Souvenirs from Yarn Heaven

While in Iceland, I bought a basket-full of wool. Literally.

And there's another five balls of the beige underneath.

 Of course I didn't buy the actual basket there. It's where I've been storing my projects and skeins that are in progress. Guinness had taken to sleeping in it, since it was only ever half full. But now! Now it's home to Icelandic sheepy goodness.

The browns and blues are Lett-Lopi, the grey-greens are Alafoss-Lopi, and the bright greens are Einband. 

The browns will become my annual sweater, I plan on making Kross. It's not a traditional Lopi sweater, but I think I'll get more wear out of it. I bought the pattern book, so I'll probably make another Lopi in the future. And one my local yarn stores started selling Alafoss yarn, so I could even do it right!

The Einband will become a lace scarf for me at some point. They had some lovely ones in Iceland, but I'm too stubborn to buy knit things. I have yet to find a similar pattern, but it'll happen.

You may also be wondering what that backdrop is... It is my big souvenir, an Alafoss blanket!

Goes nicely on the rocker.

It's warm and scratchy and soft and smells like sheep. I love it.

Clearly made for tourists, as it's in English. I am a happy tourist though.

And finally, the essential fridge magnet. We weren't really impressed with any of the magnets in the tourist shops. I mean, yes, it's a fridge magnet, it doesn't matter, but we usually get one for some good reason. For example, we have one from Vancouver that features dinosaurs. Why dinosaurs? No idea, and that's why it's funny.

So we had given up on an Icelandic magnet, until I saw these guys at the airport:

Eeee!

Perfect.