MATERIALS AND MEASUREMENTS

SIZES
1 (2) 3 (4) 5 (6) 7 (8)

MATERIALES
A: 150 (150) 150 (200) 200 (200) 200 (250) g Jensen Yarn colour 30
B: 100 (100) 100 (100) 100 (150) 150 (150) g Jensen Yarn colour 8s
C: 50 (50) 100 (100) 100 (100) 100 (100) g Jensen Yarn colour 0
D: 50 (50) 50 (75) 75 (75) 75 (75) g Silk Mohair colour 30
E: 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 (75) 75 (75) g Silk Mohair colour 62

MC = 1 thread A + 1 thread D held together
CC 1 = 1 thread B + 1 thread E held together
CC 2 = 1 thread C + 1 thread E held together

MEASUREMENTS
Circumference under armhole:
93 (100) 107 (113) 120 (127) 133 (140) cm
Length from armhole to bottom:
33 (33) 33 (33) 33 (34) 34 (34) cm
Full length: (back):
57 (58) 58 (59) 59 (60) 61 (62) cm

ABOUT THE DESIGN

Camilla Vad writes about the pattern:
FLORA SLIPOVER is my contribution to the joint ISAGER ARCHIVES collection. I have found inspiration in Åse Lund Jensen’s pattern ‘FLOWERS’ (in Danish ‘BLOMSTER’), which is originally a cardigan and a sweater. I have known the pattern for many years, from when I was employed in Isager’s store, which was then also located in Copenhagen, and knew immediately that it was the one I wanted to work with.
Åse Lund Jensen’s ‘FLOWERS’ has a continuous pattern with pretty little flowers made with colourwork knitting. A lovely pattern that is easy to memorize.
The model had to be retro 60s or 70s in style and for me a slipover with a floral pattern is as retro as it gets.
To add something new to the fine flower pattern, I have chosen to mirror it so that there are leaves on both sides of the flower crown and gathered the flowers a little so that there are fewer stitches between the colors which makes it easier to knit even if you are new to colourwork knitting.
Flora Slipover is knitted in the round from the bottom up to the armhole, where the pattern is knitted back and forth on the needle. There is therefore no need to cut the finished knit. The model is fitted, as vests were in both the 60s and 70s. I of course chose Jensen Yarn – the former ÅLJ yarn held together with a thread of silk mohair. This gives you the opportunity to play with colours as both yarn qualities come in a multitude of colours.

ISAGER ARCHIVES COLLECTION

In the summer of 2023, Helga Isager invited a group of Denmark’s best knit designers for an inspiring weekend at Isager in Tversted. Here, they bagan their work on the Isager Archives collection, where all models are inspired by Åse Lund Jensen’s patterns from the 1960s and 1970s.
On the contrary to the political knitwear of the time which cultivate spontaneity and knitting without a pattern, Åse’s designs were always very well thought out and clearly showed her background as a tailor. We treasure her neat patterns and drawings and keep them all in binders which we normally only have access to ourselves.
In the Isager Archives collection, each designer has taken inspiration from one or more patterns from the archives to create a new and contemporary design.
The Isager Archives collection consists of 12 modern and timeless pieces of knitwear.

You can view the entire collection HERE.