In the New York Times

Gotta brag a little… My knitting tours featured in the New York Times! You can [...]

Icelandic BO: garðaafelling

Called garðaafelling (garter bind off) in Icelandic, this bind off has been known in Iceland [...]

Nordic Sock Box: my Holtasóley socks

I´m delighted to let you know that I´m the fourth designer of Nordic Sock Box, [...]

Tutorial: How to install a zipper on a lopi sweater

After steeking a lopi sweater to make a cardigan, we usually finish the edges with [...]

Crocheted edge to hide the steek of a lopi sweater

Here is a tutorial on how to crochet around the edges of a lopi sweater [...]

Holiday!

The Web Shop is on vacations July 10th-29th, 2024 You can still place orders but [...]

Tutorial: Ladder back Jacquard

When working in stranded knitting with very long floats at the back of the work [...]

Postcards from the Spring Knitting Retreat 2024

The Spring knitting tour is a favourite of mine because of all the cute little [...]

Spring sale, last day tomorrow!

Spring sale! LAST DAY TOMORROW! 15% off with the code SUMMER2024 on my website and [...]

Moss: let´s celebrate!

The secret project I´ve been working on last year is almost out of the bag! [...]

Postcards from Knitting on ice 2022

Still catching up with the recap of my knitting tours: this is the last one [...]

Postcards from the Autumn Knitting retreat 2022

From the Autumn Knitting retreat last year, I mosty remember the vivid and moody colors… [...]

Prjónagleði 2023

I spent the week-end in Blönduós (North west of Iceland) where I was attempting Prjónagleði [...]

Postcards from the Authentic Iceland hiking and knitting tour 2022

Just realising I´ve been really bad at posting recaps from my tours from last autum/winter… [...]

Correspondence tables: Knitting plötulopi and Love Story together instead of Léttlopi or Álafosslopi

Many of my patterns are using a blend of plötulopi and Love Story together for [...]

Spring sale!

To celebrate the arrival of spring and the sempiternal snow and cold that follows it [...]

Icebreaker, I´m a Knit Star!

It was hard keeping the secret, butas you know I´m taking you all to Iceland [...]

Icelandic Yarn Club 4 – 2 pattern reveals , 2 more to go

My popular annuel Icelandic yarn club, the 4th edition is now well undergo. The aim [...]

In the footsteps of the Vikings: winter escape in Normandy

Last week, I spent a few days in Normandie where I have family on my [...]

Postcards from the Hiking and knitting tour between fire and ice 2022

The Hiking and knitting between Fire and ice tour this year hosted a few familiar [...]

Give me a troll box!

If you are subscribed to my newsletter, you will already have gotten the good news: [...]

Postcards from the Hiking and knitting tour under the midnight sun 2022

It was such a joy to come again to this amazing valley after the covid [...]

Postcards from the Hiking and Knitting tour with the puffins 2022

I had planned this fabulous tour before covid but then…that was the first time I [...]

Postcards from the Spring knitting tour in Icelandic nature 2022

After two years break (covid…), it was so good to visit those places again with [...]

Winter escape

Six days ago, I posted on my instagram the picture below with the comment: Instagram [...]

Maja cardigan: the full story and the sleeves charts

Scroll down for the Sleeves Charts. You will also find useful links at the end [...]

Please … will you draw me a sheep!*

I´m so happy to announce the third edition of my beloved Icelandic yarn club. The [...]

Postcards from the Hiking and knitting tour between Fire and Ice 2021

Hiking and knitting between fire and ice was my very first tour after 2 years [...]

Tutorial: Old Icelandic cross stitch

The Old Icelandic cross stitch is also known as long-arm cross-stitch, Slav stitch, long legged [...]

Kristylopi KAL

The official KAL (knit-Along) for the Kristylopi cardigan will start January 29th, 2021  and will [...]

Learn how to knit the Icelandic way!

A couple of weeks ago, I teamed up with Iceland Naturally to bring you a [...]

Socks of Iceland: Dýjamosi

The book Socks of Iceland is released in the form of a Club every Thursday and [...]

Socks of Iceland: Mosi socks

The book Socks of Iceland is released in the form of a Club every Thursday and [...]

Red and black current

Honestly, I don´t know how I would manage without the dolls… They are so helpful! [...]

Socks of Iceland: Vestfirskir

The book Socks of Iceland is released in the form of a Club every Thursday and [...]

How to access your patterns PDF

Did you know that when you buy a pattern on icelandicknitter.com, your PDFs will be [...]

Socks of Iceland: Skrefbót

The book Socks of Iceland is released in the form of a Club every Thursday and [...]

Socks of Iceland: Elín

The book Socks of Iceland is released in the form of a Club every Thursday [...]

Knitting tips & Techniques: afterthought

Wether it´s a thumb, a heel, a pocket or any opening in your knitting, the [...]

Olivía´s pesto

Aaah, Olivía´s pesto… at home we are all completely crazy about it! Her secret? Only [...]