierros: neulo kaikki 48 silmukkaa oikein, käännä työ
2. kierros: neulo 2 oikein, 44 nurin, 2 oikein, käännä työ
Toista kierroksia 1 ja 2 vielä 20 kertaa, yhdistä pyöröneuleeksi
Neulo pyöröneuleena oikein 25 kierrosta, aloita kärkikavennukset

Kärkikavennukset:
Neulo 2 yhteen joka puikon alussa (11 silmukkaa joka puikolla)
Neulo 2 kerrosta oikein
Neulo 2 yhteen joka puikon alussa (10 silmukkaa joka puikolla)
Neulo 1 kerros oikein
Neulo 2 yhteen joka puikon alussa (9 silmukkaa joka puikolla)
Neulo 1 kerros oikein
Neulo 2 yhteen joka puikon alussa (8 silmukkaa joka puikolla)
Neulo 2 yhteen joka puikon alussa, kunnes jokaisella puikolla on 2 silmukkaa
Vedä lanka silmukoiden läpi, kiristä

Viimeistely: 
Kiristä kahdeksikkoaloituksen silmukat
Päättele langanpäät
Harsi muovipussit tossujen sisäpuolille - käytä lankaa, joka erottuu villalangasta
Huovuta tossut pesukoneessa 40 asteessa pitkällä ohjelmalla. Mikäli tossut eivät ole huopuneet tarpeeksi, toista pesuohjelma.
Poista muovipussit ja venytä tossut jalkaan sopiviksi.



Monday, 1 February 2016

Kirjoneulelapaset kaksinkertaisesta Lett-Lopista - Stranded double Lett-lopi mittens

Olen täällä - ja kudon vimmatusti! Joulua edeltävä tikkuamisten salailu näköjään jäi päälle, luvassa onkin paljon rästiin jääneitä postauksia. Tässä mielettömän lämpimät siksakkilapaset, jotka on neulottu kaksinkertaisesta Lett-Lopista kolmepuolosen puikoilla. Loin 40 silmukkaa, tein nirkkoreunan ja jatkoin kahdeksan silmukan siksak-kuviolla kaikilla 40 silmukalla. Peukalossa on 18 silmukkaa. Lopputulos on omaan käteeni hieman nafti, siskolle juuri sopiva :)



I am still here - and knitting! Somehow not posting all the pre-Christmas knitting turned into a longer silence. Hence there will be a lot of long-overdue posts coming. Now presenting, super-warm mittens knitted out of double Lett-Lopi. I cast on 40 stitches, made a picot edgning and continued with a 8-stitch zigzag pattern on all 40 stitches. The thumb has 18 stitches. The end result is a bit tight for my own hand, just perfect for my sister :)


Sunday, 16 February 2014

Islantilaisia Neuleita / Knitting with Icelandic Wool

Syntymäpäiväkeiju toi minulle toivomani Védis Jónsdottirin suomennetun Islantilaisia Neuleita -kirjan. Teos on muhkea kokoelma perinteisiä ja moderneja islantilaisia neuleita islantilaisneuleiden ja lopin ystäville. Suurin osa tämän kirjan ohjeista on julkaistu islanniksi islantilaisen lankavalmistajan Ístexin maksullisissa Lopi-ohjelehtisissä. Osa ohjeista on julkaistu ilmaisohjeina, kuten Aftur ja Gefjun. Kirjassa nämä ohjeet on koottu yksiin kansiin, upeilla kuvilla ja selkeillä ohjeilla varustettuna. Omat suosikkini ovat Kedja-tunika ja Varmi-sukat. Nyt pitää neuloa nopeasti lankakoria tyhjäksi, jotta siellä on tilaa kilolle hahtuvalankaa eli plötulopia :)



Birthday fairy brought me Knitting with Icelandic Wool(in Finnish) by Védis Jónsdottir, as per my wishes. The book is an impressive collection of traditional and modern Icelandic knitting patterns. Perfect present for Lopi-loving knitters like myself! Most of the patterns of this book have been published in Icelandic in the Lopi pattern books of Ístex, the Icelandic yarn manufacturer. Some of the patterns have been published as free patterns, like a Aftur and Gefjun. The book collates these patterns, amazing pictures and clear instructions into one volume. My personal favourites are Kedja tunic and Varmi socks. Now I just have to knit a lot to empty my yarn basket so that it fits a kilo of plötulopi :)

