Plötulopi by Ístex: 100% new wool, unspun
Plötulopi by Ístex is the unpsun Icelandic wool itself. It comes into “plates”, hence its name, or “wheels”. Lopi means roving band in Icelandic and the first attempts to knit directly with it without spinning it first were made in the 1920′s. It has now become synonymous with Icelandic yarn. It breaks very easily but is just as easy to put it back together by simply laying the two ends together and rubbing them between your palms with a a bit of mouth water “spit”. The garments knitted with Plötulopi are very light and surprisingly strong but they will wear out quickly where there is friction. That is why Plötulopi is often used double (équivalent of Léttlopi), triple (équivalent of Álafosslopi*) or with a lace yarn such as Einband. Here, you will find a tutorial on how to handle and knit this puzzling yarn.
* Álafoss lopi is made of 4 strands of lopi but in practice, it knits at the same gauge with only 3 strands
Plötulopi from Ístex: 100% new wool, unspun, plate 100-110 g = approx. 300 m/328 yds
Gauge: 19 sts = 10 cm/ 4″ on needle 4,5 mm/ US7 in Stocking stitch
From € 4,34
Plötulopi by Ístex is the unpsun Icelandic wool itself. It comes into “plates”, hence its name, or “wheels”. Lopi means roving band in Icelandic.
Make your choice among the +/- 40 colors! Most of the shades are obtained by carding together different dyed colors. The shades are classified according to colors: greys-blacks, browns, reds-pinks, blues, greens-yellows and bright summer colors (in limited amounts). Click on the pictures above to see them bigger.
Please note that the colors shown are as close as they can be from the real colors but there can be variations from one monitor to another.
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| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Plötulopi Colors | 9103 Dark Grey Heather, p0001 White, p0003 Light Beige Heather, p0005 Black Heather, p0009 Brown Heather, p0013 Light Forest Heather, p0014 Forest Heather, p0059 Black, p0078 Bright Red, p0118 Navy Blue, p0484 Forest Green, p0709 Midnight Blue, p1026 Ash Heather, p1027 Light Ash Heather, p1030 Oatmean Heather, p1032 Chocolate Brown, p1033 Black Sheep Heather, p1038 Ivory Beige, p1050 Berry Heather, p1052 Denim Heather, p1053 Faded Denim Heather, p1054 Light Berry Heather, p1420 Marsh Heather, p1421 Spruce Green Heather, p1422 Sea Green Heather, p1423 Clover Green Heather, p1424 Golden Yellow Heather, p1425 Sunset Rose Heather, p1426 Dar Amber Heather, p1427 Jasper Red Heather, p1428 Plum Heather, p1429 Hyacinth Heather, p1430 Carmine Red Heather, p1431 Arctic Blue Heather, p1432 Winter Blue Heather, p2020 Dark woods, p2021 Frost grass, p2022 Blues, p2023 Light blues, p2024 Galaxy, p2025 Gulf stream, p2027 Wine red, p2028 Golden blush, p9102 Grey Heather, p9210 Burgundy |
