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Issue 05 – Return to Iceland

Now that I’m back home, in Iceland, it was stime to pull together all the little bits of life and knitting dispatched here and there. Some you may have seen already in a book or during a knitting tour. Other are brand new. There mostly little things, winter gifts to enjoy, to give friends and [...]

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Flowerpot pattern kit Icelandic Knitter

Knitting patterns and kits Flowerpot

This wonderful coat is inspired by a motif of flowerpot on a pair of shoe-inserts in the Museum Skógar. Hélène Magnússon is working with her favorite knitting technique, the Icelandic intarsia, and takes advantage of the special qualities of the  Icelandic lopi: isn’t it truly amazing how light such a big coat in garter stitch is [...]

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At the summet of Magni

Knitting tour Hiking and knitting between Fire and Ice

August 15th – August 21st, 2013 : departure confirmed 6-day trek over Fimmvörðuháls mountain pass. See pictures from our previous treks in 2011 and 2012 Price: 179.000 ISKSingle supplement: 16.000 ISK (only available in guesthouse)Group size: 6 – 12 This adventurous and sporty tour is a combination of hiking and knitting. Combined with the visit of [...]

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Poscards from our Spring knitting holiday: lambs, kids and lopi!

Cartes postales de notre voyage de tricot de printemps au milieu des agneaux! Casanova ..stole our hearts !! /...a volé nos coeurs!! Lambs, kids but also kittens, chickens cheeks, horses, ducks, the elves and the gnomes, the hot tube, the visit ...