away

 Our backyard view in the countryside:

I can't believe it's been so many days since I last posted but time has flown by. Last week was taken over by my last final, a 10 page long essay on The Dialectic of Enlightenment and the novel Mason&Dixon by Thomas Pynchon. It required a lot of work and I had to put all blogging on hold to get it done. Also, on top of that, I had a few meetings to attend because of my still-secret knitting project. But because of those meetings, I can soon share with you this huge mystery that's been coming together gradually this winter. For an impatient person such as myself, this has been a lesson in accepting that good things tend to come at a slow pace.

When I finally turned my final in on Friday I went straight to packing our bags for the countryside at Lake Mývatn, where we stayed for the weekend. Oddur and the kids relaxed and played outside (they forgot to take photos) while I worked and worked and worked some more. Then they left for Reykjavík yesterday and here I am, "alone", staying at my parents house and working as much as I can. I really miss my kids, it's not easy being away from them. But it's only a few days, and finding a well paying job that offers acceptable working hours for a parent in the summertime can be really hard... I am blessed to have this job at my parents' guesthouse and restaurant. I enjoy my work here a lot, so I focus on being thankful. I'll be back with my babes before I know it. 

I plan on at least trying to keep blogging regularly as I have been the last few months. I have no idea if this is unrealistic or what, but we'll see. Thank you all for continuing to stop by. I promise some great nature photos from the Mývatn area - it is impossible not to be inspired by our incredible surroundings here. 

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 ;)

a place of my own

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I'm setting up my very first office/studio and as usually, my good friends at Pinterest have so many great ideas and inspiration to share. I plan on designing, knitting, crocheting, blogging and doing website-work in my studio every chance I get this summer and next winter as well. Then maybe I'll do some studying there, too. The best part? It's at Litla prjónabúðin, my favorite yarn shop! Yes, I am guessing my yarn costs will go up a bit, now that temptation is all around every day. I could also state that this is a wonderful opportunity to practice precision and determination to not spend all my money on yarn. But who would I be kidding? 

Other than office planning I'm on a deadline to finish a website I've been working on so this blog post is a short one - better get back to my pressing work, ehm. And training for a half-marathon... and finishing my shawl... and enjoying my busy, blessed life. Hope you are all well. 

Ps. If you have any brilliant or just gorgeous work space ideas or photos, I'd love it if you shared it in a comment :)