A perfect afternoon in Reykjavík and a spider

Early in the afternoon, I went to pick up Aðalbjörg, 97 years old this year. She is the lovely and talented lady behind the lace knitted dresses and the book I’ve been working on for sometime now. We drove down Laugavegur street, one of Icelanders favorite pass time – there’s even a special expression for it. Then we stopped at the National Museum of Iceland and admire the lovely knit exhibition called Kónguló, Spider. Exhibited are shawls and mittens in the collection of the Icelandic Handicraft Association. Many of the shawls you will find the pattern of in the book Three Cornered and Long shawls, book that was commanded by the Association at the time. The Association is 100 years old this year and there has been lots of events, conferences, exhibitions related to it all year long.  The exhibition was opened in May (sorry I didn’t blog about it before!) and will be opened until November 23rd. If you are a knitter in Reykjavík, don’t miss it! You can then end the visit at the Museum’s cafe with a delicious cake like Aðalbjörg and I did before heading home!