Alafoss Mania

I haven't quite been working exclusively with lopi for the past few months, but it's almost true.
Wanna see?

A few Christmas gifts:

A toque for Brad.

With lined earflaps for extra warmth. (No pattern, inspiration from Thorpe and Riddari.)

A toque for Meg, in green, of course. (Pattern: Thorpe, with colourwork from Hlekkur.)

And a sheep for mum. With her wool sensitivity, there's no way I could make her a lopi garment. (Pattern: Fluffy Little Sheep from Lion Bran Yarns.)

A few post-Christmas gifts:

Some slippers for Brent's brother to slide around the hardwood in his new house. (Pattern: Non-Felted Slippers, which I've used once before.)

And a vest for a friend's new baby to wiggle in. (Pattern: Kambur, minus the sleeves.)

And a few just for me:

A sweater to celebrate my third year of knitting!

With a neat cable/lace combo. (Pattern: Kross)

And some thick, warm, pretty fingerless gloves.

Pattern: Handtak, with colourwork from Hun.

Five out of seven patterns taken or adapted from Istex Lopi 28. I think I got my kronur's worth.

Some nice things about lopi:

• It knits up SO QUICKLY
• It is SO WARM
• It comes in SO MANY NICE COLOURS

Some not-so-nice things about lopi:

• It's got quite the halo
• It's a wee bit scratchy
• It costs more than double here what it did in Iceland!

I think the nices outweigh the not-so-nices, especially because I STILL have some left after all these projects!

I have to try to get Brad outside and bring the camera one of these days while it's still winter. Neither of us are particularly willing models, but I have no action shots, ever. Not even for my two epic took-forever projects of 2012 (sweater and blanket).