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Looking for a New Way to See Iceland? Bring Your Knitting Needles.

In a country with more sheep than 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.

Sheep graze near the Ring Road in west Iceland. With about 10 times more sheep than people, Iceland is drawing tourists interested in one of the country’s most popular crafts: knitting. Credit... Sigga Ella for The New York Times

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• Sept. 16, 2024

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 Sjofu Jóhannsdóttir, my instructor, and my friend Lindis Sloan, both experienced knitters who fluidly worked the yarn with barely a glance at their hands.

And then there was me, gripping the needles as I struggled to maintain the proper tension that would allow me to transform two skeins of local wool into something resembling a headband. My progress was excruciatingly slow, but a couple of hours in, a red ring of textile with pink diamonds was beginning to emerge.

Then Ragga noticed a mistake I had made in a previous row. Taking the needles, she began ripping out my hard-earned stitches. “If you can’t unravel,” she said with a jolly laugh, “you can’t knit.”

It was a counterintuitive way of spending a vacation in Iceland. Most people travel to the island nation for steamy soaks in the milky waters of the Blue Lagoon or nighttime treks to see the northern lights. But in a country with a deeply ingrained craft tradition, a climate conducive to sweaters, and about 10 times more sheep than people, knitting tourism is on the rise.

Hélène Magnusson is largely responsible for the development. Half-French, half-Icelandic, Ms. Magnussen is a pattern designer known for work that blends traditional Icelandic and modern styles. She also organizes tours that take a deep dive into Icelandic wool culture, including visits to sheep farms, spinning factories and dyeing studios. And because she is both a former hiking guide and a designer inspired by nature, her tours include an outdoor element like hiking or horse riding.

“Why would you come to Iceland and not move?” she said.

But at the core of the tours is the time set aside to sit somewhere cozy and knit. “Three or four hours a day together, knitting, you make some good friends,” Ms. Magnusson said.

A knitting paradise

Ms. Magnusson wasn’t offering tours when I was in Iceland, but she talked me through her itineraries so I could put together a D.I.Y. version. I invited Lindis, who is from Norway, another country that takes wool seriously.

Just how seriously Icelanders take it quickly became clear in Reykjavik, where at least one 24-hour grocery store stocks shelves of yarn for 2 a.m. knitting emergencies. A knit-goods paradise, the capital has plentiful yarn stores and outlets selling finished garments — from contemporary designers to secondhand stores where legions of ungrateful Icelanders consign the Christmas gifts their grandmothers have painstakingly crafted for them.

But the mecca for classic Icelandic sweaters is the Handknitting Association’s shop . With its floor-to-ceiling shelves crammed with fuzzy cardigans and pullovers, it is the embodiment of options paralysis, so I was grateful when Marta Makuchowska, who works there, helped me navigate it.

Ms. Makuchowska, who is from Poland, moved to Iceland to go to university, and ended up not only writing her thesis on the knitters’ cooperatives, but learning to knit “lopepeysa” — the typical Icelandic sweater made from thick, unspun yarn called lopi and knit with an intricate circular pattern at the yoke. “It was a good way to fit into Icelandic culture,” she explained.

A true Icelandic sweater must be handmade, and cooperatives like the Handknitting Association act as a guarantor of quality. Founded in the 1970s to increase the bargaining power of women supplementing the family income, the association requires potential members to audition (with a sweater) and ensures that their work meets strict criteria: It must be made with wool from Icelandic sheep, conform to approved patterns, and be knit in Iceland.

Learning the craft

Based on Ms. Magnusson’s advice, Lindis and I devised a plan: Drive north along the coast to Blönduós, home to the country’s main wool-washing facility and its only textile museum, then cut inland and return south, where there are a handful of wool-related cottage industries.

First, however, I had to learn to knit.

Which is where Ms. Sjofu Jóhannsdóttir came in. A retired schoolteacher, she holds four-day workshops for experienced knitters and shorter sessions for beginners. I was not a novice, but my technique is terrible, and I’m intimidated by anything more complicated than a purl stitch. I was counting on my Icelandic wool journey to help me overcome those obstacles.

