Olga and Birgitta are hiking Laugavegur
Over the last couple of years I have designed a few of Icelandic lopi sweaters [...]
Jul
My time to be the Icelandic tourist: the Golden circle
Shame on me, my youngest daughter had never seen the famous Golden circle, at least [...]
Jul
A week-end in Iceland: the Trolls peninsula
This week, I should have been guiding the Hiking and knitting under the Midnight sun [...]
Jun
Flowering crochet
I spent the week-end North Iceland and used the opportunity to visit Safnasafnið (the Icelandic [...]
Jun
The cutest
This week I should have been guiding the Icelandic Spring knitting retreat and now I [...]
May
The making of my yarns: Love Story
I created Love Story in the hope that it will help revive the Icelandic lace [...]
May
The wool sweater
Recently, a lovely French knitter pointed out to me a sweet sad song called Le [...]
May
Steeking part 4: sewing a ribbon
“Next I will show you how to add a ribbon to hide the steek” This [...]
May
A box in the dunes
Yesterday I received a box from France, more specifically from Cotentin in Normandy where I [...]
Apr
The tale of Katla
If my very fine Love Story yarn is the base for my Icelandic lambswool yarns, [...]
Apr
Mosi socks behind the scenes
The Mosi family is growing bigger! Knitted with my new Katla sock yarn, the Mosi [...]
Apr
Spring getaway
First, thank you so so much for all the birthday wishes the other day! Cheers [...]
Apr
The colors of the Icelandic spring
A couple of weeks ago, the first Lóa, the golden plover, was spotted in Iceland. [...]
Apr
A lichen of a cowl!
Cetraria Islandica is a cowl inspired by the lichen of the same name, commonly known [...]
Apr
Birthday sale 51 % off: can you guess my age?
Today, April 10th, is my birthday! 10 fun facts about me: I hate coffee, liquorice [...]
Apr
Travel: Ecuador (part 3)
As I mentioned in my previous post about my travel in Ecuador, I was very [...]
Apr
Aline’s Frjókorn
We were many to fall in love with Aline´s beautiful version of the Frjókorn sweater, [...]
Apr
Travel: Ecuador (part 2)
So did I find local alpaca in Ecuador? Yes, yes, and better than that! Closed [...]
Mar
Travel: Ecuador (part 1)
If you follow me on instagram or facebook, you will probably know that I recently [...]
Mar
Gayle, Gamaldags serial knitter
Here are pictures of not one, not two, not three but… NINE Gamaldags that Gayle [...]
Feb
A soft lopi alternative to Léttlopi: correspondence table
I love lopi sweaters and I don’t mind at all wearing them close to the [...]
Dec
A grey and rainy Friday
Yesterday was not black but grey and rainy, almost freezing, transforming the streets of Reykjavik [...]
Nov
Icelandic yarn club: after the first, comes the second!
A year ago, a woolly dream of mine came true when I started my first Icelandic [...]
Nov
Postcards from the Knitting on Ice tour 2019
Here are some pictures, and a video, of the last tour of 2019, Knitting on [...]
Nov
Postcards from the Authentic Iceland Hiking and knitting tour 2019
Sheep and waterfalls, wool and laughs, sweaters, cakes and sauna, hot geothermal tubs and lace [...]
Sep
The perfect bridal sweater
You may remember this blog post about the Fimmvörðuháls sweater I had made for a [...]
Sep
Postcards from the Hiking and knitting tour between Fire and Ice 2019
Here is a recap of the Hiking and knitting between Fire and Ice tour this [...]
Aug
Postcards from the Hiking and knitting tour with the Elves 2019
Here are a few pictures from the Hiking and Knitting tour with the Elves, a [...]
Jul
Postcards from the Hiking and Knitting under the Midnight Sun tour 2019
Here are a few pictures from the Hiking and Knitting Tour under the Midnight Sun! [...]
Jun
Knitting tours 2020
The knitting tours for 2020 will open for booking in September 2019. To be the [...]
Jun
Postcards from the Spring Hiking and knitting tour 2019
The Spring Hiking and Knitting tour is a more adventurous version of the Spring knitting [...]
Jun
Postcards from the Spring knitting retreat 2019
Spring knitting retreat? This year, it looked more like a summer retreat as the nature [...]
May
Lopalopi and The Supportive Skein
Lopalopi is a different chunky sweater with the shape of an oversized rose with arms. [...]
Mar
Pattern making insight: Útivist sweater
I’m a relatively fast knitter, a slow designer and an even slowest blogger! I won’t [...]
Feb
Icelandic Yarn Club
An Icelandic yarn club… I had been dreaming it for a long time… My aim [...]
Dec
Postcards from the Knitting on Ice tour 2018, 2
What a fun tour with some lovely ladies looking “damn good”! I want to be [...]
Nov
Postcards from the Knitting on Ice tour 2018, 1
Here are some pictures of the first Knitting on Ice tour of 2018! Day 1: [...]
Oct
How to catch the dyeing virus…
As the first snow has already started to fall on Iceland, I wanted to share [...]
Oct