Iceland's hand-knit "lopi" sweaters are adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals. But now some local manufacturers have successfully outsourced the labor to China. That has local knitters, who ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Trouble is rattling one of Iceland's most distinctive industries: the production of the thick, hand-knitted "lopi" sweaters adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals. The ...

In a country with nearly as many sheep as people, a D.I.Y. wool journey — from sheep farms to yarn shops — makes perfect sense. Our writer brushes up on her knitting on a driving trip from Reykjavik.

REYKJAVÍK, Iceland, Feb. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Icewear, the leading manufacturer and retailer of Icelandic wool products, has been operating in a changing market environment. One could say that ...

Hulda Brynjólfsdóttir holds a midnight cloud in her hand. "This wool here is from a sheep called Tina," she says, as we stand in her mini-mill, spinning the cloud into yarn. Behind her, mounds of soft ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Trouble is rattling one of Iceland's most distinctive industries: the production of the thick, hand-knitted "lopi" sweaters adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals.

I spent my second day in Iceland in a hotel on the outskirts of Reykjavik, trying resolutely to knit. Gathered around a coffee table with me were Ragga Sjöfn Jóhannsdóttir, my instructor, and my ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Trouble is rattling one of Iceland’s most distinctive industries: the production of the thick, hand-knitted “lopi” sweaters adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals. The ...