Category Archives: Yarn

Correspondence tables: Knitting plötulopi and Love Story together instead of Léttlopi or Álafosslopi

Many of my patterns are using a blend of plötulopi and Love Story together for [...]

In the footsteps of the Vikings: winter escape in Normandy

Last week, I spent a few days in Normandie where I have family on my [...]

Please … will you draw me a sheep!*

I´m so happy to announce the third edition of my beloved Icelandic yarn club. The [...]

Hespa´s new home

The other day, I was finally able to pay a visit to Guðrún, the dyer [...]

The making of my yarns: Love Story

I created Love Story in the hope that it will help revive the Icelandic lace [...]

A box in the dunes

Yesterday I received a box from France, more specifically from Cotentin in Normandy where I [...]

The tale of Katla

If my very fine Love Story yarn is the base for my Icelandic lambswool yarns, [...]

A soft lopi alternative to Léttlopi: correspondence table

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

Icelandic Yarn Club

An Icelandic yarn club… I had been dreaming it for a long time… My aim [...]

Gilitrutt, an Icelandic tale

Xmas for me is synonymous with snow and tale. So here is an Icelandic tale: the one [...]

The Love Story continues…

If you have been following my Instagram, you will have seen a few pictures showing the wonderful [...]

Grýla is not dead!

It was really a special and exciting feeling to design a little collection of patterns using my very [...]

Icelandic Knitter - Hélène Magnússon