Postcards from the Knitting on Ice tour 2016, 1

Here are a few pictures of the Knitting on Ice tour in 2016 (the first [...]

Postcards from a Reykjavík Knitting Holiday

The Autumn knitting tour was immediately followed by an Arena Travel tour based mostly in [...]

Postcards from a custom Knitting Tour Autumn 2016

October has been very busy for me with 3 knitting tours in a row! First [...]

Postcards from the Knitting on Ice tour 2015

Here are some pictures of our Knitting on Ice tour this october. We saw sheep, bought [...]

Ósýnileg litaskipti

Þegar prjónað er í hring er í raun og veru prjónað í spíral. Þess vegna [...]

Knitting tips & techniques – Sizing with needle size

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

What my knitting bag says about me

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

Postcards 2013 from the Hiking and knitting between Fire and Ice holiday

Cartes postales du tricot-trek entre Feu et Glace 2013 A fabulous group of knitters ! [...]

Postcards from our Knitting in the North of Iceland: traditions and Textile Museum

Cartes postales de notre voyage de tricot au Nord de l’Islande: traditions et Musée textile [...]

Knitting elves and elvish knitters

Les Elfes du tricot A “few” pictures from the fantastic Hiking and knitting with the Elves group: miss [...]

Postcards from our Hiking and Knitting tour with the Elves, Iceland

Cartes postales de notre Tricot-treck au pays des Elfes, Islande Landscapes… Paysages…       [...]

Postcards from our Spring Knitting Tour in Iceland

Voyage de tricot de printemps en Islande en images A few pictures from our Spring [...]

More knitting surgery….

Plus de chirurgie tricotesque…     Remember the amputation of the Olga sweater? Well, after a nasty [...]

Surgery

Chirurgie My middle daughter keeps “nagging” her left handed sleeves… I had to “amputate” her [...]

Hiking and Knitting tour in the news in Iceland

Le Tricot-treck dans les nouvelles en Islande A   Hiking and Knitting tour is something that [...]

Knitting tour in Iceland – Tricot-treck en Islande

  Knitting treck in Iceland A few pictures very quickly from the Knitting and hiking tour [...]

Icelandic knitting: steek with me (2): Olga

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

Þegar skrift og prjón fléttast saman

Harpa Jónsdóttir is an author. She is also a knitter : she felts and embellishes [...]

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 [...]

Bráðabirgðauppfit

Bráðabirgðauppfit upfit (eða opin / timabundið uppfit) er notuð til að lykkjur í uppfit haldist opnar [...]

Icelandic intarsia knitting: yarn management

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

Icelandic knitting -Tutorial: centre-pull ball on your thumb

Petite leçon: une pelote avec dévidage central “sur le pouce”   This method doesn´t require [...]

Tutorial: Icelandic intarsia knitting

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