In the kitchen with Kate Davies

A few months ago, I had the great pleasure to meet Scottish designer and writer Kate Davies [...]

06
Nov
The never ending black Brynja sweater

This summer, I knitted an adult Brynja with a zipper for my teenage daughter: smallest [...]

03
Nov
Magical Night Knitting Tour Iceland 2014 (22)
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 [...]

22
Oct
Spring Knitting Retreat Iceland with Helene Magnusson (12)
Takk fyrir mig! – Knitting tours 2015!

For the 5th year in a row, I’m happy to present to you the 2015 [...]

10
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 [...]

01
Oct
Knitting and hiking travels, Iceland 2015

  Spring Knitting on Ice with the Elves under the Midnight Sun between Fire and [...]

25
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 [...]

09
Sep
The Icelandic Turf House and the Knitter

Icelandic Turf Houses are filled with history and, as a knitter, there are few places [...]

02
Sep
Back to School Sale: 15 % off !

Here in Iceland, school has already started! For the occasion, I offer you 15% discount on all [...]

28
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 [...]

25
Aug
What my knitting bag says about me

The past months have been quite busy and it doesn’t just reflect on my neglected [...]

14
Aug
Knitting in the enchanting North tour - Iceland - The Icelandic Knitter (13)
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 [...]

25
Jul
Hiking and knitting with the Elves 2014 (19)
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 [...]

13
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 [...]

12
Jul
Hot Spring Knitting 2014 - The Icelandic Knitter (21)
Postcards from our Hot Spring Knitting Tour

Better late than never! Here are postcards from a fabulous knitting holiday this last spring [...]

12
Jul
Alla style and Pinterest

   The other day, I took many pictures styling the Alla cardigan in blue and [...]

06
Jun
Alla lacy yoke cardigan (8)
Alla lace cardigan: new pattern

 Alla is a lacy yoke cardigan knitted from the top down. Although it may look [...]

06
Jun
Graine d'Hélène Icelandic style sweater (1)
Graine d’Hélène

Graine d’Hélène… the name of this pattern is a pun on the name of the [...]

15
Apr
Solblom Icelandic tam Eastern (8)
Sólblóm and a confession to make

Sólblóm et une confession à faire As much as I love Icelandic wool and wear [...]

11
Apr
Eastern Elves lights Icelandic lopi (3)
Eastern Elves Lights

Les Lumières des Elfes de Pâques New Special Eastern Kits for the Elves lights! Nouveaux [...]

09
Apr
Pictures from Ástarsaga, Design March

Sunday was the last day of Design March and so the last day to see [...]

01
Apr
Icelandic Color Knitting
Design March wrap up

Design Mars récap This was a very exciting week-end here in Reykjavik with the annual Design [...]

31
Mar
Gryla Icelandic lace yarn from Helene Magnusson (7)
Pour l’Amour du fil

Rendez-vous à Nantes sur le salon L’Amour du Fil, une édition spécial vintage, dans un [...]

26
Mar
Gryla Icelandic lace yarn from Helene Magnusson (9)
One kit at a time!

Un kit à la fois! You were many to ask, so I finally took the [...]

24
Mar
Lopi Affection for my brother in law

Lopi Affection pour mon beau-frère He chose the colors for his birthday and got it [...]

18
Mar
Design March and the lace dresses

Design March et les robes en dentelle Many of you have been wondering and asking [...]

12
Mar
Sylvia’s Huntress Lopi cowl, aka Katniss Everdeen…

Le col de chasseresse en lopi de Sylvia aka Katniss Everdeen… Katniss Everdeen’s cowl in the Hunger [...]

07
Mar
Alla lacy yoke cardigan (14)
My Icelandic costume #2: Fabrics

Mon costume islandais #2: tissus I won’t start sewing my costume before next autumn, but [...]

04
Mar
Alla lacy yoke cardigan (6)
My Icelandic costume #1: baldýring

Mon costume islandais #1: baldýring Picture courtesy of  the Icelandic National Costume Board I started [...]

28
Feb
Lopi set for Bjarni doll (18)
Pictures from my exhibition at the Icelandic Textile Museum

Photos de mon exposition au Musée Textile islandais I can’t believe I still haven’t shown [...]

25
Feb
Bjarni Icelandic knitted doll (1)
Virginie’s Shawls

Les châles de Virginie She made her very first lace shawl last year in the Hiking [...]

24
Feb
Bjarni Icelandic knitted doll (8)
Woolly shopping: AEF #2

Achats laineux: AEF#2 At the Craft and needle show in Paris, it was love at [...]

21
Feb
“Icelandic handknits” in French: recap AEF #1

“Tricots islandais” recap: AEF #1 Tricots islandais, the French version of my book Icelandic Handknits, [...]

20
Feb
Tricots islandais, Aiguille en fête et un grand jeu concours!

Icelandic Handknits in French Tricots Islandais c’est “Icelandic Handknits” en français et le livre sort aux [...]

21
Jan
Very woolly wishes!

Des voeux très laineux! 2014 started with a lot of Icelandic wool! Already on January [...]

16
Jan
A Video Blog Post

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01
Jan
Just a cool blog post with Images

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30
Dec
Hot Spring Knitting 2014 - The Icelandic Knitter (24)
Merry Xmas video!

Joyeux Noël en vidéo! This is Xmas (with the yellow mittens and the red mittens [...]

26
Dec
Hot Spring Knitting 2014 - The Icelandic Knitter (20)
DYI Thea’s felted balls

Tuto: les boules feutrées de Théa Scraps yarns, leftovers, tangled yarns, bits of knit: what [...]

22
Dec
Another post with A Gallery

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16
Dec