Iceland's hand-knit "lopi" sweaters are adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals. But now some local manufacturers have successfully outsourced the labor to China. That has local knitters ...

Gunnarsdottir is about to complete a green sweater with a rainbow-colored pattern surrounding the neck opening; the circular yoke is the defining feature of the “lopi” sweaters.

“Lopapeysa is a type of knitted Icelandic sweater,” said Guttormsson. “‘Peysa’ is Icelandic for sweater and ‘lopi’ is a type of wool from sheep in Iceland.” ...

REYKJAVIK: Trouble is rattling one of Iceland's most distinctive industries: the production of the thick, hand-knitted "lopi'' sweaters adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Trouble is rattling one of Iceland's most distinctive industries: the production of the thick, hand-knitted "lopi" sweaters adored by tourists and worn with pride by ...

Iceland’s sweater-knitters are unhappy In this photo taken on Friday, 3 May, 2019, sales assistant Nuria Medina Marin gestures to a 'lopi' sweater in the Nordic store in Reykjavik.

The “lopi” yarn comes from Iceland’s 500,000 sheep, which have a fleece adapted to a rugged landscape with widely fluctuating temperatures. The thick sweaters are impossible to make by machine. One ...

Trouble is rattling one of Iceland's most distinctive industries: the production of the thick, hand-knitted "lopi" sweaters adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals. The individually produced, ...

Trouble is rattling one of Iceland's most distinctive industries: the production of the thick, hand-knitted "lopi" sweaters adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals.