I just realized why I don’t live in Iceland. I really, really hate having my hair all over the place tickling my nose and blocking my vision. I am amazed that some people have long hair there. It is not the only problem either. There are times when you need to walk next to your stroller to make sure that it doesn’t blow away. I immediately started designing a sideways handle for my stroller when I struggled keeping it on the road. Pity Iceland is such a small market or I would be on my way to be a billionaire…

Then there is sand that you find everywhere. Despite my little one having a hat and being inside a rain-cover in his stroller he still managed to get sand in his ear. Wind, wind, wind is what I warn everyone about in Iceland and yet I had managed to forget how annoying it is. At least I got to sit in the car and snicker at some poor tourist that was cycling in the wind because that is what we Icelanders do. Laugh at the poor people that think a biking trip in Iceland is a good idea.

You can’t see from the photo that it was windy but let me tell you that the car was shaking at times.

We just spent two weeks in Iceland visiting my family and playing tourists for few days in Reykjavik. Quite hetic with a little 5 month old that still seems to have some colic tendencies and an active 4 year old. There wasn’t much relaxation but we got to meet some nice people there and spend some time in warm outdoor pools.

It has been an unusually cold spring in Iceland. Thankfully I had made my daughter some new wool pants before we left. She isn’t really a fan of pants. Actually she seems to hate them and getting her dressed into something warm during winter time is often a real struggle. She would wear a summer dress all the time if she was allowed. As I am stubborn as well and refuse to give in, I have started a new project trying to find patterns and types of clothes which she can tolerate and that have anti-meltdown properties. This is the first one out and it seems to have been a success.

It is a Ottobre pattern from Ottobre 6/2010.
The fabric is wool terry cloth from Janus and I used Merino wool in the same color for ribbing. I made tiny little embellishment with a button and a ribbon and I think the combination of that and the fact that they are soft and loose were a success. It is possible to adjust the length a bit without being too thick or clumpy and it was easy to wear extra pair of stockings under on a particularly cold day. There is nothing spectacular about those pants hence they needed the giant glass bowl monument to spice up the photo shoot. That upside down glass bowl on top of giant hot water storage tanks is Perlan in Iceland.

Unfortunately she managed to fall so there is a hole on them already. She wears her clothes out pretty quickly these days but I think I might be able to repair that.

Here is my little Viking wearing her pants!

In front of Perlan

Playing out some imaginary scene

Silja and Leifur Eiríksson

Decoration

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