Friday, 4 October 2013

Huovutetut lapaset islanninlampaan villasta / Felted Lopi mittens

Halusin koittaa, miten plötulopi eli islantilainen hahtuvalanka huovuttuu. Neuloin lapaset kaksinkertaisella plötulopilla vitosen puikoilla suunnilleen näiden ohjeiden mukaan (loin 44 silmukkaa, peukalo kierroksella 42, kärkikavennukset kierroksilla 73-91, tarkemmat ohjeet Ravelryssä). Huovutus pesukoneessa neljänkympin ohjelmalla kaksi kertaa. Upea lopputulos!



I wanted to test how plötulopi, i.e. unspun Icelandic, felts. I knitted mittens with needles number 5 and two strands of plötulopi approximately according to these instructions (in Finnish). I cast on 44 stitches, made a thumb on round 42, decreases on rounds 73-91). My detailed notes can be found on Ravelry. The mittens went through two 40C wash cycles in the washing machine. The result is fantastic!

Saturday, 31 August 2013

Knittingpatterns.is suomeksi

Knittingpatterns.is, ilmainen web-sovellus islantilaisneuleen suunnitteluun, on nyt myös suomenkielisenä!

Suunnittelin Gimmstein-villatakkini juuri knittingpatterns.is -sovelluksella. Se oli helppoa, koska omaa kuviota voi suunnitella klikkailemalla ja ohjeet voi tulostaa PDF-muodossa. Myös värivaihtoehtojen testailu on helppoa ohjelmalla, koska muutokset näkyvät heti ruudulla olevassa mallipaidassa.

Knittingpatterns.is -sovelluksen isä on islantilainen Sverrir Pétursson, joka alunperin kirjoitti tämän neulesuunnitteluohjelman vaimonsa käyttöön. Nyt sivusto toimii kymmenellä kielellä - mukaanlukien siis suomi, ja se on ollut esillä Islannin käsityömessuilla 2013 sekä islantilaisessa mediassa (englanniksi). Ravelryssä on myös oma ryhmä sovellukseen liittyviin kysymyksiin.

Thursday, 15 August 2013

knittingpatterns.is at the Arctic Handicraft Fair 2013

Islantilaisneuleeni Gimmstein, jonka suunnittelin ilmaisella neuleohjelmalla knittingpatterns.is, pääsi näytille Arctic Handicraft Fair 2013 -käsityömessuilla Pohjois-Islannissa :)

My Icelandic pullover Gimmstein , planned with the free software knittingpatterns.is, was part of the exhibition at Arctic Handicraft Fair 2013 in Northern Iceland :)



Kuva: Sverrir Pétursson, ohjelmiston tekijä (myös kuvassa). Neuleeni on ylhäällä vasemmalla.
Picture by Sverrir Pétursson, writer of the software (also pictured). My pullover is on the top left panel.

Saturday, 31 December 2011

Tunisian crocheted oven mitt / Koukuttu patakinnas

My secret santa sent me Tunisian crochet hooks a couple of weeks ago, and this oven mitt is my first attempt at Tunisian crocheting. Quite much fun! I used the leftover Álafosslopi yarns from my cardigan, so the oven mitt is made of 100% wool. The texture is thick and solid: looks like the mitt will be able to take high temperatures.

