The port of Fuglafjørður plays a significant role in the pelagic fisheries of the North Atlantic. And it might as well be the only harbor world-wide that’s home to a shop selling mohair wool, NoðaStova, the shop that Katrin K. Petersen recently started. You don’t need to be in search of yarn at all, in order to pop in. Café, beach walk, shipwreck …
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Slow Fashion In Tórshavn: Sissal Of Shisa Brand
Ullvøruhúsið, the old “Yarn and wool-ware house“. 101 years ago, people walked through the same door, a moody door with a mixture of great looks and charming stiffness. A year ago, the wool-ware house reopened, as the home of the Faroese fashion brands Steinum and Shisa Brand, pronounced like: She’s a brand. Slow fashion in Tórshavn …
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Knitting Festival! Slippers, patterns and a special blanket
Driving down the long and winding road that leads to the village Hellurnar. Steps, front door, shoes off, entering the living room. Today, Jórun Eið Johannesen is hosting guests from the Faroe Islands, Denmark and Norway. They all have signed up for Bindifestivalurin í Fuglafirði, the Knitting Festival …
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Present knitting needles! Eileen Ejdesgaard, festival pioneer
Two cups of coffee, a table full of knitwear and one topic of conversation. The word itself implies what this wool-mountain-meeting is all about. Binding stitches, sharing skills and bringing people together: That’s the basic idea of the Bindifestivalurin í Fuglafirði. Eileen Ejdesgaard is one of the founders of the knitting festival …
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The sound of hundreds of knitting needles in Fuglafjørður
Imagine … A whole village that morphs into an oversized ball of wool, accompanied by the sound of hundreds of knitting needles: Perhaps, that’s the best way to explain what’s gonna happen to Fuglafjørður, a village on Eysturoy's east coast, in spring. The first Knitting Festival ever was held in 2015 and turned out to be a big hit …
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How To Survive Wearing A Faroese Sweater
What is so special about these sweaters? They keep you warm, and up to a certain point they are even waterproof. Faroese wool contains a great deal of Lanolin. There are many traditional patterns, one more beautiful than the other. Every time you move, the pullover will give your skin a little massage …
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