Send wool - how do you want your package of wool sent?

Well, I was thinking about asking a question here on my blog. I am sitting here and wondering how I am going to send the wool and Sweaters I am going to sell in my webshop. And it is difficult to know with so many options. Almost all of the options are so expensive too.

It would be interesting to here from you people buying wool and stuff how you would like it shipped/sent to you? In a packet/box, or is it ok in a mailing bag?

I have a suggestion that I fancy. I was thinking about sending products in pink polyetehen bags (recyclable). I would be really happy if anyone could leave a comment and say what you would like. Do you rather want a packet/box? Or is it ok with mailing bags? It so much more expensive with boxes. Here is how the bag looks like:

I have registered my own business, which will sell Icelandic wool in the internet in Sweden.

I have finally registered my own business. Amongst two kids and very little time I have managed to finish my business plan and registered the company I am planning to run. I will sell Icelandic wool, patterns, books and Icelandic knitted stuff by my self. Now I have 2-3 weeks to find a good solution for a webshop. It will take 2-3 weeks until the registration is final.

The name of the company will be Islina Garn Och Design, which is the same as Islina Yarn translated to english.

The knitting is standing still at the moment. I have not been doing anything since I have all into the company. It is also like that in the Summer that I do not feel a much like knitting as in the Winter. Here are some pictures of the Icelandic wool I have in my closet.

Some Icelandic Álafoss Lopi


And some plötulopi:

New Icelandic Sweater (lopapeysa) finished

Time runs when you have a full house (Two kids around you) but now I am finished with a new Icelandic Sweater (lopapeysa). It is made in Alafoss Lopi yarn and 7mm needles. What do you think? I used the Farmers' market patterna and changed it a bit to my own pattern. I have also sold the Sweater to a girl, who contacted me here at this blog. I can also sell this pattern now without any problems. I am starting a Swedish web-shop and I am going to sfell it there amongst other things. So far I have only started to write down a business plan. But I am on my way!

Here is the Sweater:

If you want this pattern it is available for sale in english in my webshop "Islina Garn & Design"
www.islina.se/en
However, you need to by yarn to the sweater when you buy this pattern.
If you live outside Sweden and still want to buy it without buying yarn please contact me and I could let you buy it for a higher price instead.

Now I can continue on my own Sweater; the blackgreen one. It has been lying for a while.

Knitted Polo-neck Sweater finished!

I have finished the turtle-neck (polo-neck) Sweater. It took forever. What took very long time was to sew it together for example. And it was not very good result at the shoulders. And then I ran out of the turquoise yarn. So I could not do as long neck as I wanted to do. I could not buy more since it was very long time ago I bought it and it was also bought in Iceland.
So I am not supersatisfied with the Sweater. I am not so used to do these Sweaters where you sew every part together. It is quite nice at least.
But I can not wear it just yet. My stomach is still big (still have that baby-stomach left from the pregnancy). That is why I am not modelling in it either. I will just wait a while.

Here is the result:

Two different projects on the needles - A sweater with collar and a Icelandic Sweater

When I was going through my wool I found the project I started before we moved from Iceland. It was a normal Sweater with a turtle-neck collar. So I felt the urge to finish it, which means that I went from knitting the Icelandic Sweater to this one now for a while. It is not knitted as the Icelandic Sweaters in a round. So I have made one front- and one back piece so far. It is time to do the arms now:



The worst thing is that I do not have enough of turquoise yarn. When I bought them I did not look at the number so I did not get the same colorbatch. It is a little difference. This means that I have to do the collar in another color than the bottomrib. It might look bad. We will see. When I bought the wool I had no project in mind so I just bought something and did not look to closely at the numbers.

Otherwise I have not gotten far with the Icelandic Sweater. I am still knitting on the body. And it takes time.

Alva was born 20th of December and I knitted a Icelandic hat

Well, it was not long time after my last contribution here that Alva was born. She arrived 20th of December but was planned to 29th of December. So she got to celebrate her very first Christmas very soon after the arrival :)
Then I have actually managed to knit a little bit. I knitted a Icelandic hat from the left-overs of the German guy's sweater. This is the result:



Otherwise I have not done much on my own Icelandic sweater, which I started a while ago. It goes slowly forward. But now in the evenings I actually have some time to do stuff. Olivia and Alva is both sleeping at some point. But then I am also very tired myself :)

Moved to Sweden - 39 weeks pregnant - started to knit again yesterday

Well, I am back with my blog. There has been a little break. There has just not been any time for me to knit or blog (and no energy) since we moved from Iceland to Sweden. But yesterday I started to knit again. Before that last time I knitted was in Iceland before we left. And that was in the end of October so it is a while ago. Then I finished the Icelandic Sweater for the German guy. But I never managed to put out a picture here. So below is a picture. And when we arrived to Sweden it was way to much other things to fix. And being pregnant at the same time was difficult. I have been feeling sick. I was stressed, had contractions, extremely tired, back pain and pelvic pain (or what it is called). And then I got diagnoses with hypothyroidism and got medicine for that. So it has not been easy. I thought for a while that the baby was going to arrive early. But it is still in the womb. Now after 1,5 months we have finally got it together here in the apartment. Just a little bit left. It has not been fun. But now I can finally rest. I have had some days of relaxation. Been sleeping a lot and have been taking it easy. I need to be rested before the delivery. I am in the 39:th week of my pregnancy so it can happen any time now.

And now I have finally gotten in to knitting again and it is fun. I started a Icelandic Sweater for myself in Iceland so I just continued where I left it yesterday. I will soon put out a picture. It will be more or less the same pattern as the sweater for the German guy. Just in other colors and in 3 threads instead of 4. Here below is a picture of his Sweater by the way. Johan had to stand model. But it is not washed yet. So I have to do that and try to get in touch with the German guy so he can get it. It is very difficult to get contact with him.



I made up the pattern myself. Just need to write it down and make a nice patternsheet and then I can sell it if anyone is interested. It is a very warm sweater. The warmest I have made. But that is nice when it is very cold like it can be in north Sweden. Around -40 degrees Celsius is not fun to be out in for example.

Anyway, I hope I will have more time to knit now. But then when the baby arrives I will of course not have so much time as I want. I will probably never be able to knit so much as I did before the first child arrived. I will of course be home with 2 kids now next year. But anyhow, I will try to start a new knitting group.