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Price from: 159.000 ISK
Hélène Magnússon likes to put a new spin on Icelandic knitting traditions. She enjoy designs with strong ties to Iceland and Icelandic culture, and is excited by traditional designs that have a modern twist. Her endless interest in the Icelandic knitting tradition, combined with her experience as an Icelandic mountain guide, were the impetus for the knitting tours.
Hélène is a French native but a true Icelandic knitter and works as a freelance designer, author and guide under the label The Icelandic Knitter . She started to study law and worked for a time as a lawyer in Paris. In 1995, she made a complete change and moved to Iceland where she worked as a hired girl in a farm, a cook and a mountain guide for many years. She graduated from Textile and Fashion Design at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2005. Her work has been exhibited numerously both in Iceland and abroad, her knitting patterns are featured in numerous magasines and books and she has written a few books, published in many languages. She is probably best known for her research around the traditional Icelandic intarsia that was mostly seen in knitted inserts in sheepskin or fishskin in the past centuries.
Icelandic Mountainguides are happy to have Hélène back in the touring world and are proud to offer the novelty of knittingtours, diversifying the selection of availble tours and travel opportunities!