Knitting with Icelandic Yarn

12 Interesting facts about the Icelandic wool sweater Lopapeysa

The authentic handcrafted woolen "Lopapeysa" is a high-quality, traditional piece of knitwear knitted in Iceland and perfect for those looking for a stylish garment that is steeped in the tradition...

Einband Icelandic wool lace yarn and free knitting lopi pattern

Einband lace weight wool yarn is 100% wool and is one of 7 different type of Icelandic wool yarn: Alafosslopi, Plotulopi, Léttlopi yarn, Bulky Lopi yarn, Kambarn, and Hosuband.Do you want to make a...

Icelandic Lettlopi wool yarn and free knitting pattern

Léttlopi yarn is 100% wool and is one of 7 different type of Icelandic wool yarn: Alafosslopi, Plotulopi, Bulky Lopi yarn, Kambarn, Einband and Hosuband. There is a high demand for this unique lite...

May 2021 - Newsletter | A few new exciting products, Álafoss yarn update, eider down and hot dogs. And the mandatory volcano update

Dear reader. We'd like to share with you a little bit about our trip this weekend to Djúpavík, a new co-operation with an eider down specialist, why we are suddenly selling hot dogs, Álafoss lopi u...

Tips and trick for knitting an Icelandic Sweater

Knitting Icelandic lopapeysa for the first time The first time I knitted a traditional Icelandic sweater, lopapeysa, it was a total disaster! I had no idea that there was more to it than simply kni...

It's all about the heel !

My son needed warm socks for preschool, so naturally I started digging through my stash looking for sock yarn and then I went ravelry browsing (what else?). Yes, I have a million sock patterns, and...

Knit a Warm Icelandic Sweater

One of the most distinctive sweater styles in the world is the Icelandic sweater.  These sweaters are unique in style and material, making them both warmly functional and beautifully fashionable. I...

Almost Gnótt

I love Icelandic sweaters.  Love them.  Where I live, I can only wear them on the very coldest of days as outerwear, but I love them anyway.  When I saw the Gnόtt sweater, I knew I had to make it. ...

Wool does not change: how it is knitted does

We all know that wool yarn is warm but it is only after working with Icelandic wool yarn that you realize that all wool is not the same. The major characteristic of wool that makes it highly market...

Knitting with Einband

Einband Wool Yarn makes beautiful sweaters that are lightweight and manageable. The yarns appear as fine strands in single ply which makes them very delicate when knitting. They can be made into sh...