Álafosslopi 1.7 skeins Tunisian crochet hook 5/5.5 Instructions in Finnish at Kangasaitta and magazine Taito 6/2011

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

Twisted sock



These socks look harder to make than they actually are. I really enjoyed knitting these ones. The way to make the heel was a novelty for me - it looks great!
Instructions in English at Knitty
Size 42
Yarn Ístex Léttlopi 90g
Needles 4

Sunday, 25 December 2011

Christmas presents - socks from Léttlopi

These socks have been ready for quite a while! Actually some of them (5 pairs) were knitted during our trip to Iceland. Towards the end of the trip I had to go back to Álafoss factory outlet to get more yarn :D
Yarn Álafoss Léttlopi 70-90g Sizes 39-42 Needles 4

Friday, 18 November 2011

Icelandic cardigan: days 6-7

Done! Now only finishing and that's it :)

This was a very agile knitting project, meaning that the plans got modified with reality and accumulated knowledge. The pattern found its form as I knitted along, and in the end I decided against the hood. I decided to call the cadigan "gimsteinn", which means gemstone in Icelandic. I will write the pattern up and post it later, together with a picture of the fully finalised cardigan.

Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Icelandic cardigan: day 5

So I got to the yoke! Now this feels like real knitting - no more bling speed-knitting but paying attention to the yarn and the pattern. I calculated that I made 20% of the yoke pattern yesterday, 80% more to go. I hope the white yarn is enough for a hood, though. We'll see!

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Icelandic cardigan: days 3-4

The bottom part of the body is now done: afterwards it always feels like finishing a marathon. The true Icelanders knit cardigans also in a round so as to avoid purling, especially in the pattern. I am, however, not really comfortable with sewing and cutting the knitted pullover in the front (in case I want to make changes later on) so I opted for purling.

The sleeves are coming a bit slower than usually since I am making them simultaneously with circular needles. I have to do it this way as it seems that this city does not have double-pointed sock needles of size 5.5! On Saturday I went to four handicraft shops with no luck, so I decided to do with circulars. Some ten more centimetres for the sleeves and I hope to get to the yoke pattern by tonight.



In general, knitting with Álafosslopi is fun because it feels so real. There are little pieces of hay, thorns and whatnot in the yarn: it is almost possible to imagine where the sheep had rambled.


Sunday, 13 November 2011

Icelandic cardigan: days 1-2

I finally got the time and inspiration to start the Icelandic lopi cardigan for which I bought yarn in August at the Ístex factory outlet. The yarn is bulky Álafosslopi, and I have seven skeins of white (0051), one of burgundy (9210),  one of orchid (0159) and one of dark soft purple (0163).



The pattern will be something like Var by Védís Jónsdóttir from Istex Lopi book number 29. I will make some modifications, though. For instance, I already decided not to make a pattern on the body, only on the yoke, sleeves and hood.

This is where I got to after two days of work. Mind you, I spent the entire first morning on deciding on which pattern to make (i.e browsing Ravelry and Lopi pattern books) and on and doing the measurements and calculations. I used the free Icelandic knittingpatters.is programme to calculate the required number of stitches.

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Kalajoki-sukat / Kalajoki socks

First shared harvest from the Icelandic wool I bought during our trip :)



Female size 38
Yarn Ístex Álafoss Létt-Lopi 100% wool 80 g
Needles 4

Instructions in Finnish here and in English at Ravelry.

I modified the pattern a bit. First of all, I cast on 44 as the yarn was thicker. Then, instead of the edgy toe decreases I made a round toe. I also made the pattern come together at the toe, i.e. applied decreases also to the pattern.

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Iceland - Háafell & Hvanneyri

Háafell goat farm near Borgarnes is a great place to visit. The friendly owner speaks good English, and the goats are extremely cute, soft and amicable. As a bonus, there are two dogs who just love visitors.










Ullarselið handicraft and yarn shop in Hvanneyri has some exciting products and yarn





Iceland - Reykjavik & Mossfellsbaer

As a true knitaholic, I had to include yarn-related places to visit on our trip to Iceland. Some of the woolly sights were accidental, though, such as these yarn-bombed trees in Reykjavík.






We visited the mecca of Lopi, aka Ístex factory outlet at Álafoss (Mossfellsbaer, right outside of Reykjavík) twice. First time to get some yarn, second time to re-stock. We did, after all, drive around Western Iceland for a week, which means that by the time we returned to the capital area, I had finished a large proportion of the yarn bought on the first visit :D





I am sure that the Bentley knitting machine is placed in the corner of the shop to keep the husbands happy with engineering miracles