Ms. Sjofu Jóhannsdóttir had firm ideas about technique but a warm pedagogic style gleaned from decades of teaching math and crafts (Icelandic children learn to knit in school). Starting me on that headband, she showed me how to cast on stitches, and how to unite them on round needles so that, in the typical Icelandic style, the finished garment would have no seams.

I found the work painstaking, and it was difficult to imagine that I would ever achieve the grace with which both she and Lindis were rapidly assembling sweaters. But I managed to reknit a row or two before the end of the workshop, and after a restorative lunch of Icelandic smoothie bowls, I promised my teacher I would keep trying.

Going north

The following day, Lindis and I headed north. In Bogarnes, we stopped at Ljómalind , a cooperative where brightly colored sweaters shared shelf space with jars of rhubarb jam, earrings carved from ram horns and a freezer full of lamb parts.

Later, near the white clapboard church of Hvanneyri, we found the Ullarselid cooperative . Inside, Hugrún Jóhannsdóttir, an avid knitter and Viking re-enactor (with the Runic tattoos to prove it), explained that the cooperative had been founded in 1992 to teach wool-working at the agricultural school, and “to prize women’s work.”

Inside, sweaters are shelved depending on whether the yarn is dyed or “sheep-colored.” Lindis gravitated to the yarn section, where I found her petting a skein of handspun longingly. “I get it,” Ms. Jóhannsdóttir said. “There’s a kind of witchcraft to textiles.”

When we reached Blönduós a couple of hours later, I found myself wondering if the hands that would have fit into the antique mittens on display at the Textile Museum didn’t suffer from another kind of bewitchment: They each had two thumbs. But no, explained the docent, these were Nordic fishermen’s mittens. If the palm got wet, the wearer could simply turn the mitten around and wear it from the other side.

Because shearing season was over, the Istex wool-washing facility, which cleans much of the country’s raw fleece, was closed. With nothing to do until dinner, we retired to the hotel bar, where we ordered wine and watched the steel-colored sea outside the windows for passing whales. When Lindis pulled out her needles, I surprised myself by doing the same. Suddenly, the notion of traveling halfway around the world to sit in a room and knit made a lot more sense.

Coaxing dyes from plants

We returned to the south the next day, and headed toward Selfoss. Our first stop was Hespa , a one-woman dyeing studio in Gudrún Bjarnadóttir’s home. We walked into her kitchen, where a not entirely pleasant aroma wafted from pots overflowing with yarn being steeped in various hues.

Ms. Bjarnadóttir, who also offers workshops, obtains her dyes from nature. As a graduate student researching the historic applications of wild plants in Iceland, she learned they were used to produce colors. “At that point,” she said, “I completely lost control.”

Today, that loss of control manifests itself in the astonishing array of shades she coaxes from plants, many indigenous. The lupine that carpets the countryside in summer yields a strong yellow. Lichen, which Ms. Bjarnadóttir has a permit to forage from a location she keeps secret, produces a range of browns. Green requires extra intervention: The dyer must add copper — a penny or a bit of wire — to get moss’s colors to stay. The excess onion skins the local supermarket saves for her produces yellows and rust. “I dye with the same process as people did in the old days, but with better equipment,” Ms. Bjarnedottir said.

Better, and less stinky. To get the ammonia needed to fix colors, Icelanders traditionally used aged cow urine. “You would need 40 gallons at a time, so they used to tickle the cows to get them to pee,” she said. “Then you had to let it age for three weeks.”

A slow process

The theme of time kept popping up. Wool-working might be a cornerstone of Icelandic culture, and handcrafted textiles might remain an important export, but the vast amount of time required to produce a handmade knit means that the people — mostly women — who produce the work cannot earn enough to ever have it be more than a hobby.

At the Thingborg cooperative, an adult lopi sweater, handmade by one of its 65 knitters, sells for around $250, of which the knitter gets 60 percent. It will have taken her anywhere from 14 to 25 hours to create, and she must buy her own yarn.

“You could knit all day long and would earn wages that are not even close to being legal,” Magret Jonsdottir, who runs Thingborg, said. Some cooperatives have petitioned the Icelandic government to exempt handcrafted textiles from the value-added tax.

