Category Archives: Knitting tip & techniques

Tutorial: loose CO on 2 needles

My favorite elastic cast on is to simply cast on holding 2 needles together (or [...]

Tutorial: 3-needle BO

The 3-Needle Bind Off is a finishing technique for joining two pieces of knitting that [...]

Icelandic BO: garðaafelling

Called garðaafelling (garter bind off) in Icelandic, this bind off has been known in Iceland [...]

Tutorial: How to install a zipper on a lopi sweater

After steeking a lopi sweater to make a cardigan, we usually finish the edges with [...]

Crocheted edge to hide the steek of a lopi sweater

Here is a tutorial on how to crochet around the edges of a lopi sweater [...]

Tutorial: Ladder back Jacquard

When working in stranded knitting with very long floats at the back of the work [...]

Icebreaker, I´m a Knit Star!

It was hard keeping the secret, butas you know I´m taking you all to Iceland [...]

Tutorial: Old Icelandic cross stitch

The Old Icelandic cross stitch is also known as long-arm cross-stitch, Slav stitch, long legged [...]

Learn how to knit the Icelandic way!

A couple of weeks ago, I teamed up with Iceland Naturally to bring you a [...]

Knitting tips & Techniques: afterthought

Wether it´s a thumb, a heel, a pocket or any opening in your knitting, the [...]

Steeking part 4: sewing a ribbon

“Next I will show you how to add a ribbon to hide the steek” This [...]

A soft lopi alternative to Léttlopi: correspondence table

I love lopi sweaters and I don’t mind at all wearing them close to the [...]

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 [...]

Crochet steek tutorial

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

Tips & Techniques- Garter Tab Cast On Variation

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

Lace Cast On Variation

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

Traditional Icelandic steek on my Gamaldags lopi sweater

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

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 [...]

Dilemma

Each time I’m going on a hike in the Icelandic mountains, I’m confronted to very [...]

Tips & techniques – spit-splicing and color changes

Most knitters prefer to splice or join yarn without knots and without leaving ends that [...]

Tips & techniques – Yarn over short rows

Here is a little tutorial that many of you have been asking for: how to work [...]

Tips & techniques – Jogless join

When knitting in the round, we are in fact working spiral rows and a disgraceful [...]

Knitting tips: working with unspun Plötulopi

For the last #bloggintuesday of the year, here are a few knitting tips to work [...]

Knitting tips & techniques – Sizing with needle size

The mittens in my Grýla Collection are one size only but pattern says that more [...]

Icelandic knitting: steek with me (2): Olga

Here is Olga, ready to cut. The mustard color is not very easy to photograph [...]

Icelandic knitting: steek with me ! (1)

On coupe les mailles! (1)  Most lopi sweater instructions will ask you, before joining in [...]

Tutorial: Disappearing loop cast-on

Tutorial: disappearing loop cast-on With a disappearing loop cast on, you can start a circular [...]

Icelandic knitting – Tutorial: provisional cast on Hook

Petite leçon: montage provisoire There are many different ways to cast on stitches, such as [...]

Icelandic intarsia knitting: yarn management

Petite leçon: jacquard intarsia, dompter les fils  As promised, here is a little tutorial on [...]

Tutorial: Icelandic intarsia knitting

Icelandic intarsia is an old knitting tradition in Iceland, mostly used in knitted shoe-inserts. It [...]