Author Archives: helene magnusson
Moth alert, again !
The “moth” from previous post did it again: this time it was Rosa (or Violet, [...]
Oct
Moth alert (alerte aux mites) !
A big fat moth ?Une grosse mite ? Or a little monster !!!!Ou un petit [...]
Oct
Elles sont là !
Qui elles ? Mais les traductions françaises de mon livre, le fameux Tricot jacquard islandais [...]
Oct
Trico´13
Tricot´13 pour conjurer le mauvais sort? J´en suis ce mois d´octobre avec pour thème le [...]
Oct
Margot
Sylvía insisted that I knitted a girly outfit for her friend’ s birthday. Here it [...]
Oct
A piece of cake ?
A piece of tart ? Fun blog with crochet for playing. Un bout de tarte [...]
Oct
Help !
Can´t find my camera ! Mon appareil photo a disparu !
La couronne au pied du mur ?
The Icelandic crowns are back at the National Museum. There are only four now. I [...]
Sep
Very British
I can´t help but sharing with you those fascinating pages on knitting at the Victoria [...]
Sep
Ravelry in Strasbourg
Avis à toutes les tricoteuses ! Ravelry meetup with Jess and Casey in Strasbourg, September [...]
Sep
..and the Daisy version
The Crocus was a size L. I knitted a smaller size that fits me. The [...]
Sep
Icelandic crocus
Finally, the latest issue of Knitonthenet is on and I have a pattern in it, [...]
Sep
From Iceland # 3
Back to Reykjavík, I got my hands on a great book. De retour à Reykjavík, [...]
Sep
From Iceland # 2
In North of Iceland, we stopped at the farm where I worked at the time [...]
Aug
Podcast
Listen to me on the Icelandic radio RÁS1. The talk show is called Okkar á [...]
From Iceland # 1
We had a wonderful vacation in Iceland. We spent a great deal of time in [...]
Aug
Craft market
The annual Craft market in Hrafnagil, north Iceland, will open next Friday, 7th of Agust [...]
Aug
Let´s knit Icelandic
Back home, latest Let´s knit magasine was waiting for me in the mailbox with a [...]
Aug
On the go
Sur le chemin The week-alone-at-home is coming to an end. I thought I was going [...]
Jul
Wild flowers
Fleurs des champs Wild flowers picked up by Sylvía and Théa. They´ve been gone on [...]
Jul
Dis bonjour à la dame !
While I was sick, I couldn´t not knit, but I couldn´t either think of working [...]
Jun
New yarn: 100% recycled
Nouveau fil, 100% recyclé My yarn sample (for testing) from La Droguerie arrived: a new [...]
Jun
WWKIP 2009
It´s the WWKIP ( World Wide Knit in Public 2009) this week (13-30th June). To [...]
Jun
Felted lights and a bad throat
Séries en feutre et mal de gorge I spent the week sick in bed with [...]
Jun
Free pattern: Mary Hawkins´s Scissor Keeper Sampler
Modèle gratuit: la pochette pour ciseaux de Mary Hawkins My prior aim when writing my [...]
Jun
Tutorial: Icelandic intarsia knitting
Icelandic intarsia is an old knitting tradition in Iceland, mostly used in knitted shoe-inserts. It [...]
Jun
Books
Livres In London, I bought two books. The knitted Odd-bod Bunch with fabulous Donna Wilson´s [...]
Jun
My knitting material
Mon petit matériel de tricot The bag is a giveaway from Katvig. The case is [...]
May
New choice of scarves
Nouvelles écharpes New choice of scarves for sale at the Akureyri Museum, North Iceland. After [...]
May
Week-end in London
Week-end à Londres We had a lovely week-end in London, visiting some friends. High peek [...]
May
Enfin en français !
Finally in French ! Je suis encore en train de mettre les modèles au téléchargement [...]
May
Preview
Aperçu A few shots from a pattern to be published in next issue of Knitonthenet, a great [...]
May
Changes
ChangementsHvað finnst ykkur ? You may have noticed changes on my blog´s layout. That´s because [...]
The Icelandic Crown, drove into a corner ? (3)
La couronne islandaise au pied du mur ? A few numeroted coins, exclusively in the [...]
May
Grrr email
I happened to know about four persons that send me an email lately but I [...]