Lopi Álafoss Lopi Yarn
15 colors in stock
Stocked since 2007
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15 colors of Lopi Álafoss Lopi Yarn
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About Lopi Álafoss Lopi Yarn
The Álafoss Lopi is chunky weight 100% Icelandic wool. It is warmest wool in the world and knits up very fast. Available in natural and fashion colors. Perfect for hats, sweaters, coats and will keep you warm all winter. Clothes knitted form Álafoss Lopi are cosy and lightweight. Maybe used for felting.
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- Weight
- Chunky
- Fiber
- 100% Icelandic Wool
- Skein
- 100g
- Yardage
- 109yds
- Needle size
- US 10 - 10 1/2
- Gauge
- 3 1/4 - 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 - rows per 1”
- Care
- Handwash
- Made in
- Iceland
- Colors
- 15 available
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Substitutes for Lopi Álafoss Lopi Yarn
Yarns at the same weight with a similar fibre and a similar yardage per gram, so a pattern written for Álafoss Lopi Yarn knits to gauge in them. Swatch first — every yarn drapes its own way.
Hearty Homestead Yarn
Same Chunky weight, both wool, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
BaaBaa Bulky Yarn
Same Chunky weight, both wool. Superwash where this yarn is not — it will not felt.
Wizard Yarn
Same Chunky weight, shares the wool, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
From the guides
- GuideWhat weight is Lopi? Álafoss, Léttlopi and the restThe Icelandic Lopi family compared — Álafoss Lopi, Léttlopi, Bulkylopi, Einband and Plötulopi — by weight, gauge and yardage, what each is for, how Lopi knits and washes, how much Álafoss a lopapeysa takes, and how to steek it into a cardigan.
- GuideLooking for a discontinued yarn? What to knit insteadSubstitutes in stock for yarns that are no longer made or that we no longer carry — Crystal Palace, Debbie Bliss, Spud & Chloe, Karabella, Classic Elite, Cleckheaton Country 8 ply, Misti Alpaca, Reynolds and Tahki Donegal Tweed — matched by weight, fiber and feel.
- GuideWhich yarns can be felted?Which fibres felt and which never will, how to test a yarn before committing a project, how much it will shrink, and the yarns we stock that felt best.
More from Lopi
Lopi is the Icelandic wool, spun by Ístex in Iceland from the fleece of the island's own sheep, and Álafoss Lopi is the classic chunky weight that the yoke-patterned lopapeysa sweater is knit in. It is a loosely spun, two-coat wool: the long outer hairs shed water and the soft undercoat holds warmth, so a Lopi sweater is windproof in a way merino never is. It felts hard and fast, blocks beautifully, and the traditional heathered and natural palette is all here.