Travelling shoes in Iceland

Last summer, I had the pleasure to meet with the utterly charming Ash Alberg of [...]

What’s The Difference between…

Hey knitters, do you know the difference between a mountain ski ride and knitting a [...]

On Skakki’s footsteps

A Skakki is a traditional everyday Icelandic shawl. It is a simple garter stitch triangular shawl, that [...]

In the press: Selvedge Magazine

Selvedge Magazine is one of my all time favorite magazine and I’m so proud to [...]

Halldóra, fly away bride

Some times ago, I had the pleasure to participate to an ethical wedding collaboration shoot [...]

When Iceland meets Shetland

No, those are not two different sweaters: it’s only one design! That would not be [...]

The adventures of Theodóra, first episode: “Out of the pen”

Theodóra is a charming little knitted doll designed by Hélène Magnússon. Theodóra gets new pieces [...]

Grellow !

Útivist-peysan í stærð 2 passar fulkomlega á ýngstu dóttur mín Henriettu, en hæun er 12 [...]

Útivist KAL (4)

Here is the part 4 of the #utivistkal tutorials. Don’t forget to tag your projects [...]

Útivist KAL (3)

Here is the part 3 of the #utivistkal tutorials. Don’t forget to tag your projects [...]

Útivist KAL (2)

Here is the part 2 of the #utivistkal tutorials. Don’t forget to tag your projects [...]

Útivist KAL (1)

Thank you so much for the overwhelming response to my Útivist sweater! The brown kits sold [...]

Xmas is coming!

Xmas is approaching quickly and the delay set by the Icelandic post office to send Xmas [...]

Crochet steek tutorial

A steek is when you cut into a knitting fabric. This tutorial is meant to [...]

Postcards from the Knitting on Ice Tour 2017, 2

And a couple of weeks later, the second Knitting on ice tour looked quite different: [...]

Postcards from the Knitting on Ice Tour 2017, 1

Here are pictures from the first Knitting on Ice tour of 2017. We were lucky [...]

Postcards from the Spring Knitting and Hiking Tour 2017

The Spring Knitting and Waking Tour is a variation of my popular Spring Knitting Retreat. [...]

Postcards from the Spring Knitting Retreat 2017

The tours for 2018 are already opened for booking and I’m quite late sharing pictures [...]

Birkilauf KAL and GIVEAWAY

I love autumn and the amazing colors it comes with, the golden leaves of the [...]

Postcards from Authentic Icelandic Hiking and Knitting Tour 2017

  Here are some pictures from the Authentic Iceland Hiking and Knitting Tour this fall.  [...]

Postcards from Hiking and Knitting between Fire and Ice 2017

Here are postcards from the Hiking and Knitting between Fire and Ice! This is the [...]

Tips & Techniques- Garter Tab Cast On Variation

Many shawls on my website are knitted from the top down and start with a [...]

New designs and a bonus

Many thanks to everyone who visited my stand at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival, where I launched [...]

Lace Cast On Variation

Please click on this image to see the video: Tips & Techniques Hélène Magnússon  www.icelandicknitter.com [...]

Uppspuni: a minimill in Iceland!

I’m so happy! We’re finally going to have a minimill in Iceland! And you [...]

A fantastic knitter

I want to feature a fantastic knitter "Lori Ann Graham" (@loritimesfive) who has knitted many [...]

Traditional Icelandic steek on my Gamaldags lopi sweater

Steeking means cutting into a knitted fabric, for example cutting into a sweater at the [...]

Poscards from the Knitting on Ice tour 2016, 2

Here are a few pictures of the Knitting on ice tour, the second one of [...]

Postcards from the Knitting on Ice tour 2016, 1

Here are a few pictures of the Knitting on Ice tour in 2016 (the first [...]

Postcards from a Reykjavík Knitting Holiday

The Autumn knitting tour was immediately followed by an Arena Travel tour based mostly in [...]

Postcards from a custom Knitting Tour Autumn 2016

October has been very busy for me with 3 knitting tours in a row! First [...]

Fanø knitting festival

This was a very special week-end I had, on the lovely Danish island of Fanø. [...]

Strik fra Island

The past week, I spent a week-end in Copenhaguen for the knitting event Pakhusstrik at [...]

27 things from Shetland

As you probably know if you follow my Instagram feed or Facebook page, I have [...]

Flying …

… is the time! Some months ago (!!), along side with many talented designers I [...]

Postcards 2016 – Hiking and knitting between Fire and Ice Tour

The thema for this tour was the unique Icelandic intarsia as seen in the colorful Icelandic [...]

Postcards 2016 from the Hiking and knitting with the Elves tour

Hiking and knitting (lace shawls) with the Elves in a glorious weather… what a wonderful tour [...]

Postcards from the Hiking and Knitting Tour under the Midnight Sun 2016

A wonderful Hiking and knitting tour under the Midnight Sun in the troll Peninsula with wild [...]

Postcards from the Spring Knitting Retreat 2, 2016

It’s fair to say that this second Spring Knitting Retreat was warmer than the first [...]

Postcards from the Spring Knitting Retreat 1, 2016

Such a fun time these little guys had with the knitters from my first tour of 2016, [...]