By the rainbow

By the rainbow, originally uploaded by Harpa J.

In her new cardigan

In her new cardigan, originally uploaded by Harpa J.

The new cardigan

The new cardigan!



Folded so you can read the name.

Elefants!

Would you like one of these beauties? If you are lucky you might win one - Solveig is having a little competition on her blog Solig. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment, and if you link from your blog you double your chances of winning.

Ísafjörður

These are taken in June, when I went on a short trip to the west fjords, where I used to live.
Although I love my little village where I now live, I still miss the rugged west fjords a bit. They may be colder, and the summer is ever shorter that here in the southern part of Iceland, but there is something magical about the high north.
There is magic to in the south too - all the gletchers and the hot springs, the black lava and all that, but the north is something special. It's more that the majestic beauty of the nature. You really have to bee there to feel it.

The competition peace is coming along nicely. I had to rip back a bit last night , but that was all right.

Today I stumbled on this competition, which I really would have liked to participate in. It's a designing competition where you can either make clothing or accessories with Icelandic wool. Just the thing for me, right?

But the deadline was June 30!
I don't know how I missed this!

Húsið, originally uploaded by Harpa J.

Hafnarstræti, originally uploaded by Harpa J.

Silfurtorgið, originally uploaded by Harpa J.

Gamla, originally uploaded by Harpa J.

Cake

Shannon asked me for the recipe for this cake so here it is :

250 gr sugar
4 egg whites

Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then add the sugar, a little at a time.

With a teaspoon - put blobs of this mixture on a non stick baking sheet - and let dry in the oven at 100°C or so. This should take little over an hour.

When the blobs are nice and dry you round them up on a pretty serving plate, cramming them together so they resemble a cake. Then you put a whole lot of whipped cream on top . 3 dl should just about do it. The cream is delicious - and it makes to blobs stick together.

On top of the cream you can put any berries and fruit you like - I used blueberries, strawberries and kiwi.

The outcome of all this is a cheats Pavlova of sorts. I do know how to make the real thing - but the blobs dry faster if you are in a hurry.

Blue

Blue, originally uploaded by Harpa J.

My competition entry is blue.
Not one blue tone though, but four.
It's looking rather good, if I may say so myself (and you can't contradict me since there won't be any picture for a long while) and I think I won´t have any trouble meeting the July 15. deadline.

Today's rock picture

Today's rock picture, originally uploaded by Harpa J.

The cardigan is blocked and I must say I am rather pleased with it. The increases on the hood are a little - what shall we say, original perhaps? But on the whole, it is a success. At least as far as I know. The recipient is not at home so I can not try it on to see how it looks all blocked and pretty.

I'm starting a new project today - it is for a pattern competition so I won't be showing it or even telling you what it is. The deadline is 15. July so I only have a few days. I know what I want to do and I have drawn up the colour and lace patterns in Excel. The pattern it self is rather simple (but effective I hope), so we will see how it goes.