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From Iceland # 2

In North of Iceland, we stopped at the farm where I worked at the time [...]

Podcast

Listen to me on the Icelandic radio RÁS1. The talk show is called Okkar á [...]

From Iceland # 1

We had a wonderful vacation in Iceland. We spent a great deal of time in [...]

Craft market

The annual Craft market in Hrafnagil, north Iceland, will open next Friday, 7th of Agust [...]

Let´s knit Icelandic

Back home, latest Let´s knit magasine was waiting for me in the mailbox with a [...]

On the go

Sur le chemin The week-alone-at-home is coming to an end. I thought I was going [...]

Wild flowers

Fleurs des champs Wild flowers picked up by Sylvía and Théa. They´ve been gone on [...]

Dis bonjour à la dame !

While I was sick, I couldn´t not knit, but I couldn´t either think of working [...]

New yarn: 100% recycled

Nouveau fil, 100% recyclé My yarn sample (for testing) from La Droguerie arrived: a new [...]

WWKIP 2009

It´s the WWKIP ( World Wide Knit in Public 2009) this week (13-30th June). To [...]

Felted lights and a bad throat

Séries en feutre et mal de gorge I spent the week sick in bed with [...]

Free pattern: Mary Hawkins´s Scissor Keeper Sampler

Modèle gratuit: la pochette pour ciseaux de Mary Hawkins My prior aim when writing my [...]

Books

Livres In London, I bought two books. The knitted Odd-bod Bunch with fabulous Donna Wilson´s [...]

New improved website

Mon nouveau site My new website is running and … you are on it ! [...]

My knitting material

Mon petit matériel de tricot The bag is a giveaway from Katvig. The case is [...]

New choice of scarves

Nouvelles écharpes New choice of scarves for sale at the Akureyri Museum, North Iceland. After [...]

Week-end in London

Week-end à Londres We had a lovely week-end in London, visiting some friends. High peek [...]

Marie Claire Idées

My mum just called to tell me about it : I´m in the newest issue [...]

Enfin en français !

Finally in French ! Je suis encore en train de mettre les modèles au téléchargement [...]

Preview

Aperçu A few shots from a pattern to be published in next issue of Knitonthenet, a great [...]

Changes

ChangementsHvað finnst ykkur ? You may have noticed changes on my blog´s layout. That´s because [...]

The Icelandic Crown, drove into a corner ? (3)

La couronne islandaise au pied du mur ? A few numeroted coins, exclusively in the [...]

Grrr email

I happened to know about four persons  that send me an email lately but I [...]

The worst “photo studio” ever

Mon “studio” photo : on ne fait guère pire… Isn´t it the worst photo “studio” [...]

Perfect match

Here are two scarves for Ada : one for her newborn little sister and one [...]

My book, pattern # 4

Mon livre, modèle # 4 The sweater is inspired by old Icelandic shoe-inserts decorated with [...]

A FO for Thea

Un FO (finished object, objet fini) pour Théa Thea, today 6 years old, finished her [...]

Etsy treasury

Thanks to the FaerieMarket and Corrieberrypie who chose my felted light in their Esty Treasuries !

Ravelry and I

Ravelry et moi  I just joined Ravelry and have now just started to upload patterns [...]

Happy eastern !

Joyeuses Pâques ! Spring is coming, so is Eastern and I´m putting myself in the [...]

Free scarf pattern on top !

Modèle d´écharpe gratuit au sommet !

My book, pattern # 18

Mon livre, modèle # 18 For her fourth birthday, my oldest daughter, Sylvía, wanted a [...]

New color range

Nouvelles couleurs

My book, pattern # 2

Mon livre de tricot, modèle # 2 Directly taken from pattern # 1 of my [...]

A glimpse, un aperçu

A glimpse of my new Narrow scarves with Icelandic roses. Soon for sale in the shop [...]

I´m working on it !

New range of colors for my narrow scarves. Available in the shops very soon.Nouveau choix [...]

My book, pattern # 1

Modèle # 1 de mon livre First pattern from my knitting book was also the [...]

Magnolia

As much as I LOVE colors, the Magnolia felted string light has a softness that [...]

Souvenirs du Maroc

Informations about the techniques of tapestry crochet can be found here and here.Cliquez sur les [...]

Free shipping rate

Frais d´envoi gratuits My felted lights work with European CE power lights. In order to [...]

Icelandic Knitter - Hélène Magnússon