Lopapeysa

I decided to move from Scotland further North to another country well known for great knitwear.... Iceland! Even the name wants you to put on your warmest Winter Woollies!

So in my quest to look into meanings and types of designs, stumbled... onto the best web site I have ever seen.... an Icelandic knitting pattern maker!

Here is the address... and it is free!http://prjonamunstur.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/hello-world/

So you can enter your size, enter your needle size, enter your tension, enter a pattern repeat combination, and with the wonder of technology you have your pattern, and a graph to become your own designer!

Here are the results... you want more I hear you ask..... click on 'File' and 'Make PDF', and you have ready-made instructions, and thankfully, for me, in English! Here is the link... it even estimates how many metres for each colour.. Brilliant!https://www.dropbox.com/s/28wj7lmaiw2sjcn/Icelandic%20Design%2011.pdf?dl=0

Now I just have to find some time to test it and actually knit it.... and now we are in Spring.... it is best a job for next Autumn.

Now for your Icelandic word of the day 'Lopapeysa' - meaning Icelandic Sweater!