Kristylopi KAL 7 : how to care and mend your lopi sweater

Kristylopi KAL 7
Today is all about how to care for our sweater (should we be washing it?), so that it stays beautiful and we can enjoy it for many many years. It also involves occasional mending!
And pf course we are drawing the winner of this week´s giveaway!

Resources entionned in the video:
Knitting surgery on my blog (part 1): https://icelandicknitter.com/surgery-1/
Knitting surgery on my blog (part 2): https://icelandicknitter.com/surgery-2/
Tom of Holland on visible mending: https://tomofholland.com/
Flora Conningwood Norris on mending tutorials and material: https://www.collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/
Hikaru Norguchi´s book: Darning, repair, mend http://hikarunoguchi.bigcartel.com/
Quick video showing different mending techniques:   / 530582997863496  

Patterns shown in video:
Gamaldags green cardigan: https://icelandicknitter.com/product/...
Lopi affection black cardigan with zipper: https://icelandicknitter.com/product/...
The missing lopi sweater: a unisex sweater in my book “Icelandic handknits“: https://icelandicknitter.com/product/...
Peysufatapeysa (heathered brown/black/grey): https://icelandicknitter.com/product/...
Vintage sweater mended by Tom of Holland: pattern to come later this year


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The Kristylopi KAL (knit-Along) (January 29th - March 26th, 2021) is hosted on my Facebook group with a series of step by step videos (in English) ! A prize drawn every week among the participants!

How to participate in the KAL an be eligible for the giveaway:
Subscribe to my youtube channel:    / @icelandicknitter  
Like the Kristylopi sweater TEASER video
Join my facebook group (optional) :   / 946351125876629  
Buy the Kristylopi pattern on my website: https://icelandicknitter.com/product/...
Or on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

All the info about the sizing (XS to 5XL) and measurements, and the wool used is indicated on my website and you can also buy ready made Kristylopi KITS here: https://icelandicknitter.com/product/...
https://icelandicknitter.com/product/...

KAL PROGRAM: video uploaded every Friday around 6pm -GMT
Don´t be put off by the program, it´s a VERY quick sweater, knitted loose on big needles! And remember, no pressure to complete anything, just have fun!

January 29th: let´s talk about Icelandic yarn, make a swatch and try our hands at steeking!
February 5th: We knit the body!
February 12th: We knit the sleeves: introduction to colorwork and a few short rows for the elbow shaping!
February 19th: We knit the colorful yoke!
February 26th: Time for the finishing: half of the work used to say Olga grand-mother. Steeking, grafting, button bands, etc… there will be enough to do!
I decided to then prolongate the KAL for a month and will upload more videos about woolly Icelandic things!
March 5th: caring and mending your lopi sweaters!
March 12th: (...)
March 19th: (...)
March 26th: the last week, on March 26th, we´ll do a live and brag about our finished sweaters or our first sleeve! We´ll see depending on where the participants are in the world when it will work best!

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Hélène Magnússon
Website: https://icelandicknitter.com/
Instagram:   / helenemagnu.  .
Facebook page:   / icelandickni.  .
Facebook group:   / 94635.  .
Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/hel...

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