12/06/2026
SHOULD ICELAND BE ON YOUR BUCKET LIST? 🇮🇸
Yes. Especially if you’re a knitter. 🧶
After living abroad for more than a decade, I still notice things about Iceland that feel completely unique.
Everyone talks about the nature, and for good reason. But one thing that always catches me off guard is the midnight sun. Every June, when I visit for Prjónagleði Iceland Knit Fest , my sense of time completely disappears. Suddenly it’s midnight, I’m still busy doing “one more thing,” and the sun is shining like it’s afternoon. ☀️😅
It takes me days to adjust when I get back home. Icelanders might not notice it anymore, but I swear the endless daylight gives everyone an extra dose of energy.
And then there’s Hafnarfjörður, my favorite town (& this is coming from me who lived my whole life in Reykjavik). Built among lava fields, filled with local designers, yarn shops, small cafés, and stories about elves and hidden people. Whether Icelanders truly believe in fairies is up for debate, but they’ve always been part of how we make sense of this wild landscape and unpredictable weather 🧚🏽 it’s just softer if it comes in the figure of little cute person.
Just outside the capital you’ll find sheep roaming freely, breathtaking scenery, and some of the most unique wool in the world. I know knitters talk about how to get hands on Icelandic wool in the grocery stores or tourist shops, but I’m not talking about that one. I’m talking about local spun wool that still contains natural fat or lanolin. The wool is less treated and therefore contains the original quality that the Icelandic wool is known for. It’s usually more difficult to get, because farmers do not always sell to yarn shops, but you can find it in local areas around the country. Please feel free to comment your favorite Icelandic wool spinners/ producers. It would be so lovely to have all the names for my foreign followers to find 🫶 so they know what to look for when the visit Iceland.
And honestly, that’s only the beginning about the secret gems in Iceland.
