Author Archives: helene magnusson
Scarf for joy and color
At the time knitted inserts were used in traditionnal Icelandic soft shoes, everyone in Iceland [...]
Oct
Book review
The latest review of my book Icelandic knitting using Rose patterns on myshelf.com. Thank you [...]
Oct
In the stair case
Someone forgot to take off his shoes!This is a blink of my collection of knitted [...]
Oct
Og á íslensku!
And in Icelandic! For some Icelandic lessons, meeting on my site. Above, the Icelandic flag [...]
Oct
En français!
Finally, my website is available in French! Click on MY WEBSITE in the right column. [...]
Oct
NICE08
My knitting book, Icelandic Knitting using rose patterns, will have a special place at the [...]
Oct
Roseburger and chocolate cake
Today for lunch, I had roseburger and chocolate cake. I´m not usually that greedy (well, [...]
Oct
Do mistake, redo
Oups, I got the wrong link on Katarina in my previous post! Thank you wrong [...]
Sep
Nordic Knitting Conference
It sounds a little far away, but, in 2010, I was invited to take part [...]
Birkiland pops up
On october 4th, Birkiland will open a “pop up” shop for just a week. Birkiland [...]
Sep
Casa D
When I opened my mail this morning, I found Casa D, an International Italian magazine [...]
Sep
Pictures from I Knit London
Here is my display just before the opening ..and the crowd came in… With Mary, [...]
Sep
Home, not sweet home…
Here I am back from London, exhausted and the house full of boxes. Couldn´t find [...]
Sep
I Knit Day tomorrow
That’s it, the I Knit Day London event is tomorrow at the Lawrence Hall, Royal [...]
Back to work soon!
Summer holidays are coming to an end. I´ve been knititng a few more scarves in [...]
Aug
Thank you!
I had some really great responses after the article in Knitter´s review and in Lela [...]
Jul
Knitter’s review and scarf pattern
I’m supposed to be on holidays right now! But I definitively had to let you [...]
Jul
Happy holidays!
Looking back, I realise that most of my entries are labelled Children… This is what [...]
Jul
The coquerel with a broken arm
Thea started right away with a new project: a coquerel from The Knitted farmyard I [...]
Jul
I Knit Day 2008: line up
The line up for the IKnit Day 2008 is on. I´m very excited to get [...]
Jul
The lion and the cat
Sylvía finished her cat and Théa her lion. They are both knitted with Álafoss Lopi [...]
Jul
Meeting with Lela
Can´t remember when exactely, but at least a year ago (may be two?), I “met” [...]
Jul
Pre-order my book
It ´s so nice to see things happening. You can for example pre-order my book [...]
Jul
A lion and a cat
Sylvía and Théa are working hard on a lion and a cat project. They are [...]
Jun
Papa Mouche
Maman Mouche found a husband! Apparently there was a big wedding but I was not [...]
Jun
Skúli crochets
Skúli doesn´t know I took a picture of him playing with a piece of string. [...]
Jun
Knit with Thea (2)
Thea has been knitting a cache-nez for her friend Salomé´s mother. A cache-nez is a [...]
Jun
La Mouche´s birthday
We celebrated La Mouche´s fourth birthday the other day. From all the soft toys the [...]
Jun
The palace of illusions
A living sculpture, The Gold, is crocheting threads of knowledge out of its head. One [...]
Jun
I Knit… do you?
Craig and Gerard, the owners of the terrific I Knit London yarn shop (the only [...]
Jun
Belgrade Cultural Front
I was invited to present my work in the Nordic summer / Art and music [...]
Jun
Green
We were having dinner at some friends when Hulda´s mother dropped by with this fuzy [...]
Jun
Take a breath!
Back to Luxembourg, I took a big breath at Mudam Art Museum with Géraldine Goddat. [...]
Jun
Still in Iceland
Still in Iceland, I took a serie of pictures at Jóhanna´s place. She´s the sweetest [...]
Jun