From Iceland With Love — Lopi Yarn!
Recently got back from a trip in Iceland. Didn't plan on getting any souvenirs but I chanced on some hand dyed lopi yarn at the last stop of our all-around Iceland road trip. We were staying in Arnarstapi , a fishing village in the Snæfellsnes peninsula. Before heading to the southern coast of Snæfellsjökull National Park , we'd stopped for lunch at a local place, Samkomuhúsið , and I came across a box of brightly coloured lopi yarn, hand dyed by a local, Rakel Ósk Gunnarsdóttir of @Rakel_Knits . I intended to get only 2 or 3 balls, but ended up getting 5 (ᵕ—ᴗ—) ... 4 balls of worsted weight and 1 ball of unspun yarn, which in Icelandic are called léttlopí and plötulopi respectively. Of course, these lopi yarns not going to remain untouched in my yarn stash, as I plan to make some small things / accessories with them. I've some firm ideas but will also go where these yarns take me. But more on this another time. It felt satisfying to bring home something authentical...
