A yoke-patterned sweater knitted in the round from lopi, an unspun, minimally processed Icelandic wool yarn, with a wide band of geometric, often nature-inspired motifs worked in stacked rounds around the neck opening and no seam distinguishing front from back. The lopapeysa emerged in the early to mid twentieth century, after imported clothing had displaced older traditional Icelandic garments, as knitters sought new ways to use the country's abundant native wool; it has since become a widely recognized symbol of Icelandic identity.
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Designer or Originator OriginEmerged in early to mid twentieth century Iceland as a new use for plentiful native wool after imported clothing displaced older traditional garments; now a national symbol. 1 Distinguishing Technique or ResultA wide circular yoke of stacked geometric motifs is worked in the round using unspun lopi wool, with no side seams distinguishing front from back. 1 Connections
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Tools Used
Knitting Needle is used in Icelandic Lopapeysa Pattern.
Sources
1. Lopapeysa (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHistory section, sentence naming knitting historian Annemor Sundbo and the 1930 Eskimo pattern
Knitting historian Annemor Sundbø has shown that the design can be traced to a knitting pattern called "Eskimo" that was published by Norwegian designer Annichen Sibbern in women's magazine URD nr 48 in 1930.
History section, sentence on the Eskimo pattern published in URD
the design can be traced to a knitting pattern called "Eskimo" that was published by Norwegian designer Annichen Sibbern in women's magazine URD nr 48 in 1930.
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