Some green in the Spring snow!
That was indeed one of those sunny days but very windy and the light powder [...]
Apr
Warming up the elfes
Spring in Iceland is skying season. My friend Anna Maria and I were well equipped [...]
Mar
The Scottish connection – Edinburgh Yarn Festival
I came back yesterday from Scotland where I was participating in the Edinburgh Yarn Festival. [...]
Mar
The bride’s lopapeysa
#bloggingtuesday + 1 From time to time, I take orders for custom made finished sweaters [...]
Feb
Take a big breath !
As a knitting and hiking tour guide, I have to renew my skills from time [...]
Feb
Tips & techniques – Jogless join
When knitting in the round, we are in fact working spiral rows and a disgraceful [...]
Feb
Nopi Loop Knitwear
What prompted my wee trip to England earlier this month was the exhibition Knitwear: Chanel [...]
Jan
Grýla Spring Shawl: not just for sheep and goats!
Bloggingtuesday: When you create your own yarn, of course you want to use it right [...]
Jan
British vintage countryside dream: Knitting on a hill, at Monkley Ghyll
I just came back from England where I spent a few absolutely wonderful days visiting vintage knitwear [...]
Jan
2014 in review
2014 was, in a very positive meaning, a slow year, both on a personal and working side. There [...]
Jan
Knitting tips: working with unspun Plötulopi
For the last #bloggintuesday of the year, here are a few knitting tips to work [...]
Dec
My Xmas knitting, a pair of scissors, the multiplication of the hats and the lost mittens season
#bloggingtuesday #lostmittensseason Between my endless sessions in front of the computer (who said knit designers [...]
Dec
Laufabrauð
I don’t really get into a Xmas mood before we made Laufabrauð (leafbread), a traditional festive bread [...]
Dec
Xmas sale and snow: JOL2014 !
Xmas is on its way and I’m so happy we finally got snow! You may [...]
Dec
Grýla is not dead!
It was really a special and exciting feeling to design a little collection of patterns using my very [...]
Dec
Knitting tips & techniques – Sizing with needle size
The mittens in my Grýla Collection are one size only but pattern says that more [...]
Nov
Rósir serial knitting
Here is Rósir another mitten pattern from my Grýla Collection. Rósir means roses in Icelandic and is the [...]
Nov
Mosi, moss, mousse
Here is Mosi, meaning moss in Icelandic, the first pattern from my Grýla Collection. [...]
Nov
In the kitchen with Kate Davies
A few months ago, I had the great pleasure to meet Scottish designer and writer Kate Davies [...]
Nov
The never ending black Brynja sweater
This summer, I knitted an adult Brynja with a zipper for my teenage daughter: smallest [...]
Nov
Postcards from our Knitting in the Magical Night Tour 2014
These are the lovely settings around the farm house where we stayed with (very) wild [...]
Oct
Takk fyrir mig! – Knitting tours 2015!
For the 5th year in a row, I’m happy to present to you the 2015 [...]
Oct
One of those perfect days – hiking and knitting with Mary Jane Mucklestone
You may have seen a few pictures on my Instagram feed and know already that [...]
Oct
Knitting and hiking travels, Iceland 2015
Spring Knitting on Ice with the Elves under the Midnight Sun between Fire and [...]
Sep
Fundraising to Save the Icelandic Cashmere Goat from Extinction
When headed North of Iceland, with my family or during my knitting tours, we never [...]
Sep
The Icelandic Turf House and the Knitter
Icelandic Turf Houses are filled with history and, as a knitter, there are few places [...]
Sep
Back to School Sale: 15 % off !
Here in Iceland, school has already started! For the occasion, I offer you 15% discount on all [...]
Aug
Postcards from our Hiking and knitting tour between Fire and Ice 2014
Knitting at the summit of a warm mountain at the foot of a glacier, eating Nutella, it [...]
Aug
What my knitting bag says about me
The past months have been quite busy and it doesn’t just reflect on my neglected [...]
Aug
Postcards from our Knitting in the enchanting North tour 2014
Here are pictures from our Knitting in the enchanting North tour 2014: I’m not sure how I managed that [...]
Jul
Postcards from our Hiking and knitting tour with the Elves 2014
The Colors of Iceland during the Hiking and Knitting Tour with the Elves 2014 with perfectly [...]
Jul
Postcards from a custom knitting tour in June 2014
Sometimes I get to organize custom made knitting tours for knitters or companies: early in [...]
Jul
Postcards from our Hot Spring Knitting Tour
Better late than never! Here are postcards from a fabulous knitting holiday this last spring [...]
Jul
Alla style and Pinterest
The other day, I took many pictures styling the Alla cardigan in blue and [...]
Jun
Alla lace cardigan: new pattern
Alla is a lacy yoke cardigan knitted from the top down. Although it may look [...]
Jun
Sólblóm and a confession to make
Sólblóm et une confession à faire As much as I love Icelandic wool and wear [...]
Apr
Eastern Elves Lights
Les Lumières des Elfes de Pâques New Special Eastern Kits for the Elves lights! Nouveaux [...]
Apr
Pictures from Ástarsaga, Design March
Sunday was the last day of Design March and so the last day to see [...]
Apr
Design March wrap up
Design Mars récap This was a very exciting week-end here in Reykjavik with the annual Design [...]
Mar