Gotta brag a little… My knitting tours featured in the New York Times! You can read the article here Pictures: Sigga Ella The post In the New York Times appeared first on Icelandic Knitter - Hélène Magnússon ..read more

Called garðaafelling (garter bind off) in Icelandic, this bind off has been known in Iceland at least since the middle of the 19th century. It was popularised among modern Icelandic knitters by Sígriður Halldórsdóttir who describes it in her book Þríihyrnur og langsjöl (Triangular and long shawls), a book on traditional Icelandic shawls, translated in [...] The post Icelandic BO: garðaafelling appeared first on Icelandic Knitter - Hélène Magnússon ..read more

After steeking a lopi sweater to make a cardigan, we usually finish the edges with a crocheted edge before installing a zipper. But first, before you even cut the sweater, or if you have already, letting the edges meet flat at the center, carefully measure the length the zipper must be. If you can´t obtain [...] The post Tutorial: How to install a zipper on a lopi sweater appeared first on Icelandic Knitter - Hélène Magnússon ..read more

Here is a tutorial on how to crochet around the edges of a lopi sweater that has been steeked (cut) – after having first made 2 seams to secure the stitches – to make a cardigan. With the crochet hook, from right side, crochet an edging of US single crochet (English double crochet) along the [...] The post Crocheted edge to hide the steek of a lopi sweater appeared first on Icelandic Knitter - Hélène Magnússon ..read more

The Web Shop is on vacations July 10th-29th, 2024 You can still place orders but physical products won´t be send before July 30th, 2024.   The post Holiday! appeared first on Icelandic Knitter - Hélène Magnússon ..read more

When working in stranded knitting with very long floats at the back of the work ( they can show disgracefully at the front of the work, especially when knitting with lopi), you can use another technique to deal with the long floats called Ladder back jacquard (the technique is commonly used in machine knitting). With [...] The post Tutorial: Ladder back Jacquard appeared first on Icelandic Knitter - Hélène Magnússon ..read more

The Spring knitting tour is a favourite of mine because of all the cute little lambs and kids. We were not disapointed during this tour! The youngest Icelandic knitting tradition is the thema of this tour and we all completed a little lopi sweater (except me!! I was working on an adult one ? During ..read more

Spring sale! LAST DAY TOMORROW! 15% off with the code SUMMER2024 on my website and on Ravelry through May 8th 2024, midnight GMT Why the code SUMMER2024 and not spring? Because believe it or not,l  it´s supposed to be summer now in Iceland – according to the old calendar) Several colors of wool and kits ..read more

The secret project I´ve been working on last year is almost out of the bag! I´m absolutely thrilled to announce the soon launch of a new book, Field Guide 26: Moss! But I can´t reveal the designs quite yet. We will have to wait for teh official launch tomorrow… stay tuned! It wouldn´t be the ..read more

Still catching up with the recap of my knitting tours: this is the last one of 2022, Knitting on Ice, and yet anther photo dump! Enjoy! If you want to join a tour with me, here is how to join my “waiting lists” (both for 2024 and in case of a cancellation in 2023).   The ..read more