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Elsebeth Lavold Patterns

To view a sampling of patterns within each pattern book,
please click on the front cover.
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book one
The Viking Knits Collection

The Viking Knits Collection is the first book in a series of theme collections. All designs in the book are inspired by Viking Age ornamentation, and they are all knitted in Silky Wool, a yarn from the Elsebeth Lavold Designer's Choice label.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book two
The Sentimental Journey Collection

This is the mood of the Sentimental Journey Collection. 14 new designs with variations, creating a total of 19 projects for men, women and children, to knit, to wear, and to love.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book three
The Embraceable You Collection

The front cover photo shows a set of garments that was inspired by African golden ring collars. The design on the back cover include elements from the uniforms in a Science Fiction series. Inside, you will find another 14 inspiring designs; 13 in the new Angora and 1 in Silky Wool-the first yarn under Elsebeth Lavold's own label.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book four
The Sophisticated Lady Collection


This book introduces Silky Tweed, a younger sister to Silky Wool and includes designs in both yarns. Nine Silky Tweed designs, six in Silky Wool, and one in Angora, ranging from basic elegance to intriguing surface patterns and garment shapes.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book five
The Summer Breeze Collection


This summer collection also includes a wide selection of designs in Cotton Patine and five in the popular silk mixtures Silky Wool and Silky Tweed.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book six
The Take Five Collection


For the first time ever, Elsebeth has made a mother/infant combo, inspired by a "smock", a rural English garment. Yarns used are Angora, Silky Tweed, and Silky Wool.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book seven
The Mellow Tone Collection


In the book, Elsebeth's designer efforts are evenly divided between Classic Al and Chunky Al, and the designs range in difficulty from easy to advanced.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book eight
The Enchanted Garden Collection


All the patterns are more or less inspired by flowers and leaves, and all the designs have names taken from plants that might grow in an enchanted garden.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book nine
The Second Viking Knits Collection


Three years after the first Viking Knits Collection, Elsebeth Lavold returns with another collection of designs inspired by the intricate ornamentation of Viking Age artifacts.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book ten
The Kashmiri Collection


The book got its name from the Silky Cashmere yarn that is used in half of the collection's designs - a luxurious mixture of silk and cashmere, with a lovely sheen and softness, and excellent knitting properties.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book eleven
The Sunny Side Collection


The Sunny Side Collection is the most summery, relaxed, and easy-to-knit she has produced to date. No less than eight designs are made in Cotton Frappé. Other yarns used in the collection are Angora, Cable Cotton, Cotton Patiné, Hempathy, Silky Cashmere, and Silky Wool.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book twelve
The Walk in the Park Collection


As you can imagine from the title, chances are that old and new fans of Elsebeth Lavold will discover designs that they find most suitable for a walk in the park, and have a lot of fun knitting them.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book thirteen
The Out of the Woods Collection


When Elsebeth Lavold takes a stroll in a forest or on a beach, she invariably brings home all sorts of objects of Mother Nature’s making, quite often to use as inspiration for her own designs.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book fourteen
The Dreamweaver Collection


The collection introduces Bambouclé, with a fiber content providing all of the properties Elsebeth wanted, but couldn’t get from a pure bamboo yarn. With the bouclé effect, she was excited about the look of the yarn too.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book fifteen
Out of the Blue Collection


Elsebeth Lavold enjoys exploring patterns and techniques that yield very different results from what you would expect when seeing a chart, or from what she anticipated when starting a swatch. This book is, in a sense, a display of her research. The Out of the Blue Collection is full of examples of technical skills plus creativity that add up to beautiful knitwear.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book sixteen
The Touch of Romance Collection


When designer Elsebeth Lavold gets into a romantic mood at her drawing board, there is always a pinch of exotic spice in the mix. Her two new Designer’s Choice yarns, Calm Wool and Bambool, inspired her to make a collection with a touch of romance.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book seventeen
The Small Things Matter Collection


This is in many ways a very different Elsebeth Lavold book. All the projects are rather small and quite a few of them quick and easy to knit - ideal for gifts. Elsebeth has included sketches to explain some knitting techniques to facilitate for those who are new to her design, or relatively new to knitting. Still, more advanced knitters will find projects to their liking as well.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book eighteen
The Third Viking Knits Collection


You will find many more examples of how the “Queen of Cable Patterns” incorporates her Scandinavian heritage from a millennium back into modern knitwear in a wide variety of styles, yarns, and levels of difficulty. Some of them are reworked versions of early Viking Knits designs, a result of countless e-mails requesting them, others are entirely new.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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book nineteen
The Wellington Collection


Elsebeth Lavold explores the possibilities of two new additions to her yarn line, Eucool and Twice Tweed. She set out to create a collection characterized by nostalgia and rural serenity, but soon discovered that many of her new designs could be worn with high heels just as well as with Wellingtons.

Price: $25.00 CAN
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