green jumper

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(pun intended..they are called jumpers right? that might be a british thing..)

yet another knitted creation..
this one was ordered by a guy in the states, as a gift for his wife, (my last 4 sweater orders have been from men wanting to surprise their wives/girlfriends, which i think is incredibly cute), the flared sleeves were a detail he asked for specifically, (they flare evenly from the elbow, not just at the front, it sortof looks that way in the pic) hadn't tried that before, rather like how it turned out..

btw, i'm getting a LOT of mails asking about these sweaters, so if you've sent me a request, be patient if i don't get back to you right away.. i am doing my best to get back to everyone, i'm just a terribly unorganized individual with too little time on her hands ;)

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for those who came in late.. I've turned into a knitting fanatic, and have been making/selling sweaters this summer, (i'm still taking orders, but there's a waiting list) and am slowly getting around to taking pictures of all my knitted stuff, cause each one is dear to me, after all the work put in. Made this one for myself in february (i think), finally got around to snapping a photo of it on the way back home from my trip last week.. after a night of sleeping only 2 hours, in the car, my face refused to take part in this photoshoot. Taken the same morning as the horse-meets-bear photo, which i think was enough originality to expect from my brain for one day..

cheer up, mr. bear

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some ideas just get stuck up there in that strange brain of mine, and won't leave me alone until i make them real..


watching the horse inspect the bear was wonderful.. he was the only one brave enough to come take a look, the rest of the group all fled when i climbed over the fence and plonked mr. bear down in the field. Once he'd sniffed the bears toes and ears a bit, he stared butting its nose wiith his own, watching the bear nod its head, repeating the process several times.. i almost regretted having to take the bear away again.. the horse followed me to the fence and stared nibbling on my sleeves while i was clambering over, clearly not wanting me to leave yet. This was one of those moments i wished someone had been there with a video cam. :)

the definition of “dishevelled”

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another photo for my steadily growing "prjonadót" set. (that is quite possibly the least useful icelandic word you could learn, and means "knitted stuff") There will be still more soon, so just look the other way if you happen to be bored to tears with my knitting fanaticism.
this is one i made for myself, made a similar one (turtleneck with thumbholes) for my friend Rut (r.ing) earlier this year, those of you who follow her page may have seen one or two of her wearing it)

the title referrs to my hair.. i'm dubbing this particular style "modern icelandic fucked-up".. there's a braid hidden in there somewhere.. for some reason it gets like this on road trips.. and this was BEFORE i spent the night in the car.
well, half the night anyway, had to wake up again at 2 in order to reach where i was going at an ungodly hour so nobody else would be lurking around. (see previous photo)

fancy a swim?

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while few beaches in iceland are known to be good for swimming and other beach-related activities, few are quite this extreme in their chilliness. This is taken around 5 am this morning (saturday aug. 9th) across the road from Jökulsárlón. (went off on a short photo trip by myself, can't let a summer pass without taking one trip out here) This is where the broken glacier bits wash out into the sea. Very special place.

(the surf was a bit too rowdy for me to be able to set the tripod up for a really long exposure, plus the ice was moving around a bit and would've been blurred anyway)

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sweater made for Mariel, a woman in Canada who ordered one after seeing others i'd made.
reposted, i deleted it the other day, didn't like where the comment thread was going and was in a bad mood at the time.

if anyone else finds a need to complain about me posting photos once in a while that are not trying to be masterpieces, but simply photos, that i feel like sharing for whatever reason (in this case, to showcase my knitted creations), please just leave it and go look at something else instead, the internet is vast.

shiny happy people

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this is my cousin Berglind and her husband, they got married yesterday, i took a few photos.

I decided to use this occasion to upload a whole bunch of photos on my blog from this and two other wedding photoshoots i did last year, that i've never put on flickr or my website. take a peek if you're interested

bring it on, cowardly human!

