Kalajoki-sukat / Kalajoki socks

First shared harvest from the Icelandic wool I bought during our trip :)



Female size 38
Yarn Ístex Álafoss Létt-Lopi 100% wool 80 g
Needles 4

Instructions in Finnish here and in English at Ravelry.

I modified the pattern a bit. First of all, I cast on 44 as the yarn was thicker. Then, instead of the edgy toe decreases I made a round toe. I also made the pattern come together at the toe, i.e. applied decreases also to the pattern.

Iceland - Háafell & Hvanneyri

Háafell goat farm near Borgarnes is a great place to visit. The friendly owner speaks good English, and the goats are extremely cute, soft and amicable. As a bonus, there are two dogs who just love visitors.










Ullarselið handicraft and yarn shop in Hvanneyri has some exciting products and yarn

Iceland - Ísafjörður

Ísafjörður, the capital of West Fjords, has promising yarn bombing culture


Heitt-Á-Prjónunum knitting café is an amazing place - you can feed two addictions at the same time, namely caffeine and yarn :D

Iceland - Reykjavik & Mossfellsbaer

As a true knitaholic, I had to include yarn-related places to visit on our trip to Iceland. Some of the woolly sights were accidental, though, such as these yarn-bombed trees in Reykjavík.






We visited the mecca of Lopi, aka Ístex factory outlet at Álafoss (Mossfellsbaer, right outside of Reykjavík) twice. First time to get some yarn, second time to re-stock. We did, after all, drive around Western Iceland for a week, which means that by the time we returned to the capital area, I had finished a large proportion of the yarn bought on the first visit :D





I am sure that the Bentley knitting machine is placed in the corner of the shop to keep the husbands happy with engineering miracles

Japanese Feather & Fan Shawl

Instructions from Izzyknits and Ravelry
(These ones are made with a different yarn + they are more stretched out than mine so the pattern is more visible)

Sticks 3.5
Yarn: Novita Luxus Alpaca 300g (colour 068)

Icelandic hat

Instructions at Novita

Needles: 4
Yarn: Novita 7 Veljestä, colours natural white, lime green, orange, fuchsia pink

Icelandic pullover: days 11-13

C'e l'ho fatto! And it's soooooo pretty :)

Icelandic pullover: days 8-10

It's getting there :)

Icelandic pullover: days 6 & 7

Ha! On average it takes me two evenings (after work) to finish a sleeve. Luckily now it's the weekend so I can start the collar :) But first it's maths time. Since I adjusted the size of the shirt, I will have to make sure the pattern fits.

Icelandic pullover: days 4 & 5

First sleeve done :) I absolutely love knitting the sleeves this way (5 sticks or round sticks) - less sewing of seams in the end!

Icelandic pullover: days 2 & 3

Now the bottom front+back part is ready! Height 40 cm. Next come the sleeves :)

Icelandic pullover: day 1

Thought of posting my progress with an Icelandic pullover, day by day.

Here is the end result of the first day:



The model is the classical Icelandic Lopi pullover, but the colours are more bright and yarn is thinner

Yarn: Novita 7 Veljestä, colours natural white, lime green, orange, fuchsia pink

Shopping bag/ Ostoskassi/ Bevásárlótáska

Cable socks / Palmikkosukat / Fonott zokni

Another pair of cable socks
Female size 39
Yarn: Novita Seitseman Veljesta (75% wool, 25% polyamide) 130g
Needles 4

The pattern is a modified version of Paraphenialia sock whose instructions were in Finnish and English at Ravelry.

Lace gloves / Pitsisormikkaat / Csipkés kesztű

Marskogens wool from Aland Islands (100% wool) 60g, needles 3.5

Alpaca wool socks/ Alpakanvillaiset sukat / Zokni alpakagyapjúból

Now these are quite luxurious woolly socks, if I may say so. This alpaca wool yarn is extremely nice to work with. It's also very soft and warm. Gotta get some more!



Unisex, size 40
Yarn: Novita Luxus Alpaca (100% alpaca wool) 90g, needles 3.5

The pattern is a modified version of Paraphenialia sock whose instructions were in Finnish and English at Ravelry.

Cable gloves / Palmikkolapaset / Fonott kesztű

May I present my new gloves! The pattern is a modified version of Paraphenialia sock whose instructions were in Finnish and English at Ravelry. I made an extra long sleeve so that my wrists do not freeze during winter cycling :)


Close-up of the pattern

Yarn: Austermann Bambou Soft (65% merino wool, 35% bamboo) 120g, needles 4

Colourful socks / Värikkäät sukat / Színes zokni

This is what happens when you have several little balls of the same yarn :D The trick with these socks is that the colour scheme is reversed.

Female size 40
Yarn: Novita Seitsemän Veljestä (75% wool, 25% polyamide) 130g, needles 3.5-4

Cable socks / Palmikkosukat / Fonott zokni

Long time, no post! I have, however, been knitting like mad - but a lot of the posts are going to appear on Christmas Eve :)

Here a pair of cable socks
Female size 40
Yarn: Novita Seitseman Veljesta (75% wool, 25% polyamide) 130g, needles 3.5-4

Stripy stocks / Raitasukat / Csíkos zokni

No need to change yarns: the patterns comes automatically :D



Male size 42
Yarn: Nalle Four Seasons Kesa (75% wool, 25% polyamide) 150g, sticks 3.5