You start with the sheep

We had one more stop. At Uppspuni , Hulda Brynjólfsdóttir and her husband, Tyrfingur Sveinsson, process wool from their own sheep into yarn. It is the sheep, Ms. Brynjólfsdóttir explained, that make Icelandic wool so special. The short-legged breed has a double coat, with coarse outer strands that repel water, and a fluffy inner fleece that makes it especially warm. “We always say that the production of our yarn starts when we decide which ewe to breed with which ram,” she said.

From the knitters to the dyers to the millers to the sheep: At each stop it felt as if we were pulling out one layer of Icelandic tradition to reveal the next. By this point in our journey, Lindis had finished her own lopapeysa, knocked out a pair of baby booties and was a third of the way through a navy pullover. I still hadn’t quite finished my slightly lumpy headband.

But when Ms. Brynjólfsdóttir led us upstairs to the small shop where Uppspuni sells its yarns, I decided it was time to commit. I bought a pattern, needles and several skeins of sheep-colored yarn. I might not be a skilled knitter yet, I told myself, but I knew how to unravel.

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With Nelson on IL, D-backs need more from Pfaadt, Montgomery

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PHOENIX -- The D-backs suffered a pair of tough losses Saturday, one on the field and one off.

Before their game with the Brewers even started came word that right-hander Ryne Nelson , arguably the team's best starting pitcher the past few months, would need to go on the injured list with inflammation in his right shoulder.

Then, once the game got started, the Brewers pounded the D-backs, 15-8 , making for a long night in front of a nearly packed house at Chase Field.

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The good news for the D-backs is that Nelson's injury does not appear to be serious with manager Torey Lovullo expressing confidence that Nelson would not have to miss more than the required 15 days.

Because Nelson's placement on the IL is retroactive to Sept. 11, that could mean that he would be back in late September, which would give him a chance to make a start before the postseason begins.

That's important because should the D-backs make the postseason, they want Nelson to be one of their starters.

Overall this season, Nelson is 10-6 with a 4.33 ERA, but since July 1, he is 5-0 with a 3.16 ERA.

"We would not be where we are without Ryne Nelson and his ability to go out and help us win baseball games," Lovullo said. "You look at the statistics, it shows up as very positive. But what he's given us every start has been very consistent."

Until Nelson returns, the D-backs will need to replace him in the rotation. The most likely person to do that is Jordan Montgomery , who was removed from the rotation after Merrill Kelly returned from injury last month.

It's been a tough season for Montgomery, who remained unsigned throughout the offseason before the D-backs nabbed him around Opening Day on a one-year deal worth $25 million with a vesting option for 2025.

Montgomery had a 6.44 ERA in 19 starts before being moved to the bullpen.

Another pitcher who will need to help pick up the slack in Nelson's absence is Brandon Pfaadt , who struggled with his command in Saturday night's loss.

The Brewers scratched across a run against Pfaadt in the first, and after he retired the first two batters in the second, things spiraled out of control for him.

Pfaadt allowed the next seven batters to reach base with Willy Adames capping the inning with a grand slam that chased Pfaadt from the game and gave Milwaukee an 8-0 lead.

The Brewers piled on another four runs in the fourth, and they were in complete command after that even though the D-backs rallied for two runs in the sixth, two in the seventh and four in the eighth.

Pfaadt's past several starts have not been up to his usual standards, and it is important for the D-backs that he gets back on track, especially with Nelson out.

"Definitely not how we wanted it to go," Pfaadt said. "I think we know how important these games are, and to kind of let the team down with a game like that, I think is unacceptable, and we got to do better."

The D-backs will try to salvage the final game of the three-game set Sunday afternoon, and they will face the Brewers again from Thursday to Sunday for four games in Milwaukee.

"We've got to be better on the mound," Lovullo said. "That, for me, is really what it comes down to. Tonight was total lack of pitch execution -- missed pitches in the middle of the zone, lack of command with our secondary stuff. Just too many misses to a team that is just going to fight you the whole way and not give in."

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The 2,700-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route is long, remote, and rugged. Here's the kit you'll need to pull it off.

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Earlier this Summer I spent 45 days riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) from Antelope Wells, NM, to Banff, Alberta. The 2,700-mile journey was the longest trip I’ve ever taken—human powered or otherwise—and hands-down the most impactful. There’s nothing quite like traveling by bike, passing through some of the most beautiful parts of North America, and relying on nothing but yourself and your gear.

