sparrow

My favorite yarn shop, where I'm lucky enough to have my very own work space, recently gained the proud title of being Quince&co.'s flagship store in Iceland, thereby being the only store one can get a hold of this quality yarn on our small island. Yay! The first kind to arrive, currently the only q.&co. yarn available here, is this gorgeous 100% organic linen in colors that I'm just drooling over. This yarn has moved to the top of my wishlist and I've promised myself to knit something from it this summer, as soon as my mission to finish all of my WIPs is accomplished. It's going the be my price and you better believe my knitting needles are ticking like crazy these days so this sparrow yarn soon will be mine ;) Soon more of their yarn types will arrive, too, so I guess I'm in for a good year, yarn wise. 

I've been Ravelry-hunting for linen projects and the ones I like best so far are both by designer Bristol Ivy, made for Quince&co. The first one is this shawl, Lida, I think the shape and stitch pattern are just so cool and different from other shawls. The other one I'd like to make is this pretty Emmaline Tee, don't you think it's just lovely? Also, I like all of this collection, Sparrow Sans, designed for Quince&co. especially from the sparrow yarn. So many linen patterns... so little time.

Other than that I'm starting to work on my own pattern - very excited about that! Oddur's sweater is on the needles and I'm just about to start on the stranded yoke part. The FIFA World Cup began last night and I plan on watching as many matches as I possibly can - knitting meanwhile of course! Can't go wrong with soccer and knitting ;)