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another shot from the night back in June when i wandered into the nesting area of some arctic terns, probably the least friendly birds you're apt to run into here in iceland. Known to attack anything, regardless of size, that attempts to get close to their eggs and/or young. Gotta admire them for that.

(this is taken w a 100mm lens, the bird was (roughly estimating) about 2 meters above my head)

seven-headed cow creature

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the trick is to tie their tails together..


no.. what i really did was put magnets on their butts, and made them all stand in front of a metal filing cabinet..


ok ok, i'll stop...

took my sons on an overnight trip to Snæfellsnes last week, where we spotted these cows, late in the evening near a place called Hellnar.. which i actually recommend visiting, because there's this really cool cave-like area near the sea there, where you can get really close to the nesting area of some large white birds, and get a cup of overpriced but tasty cocoa along with some overpriced but tasty cake, (or even an overpriced beer, if you're not driving) at this cozy cafe overlooking the ocean.. I mean, if you've payed the overpriced flight to Iceland in the first place, and you happen to be in the general area, it's definitely worth a visit ;)
some snapshots on my blog .

Goðafoss

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another waterfall shot from my trip up north last week..
this one is far easier to reach, and the picture is taken at the far more ordinary hour of noon (as opposed to the one of dettifoss) , but i like it nonetheless.

(edit: please refrain from posting group invites.. thanks)

Dettifoss

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From my visit to North-East Iceland last week (i live in southwest iceland). This is the largest, most powerful and vertigo-inducing waterfall in Iceland. (think its the most powerful in all of Europe actually)

Hard to reach, especially from this side (i've been here 3 times before, always viewed it from the other, rockier side.. my last visit was 8 years ago, before i got into photography) The road is awful, very narrow and your car may or may not survive the trip without small bits falling off.. But its worth it. So much raw energy here. I tried lying on the ground near the edge, and it's like being on top of a huge rumbling engine. Very cool.
I also discovered that 2 a.m. is a good time to visit if you want the place to yourself ;)

Dawn

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taken the same night as the bird photo , around 4:15 am.

I'm leaving tomorrow for a 4 or 5 day trip around iceland, starting up NORTH! (where i haven't been since 2001! ), i cannot wait, and promise to take oodles of awesome photos. (its going to rain the whole time, i can just feel it)
Bye for now ;)

Original Ann’s new sweater

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Ann was the first person here on flickr to buy one of these from me, and for that i thank her. very fun and challenging to design a sweater for someone i've never met (and extremely rewarding to learn that she's happy with it and that it fits!)

so, altho i've mentioned it before, i'll mention it again, i am currently taking orders for these custom made icelandic wool sweaters.. lemme know if you want one.

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once again, staying out all night with the camera rather than sleeping pays off.

never expected to get such a shot, much less a whole series. Taken with a 100mm lens at f 2.0 (manual focus!), the birds were maybe 2 meters above my head, in attack mode (my friend and i wandered into their nesting area by mistake)
(taken at 2:30 in the morning)

once in a blue moon..

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ok.. to celebrate the fact that my photostream just passed 5 million views, i felt something particularly difficult and unwise was in order..
taken at 2:45 this morning (sunday june 15th) , while normal people were out partying, or just sleeping..

(i collected those rocks months ago btw, brought them home, sprayed them blue, and then had no idea what i was going to use them for, until now.. did i ever mention i'm a little bit weird?)

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my friend Ómar enjoying the 4 am stillness. taken the same night as this. icelandic summer nights are too great to waste on sleeping. (sweater made by me)

“maybe if i play dead, she’ll go away..”

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decided to spend the night driving around with my camera instead of sleeping last night. . this was just before 6 am, on the way home..

i've been terribly lazy at uploading lately, haven't really been taking a lot of photos, as nearly every waking minute is spent knitting sweater after sweater, which is as close to a "job" as i have this summer..

i do have an idea or two that i'm going to try and get done in the next few days, so i'll have something new to post here..

Búðir, Snæfellsnes

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limited ed. signed prints are available in my shop

Þórfríður

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