Adding to the magic of the ride was the GDMBR’s storied history. The Adventure Cycling Association started mapping the route in the 1990’s, and while it can be done solo and at a leisurely pace, it’s best known in the context of the Tour Divide , an annual competition that turns the GDMBR into a grueling, ultra-distance race course. Racers typically finish in around 20 days—though the record, set by Justinas Leveika , is now 13 days, 2 hours and 16 minutes.

All bikepacking trips tend to be pretty gear intensive, but that’s especially true on the Divide given how long and remote it is. The route consists mainly of dirt and gravel roads, and cell service is spotty. It’s typically two to three days between resupply points, which makes packing and planning crucially important. I also chose to do the trip with a lightweight bikepacking setup rather than heavy panniers, which seriously limited the amount of stuff I could bring.

In an effort to maximize efficiency, Tour Divide racers go to great lengths to make sure their bikepacking kit is absolutely perfect. I wasn’t racing, but any time spent dealing with mechanicals or mucking with gear that isn’t working properly is time you could be riding or resting, so I wanted my setup as dialed as possible.

Here’s a breakdown of the gear I used to get myself from the Mexican border to Canada on my bike—plus some insights as to what worked and what didn’t. For the sake of organization, I’ve split this review into a few parts:

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• 2019 Trek Stache 9.7 
• Ibis S35 MX 29” Industry Nine Carbon Wheelset 
• Vittoria Mezcal 29×2.6 tires
• Whisky Parts No.7 Carbon Seat Post
• Trek 1120 Adventure Touring 29” fork
• Trek 1120 Front Rack
• Widefoot CargoMount Classic
• Ergon SMC4 Saddle
• Ergon GS3 Grips
• Togs Thumb Grips
• Profile Designs Sonic Ergo 39A Aero Bars 

After a lot of deliberation, I chose to ride my trusty Trek Stache on the trip, and couldn’t be more happy with my choice. I swapped out the larger, 3-inch tires for a set of smaller and faster-rolling Vittoria Mezcals (which is what the vast majority of folks racing the Tour Divide use). I also swapped the dropper post for a rigid one, a choice that paid off in both weight savings and reliability. Even on long stretches of washboard and rocky train, the 29×2.6-inch tire (paired with the bike’s carbon frame, fork, and wheels) made for a surprisingly comfortable ride.

One major change I made was swapping the suspension fork for a rigid one. Trek’s 1120 bikepacking bike shares the same frame as the Stache, so the fork transferred over. That allowed me to bolt on two Widefoot Cages , where I carried two 1.5L Nalgene water bottles. But, more importantly, the swap let me use Trek’s 1120 front cradle. In the past, I’ve used a handlebar roll on my bike, but the cradle allowed me to simplify things and strap a lightweight dry bag to the bike with two Voile straps . I was able to fit more gear up front on the bike without interfering with brake and shifter cables or the steering, and there was absolutely zero play in the setup.

The GDMBR is a very long route, and oftentimes people run into comfort issues like hand numbness and shoulder and neck pain. To combat that, I added Ergon Grips and a set of aero bars . I also added a pair of Togs Thumb Grips to the mix. All of that gave me four really solid hand positions that I was constantly switching between, and I didn’t have any comfort issues.

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• Revelate Magtank 2000
• Revelate Mountain Feed Bags
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• Osprey Raptor14 Backpack 

My bag setup was very similar to what I used on the Colorado Trail in 2019 . One big update: adding the Revelate Spinelock 16 Seat Bag . This seat bag was incredibly spacious, and it allowed me to cram significantly more stuff in it than I’ve been able to with dropper post-compatible bags in the past. It mounts to the bottom of the bike’s saddle, and attaches via a clever pin system with an added strap. It never so much as wiggled, yet it popped off the bike in seconds at the end of the day.

I also used a Joey Downtube Bag , which was specifically designed to house a Jetboil . I was able to fit my Jetboil, plus some heavier items like my repair kit and a small bike lock, without issue.

In addition to the other bags, which let me store the rest of my kit while maintaining weight distribution, I also carried a small 14-liter backpack where I tried to keep lightweight stuff like drink mixes, freeze dried meals, and charging cables, and generally keep as much weight off my back as possible. That strategy has worked for me in the past, and worked wonderfully on the Divide.

