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Here is my latest sweater: the Telja Pullover by Jennifer Steingass of knit.love.wool.
I used Istex Lettlopi yarn that I bought in Iceland last June. I knit size F with a 45.75″ bust. Although I knit this for our Etsy shop, I knit it in my size so I could model it! Lettlopi is an aran-weight, 100% Icelandic wool yarn. It’s a single-spun yarn, but I found the yarn didn’t twist onto itself like other singles yarn might. It was fun and easy to knit, and the finished pullover has a slight halo. As with most Icelandic wool, there is the water-resistant outer coat that contains long, coarse fibres, as well as the warm layer beneath that. consists of soft, short fibres. When spun together, the yarn is extraordinarily warm and light.
Jennifer Steingass designs beautiful yoked sweaters, and I bought a few of her patterns. Many of her stranded knit yokes are reminiscent of nature, with leaves, flowers, and sheaves. This sweater includes some gentle waist shaping, but you could easily omit it if you wanted.
The pattern calls for five colours of yarn: one main colour, and four contrast colours. I decided to just use two contrasting colours to really show off that gold yarn. For the main colour, I used a light teal. It has flecks of yellow in it, which makes the colour beautifully heathered. I used just two contrast colours, white and gold. All together, the three colours make a bright and happy sweater!
In total, I used almost eight skeins of the blue (Glacier Blue), just over one skein of the gold (Mimosa), and the full two skeins of white. By the time I knit up the decreases of the yoke, I had to play yarn chicken – would I finish knitting or would the white yarn run out!? Thankfully I won yarn chicken…this time.
The sweater is knit bottom up and finished with an I-cord bind-off. This was the first time I knit I cord, and I really love the finish. It’s neat and strong but won’t stretch out and gape like a ribbed neckline might.
Perhaps my favourite part of this design are the hems. The cuff and hem edges are beautifully unique. Not only do they have a gorgeous colourwork design, but there is ribbing and a curled stockinette edge. Parts of the colourwork used three colours per row, which was a bit tricky to maneuver.
The Telja pullover is the second sweater that I knit by Jennifer Steingass. Last year, I knit the Vintersol pullover. I’ve also got her Treelight and Fern & Feather in my Ravelry queue!
If you want to knit it yourself, get the Telja pattern here. Jennifer offers a buy 2, get 1 pattern free for all her patterns!
This finished Telja pullover is available for purchase in our Etsy shop.
This is beautiful. It looks so cosy, and what gorgeous colours! #MMBC
The colors are so pretty! This is such beautiful work.
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Beautiful sweater. The yarn you picked looks super soft and comfy.
Gorgeous! You did a beautiful job–I love the color combinations, too :). Thank you for sharing your results!
That is ABSOLUTELY gorgeous! I love your color choices! And what a gorgeous neck…I keep going back to that close-up. Enjoy it!!
Hi Meinhilde! Beautiful sweater. Thank you for linking up today. ~smile~ Roseanne
Love your choice of using only two colors on this. Really shows off the pattern. It looks like such a comfy sweater! Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
Your sweater is GORGEOUS! I can’t believe you can actually make something like that yourself from skeins of yarn. As far as I’m concerned, knitting sweaters is as magical as Rumpelstiltskin spinning straw into gold!
I love your choice of using two colors for this. It really lets the pattern stand out. That sweater sure looks comfy! Thanks for linking up to Wednesday Wait Loss.
What a beautiful sweater. I love the color combination. You are right – the hems are the icing on the cake.
Beautiful colours and it looks so comfortable!
Your sweater is absolutely beautiful! Visiting from Bloggers Pit Stop.
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How on earth do you make so many beautiful jumpers? This would most likely take me years!!
I live in Canada and the winters are long! 🙂
Wow, gorgeous sweater! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling sunday!
Waw! What a gorgeous result!
This sweater is absolutely gorgeous! I love the colors and the pattern. You are so very talented. Thanks for linking up.
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This is great – you are very talented! #DreamTeam
This sweater is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. xo Kathleen
Beautiful sweater and it looks very cozy. I don’t knit so I have no idea how much work this must take but it is certainly beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us at #HomeMattersParty
Oh my! I think you need to keep this sweater for yourself, Meinhilde! <3 It is beautiful and looks great on you!! Happy to share your sweater at this week's Share Your Style #248. Thanks for sharing it last week! <3
Happy spring,
Barb 🙂
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Amazing. This is really stunning.