Little Lopapeysa Class w/Ragga at Yarn Garage 

Class level: beginner to intermediate
In this class Ragga shares her knowledge about the Icelandic wool and the classic and popular patterned yoke sweater that symbolizes Icelandic knitting in many knitters’ mind, the Lopapeysa. The class consists of practical information about lopi knitting and the knitting of a tiny classic Lopapeysa containing all the elements of a full sized one. Through knitting the miniature version participants will learn techniques necessary to knit a Lopapeysa of any size. Participants receive written instructions containing a pattern or a tiny Lopapeysa and various tips and tricks about Lopi knitting. During the class Ragga tells the participants about the Icelandic knitting heritage and how Icelanders have truly been a nation of knitters for centuries. Techniques covered: German twisted cast on, invisible rib increases, working in the round with the magic loop method or DPN’s, combining sleeves and body for the yoke, stranded knitting of the yoke pattern, yarn management for stranded knitting, decreases in yoke pattern, loose cast off for neckline.

Supplies list:

50 yards of Lopi light in a light color and approx. 10 yards in a contrast
color (can also be provided by teacher for a 5USD material fee), US5 32” circular
needles (bring DPNs if you like them), a piece of scrap yarn, darning needle, crochet hook size C or D.

Your Instructor - Ragga Eriksdóttir:

(Ragga) is the nurse who couldn’t stop knitting. She worked for over a decade in sales and marketing in the pharma business and alongside as a sexuality educator, author and lecturer. Ragga has published a colourful knitting book, Prjóniprjón, and the first instructional knitting DVD in Icelandic. She developed her own yarn label, Nammi, meaning candy, hand dyed in vibrant colours. Ragga firmly beliefs that knowledge is the key to knitting-freedom, that’s why she is so dedicated to teaching all the little tricks and techniques in knitting. She now works as a knitting instructor, designer, author and the general manager of Knitting Iceland.