• Sea to Summit Comfort Light Insulated Air Sleeping Mat
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• Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL1 Bikepack Tent + Footprint  

I chose to bring gear I’ve used for years, like my bag and pad, because I trust them and know they’ll keep me comfortable. After all, sleep is important for recovering after 8 to 10 hours on the bike every day. My 20-degree bag was overkill when I started in Southern New Mexico in early June, but I needed every last bit of the warmth by the time I ran into snow around the Colorado border.

I spent a lot of time researching and testing tents for the trip since I’d be spending so much time in one, and ultimately settled on the Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL1 Bikepack . I prefer a freestanding tent for the ease of pitching, and the Copper Spur is one of the best I’ve ever used. It was plenty roomy for my 6’4” frame thanks to vertical bathtub walls at the head and foot, and the massive vestibule had plenty of room for all my gear during the storms I rode out. There were several times when I had to quickly pitch just footprint and fly because I’d misjudged the weather, and I was able to pitch the tent itself from underneath the fly, keeping me and most of my stuff dry in the process. The Copper Spur had great airflow, so I never dealt with the condensation issues that often plague single-wall setups. At just over 2 pounds, there’s no weight penalty, either.

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• Sitka Dew Point Jacket and Pants

The real hero of my trip was my Cotopaxi Sombra Sun Hoodie . It was the perfect layer both for deflecting sun amid boiling midday heat and staving off the cold on chilly evenings. I wore it every single day for 45 days, and it never failed me. The hood is generous enough to fit over a bike helmet, and the lightweight material has yet to show any serious signs of wear.

I also brought a full rain suit, and I’m glad I did. You’re almost guaranteed to see the full spectrum of weather on the Divide, and the Sitka Dew Point Jacket and pants were the perfect blend of lightweight packability and serious waterproofing. It rained a lot on my trip. A lot of folks I met brought just a rain jacket in an effort to save weight—and kicked themselves the whole time.

Electronics/Navigation:

• Garmin inReach Mini 2
• iPhone 15 Pro Max
• Peak Design Rugged Phone Case
• Peak Design Out Front Bike Mount
• Garmin Fenix 7X Pro watch 
• Garmin Edge 1030 Bike GPS Computer
• ACA Bicycle Route Navigator App
• RideWithGPS App 
• ACA paper maps
• Black Diamond Spot Headlamp
• Biolite Charge 80 PD

I used my phone and a Garmin Edge 1030 as my primary navigation devices. I upgraded to an iPhone 15 Pro Max right before my trip for a couple of reasons: The battery life, which Apple says offers up to 29 hours of video playback or 95 hours of audio playback, is significantly improved over my older iPhone 13, and the camera is far better, as well. I also went with the Pro Max for the larger screen, which gives you more real estate when using mapping apps. Although I never had to use it, I also upgraded because I wanted the SOS feature as a backup.

I mounted my phone to my bars using Peak Designs’ Rugged Phone Case and Out Front Mount , which kept it extremely secure while on the bike but let me quickly pop it off when I went into a store. I was blown away by how secure it was on technical terrain, and I never had an issue in 2,700 miles.

The other crucial piece of gadgetry was my inReach Mini 2 . It served as my primary communication with my wife and family members whenever I didn’t have cell service (which was a lot of the time). I was most impressed by the battery life: even with location tracking turned on, I only needed to recharge it a handful of times in 45 days of constant use.

Other odds and ends:

• 1.5L Nalgene bottles
• Camelbak Quick Stow 2L Bike Reservoir in frame bag
• Katadyn BeFree filter and Hydrapak Seeker 2L bladder
• Pact Outdoors Lite Bathroom Kit
• Jetboil Flash
• Guyot Designs Squishy bowls
• MSR Titan Spork
• Chain lube and rag
• Leatherman Wave Plus Multitool

What would I do differently? 

• Carry a full-size multi-tool from the get-go. (I replaced my mini Leatherman with a larger version about halfway through my ride.)
• Pack an extra shirt and pair shorts for in-town days and rest days.
• Replace bearings and pedals before the ride.
• I swapped the road helmet and glasses I wore originally for a Smith mountain bike helmet and glasses in Salida. I wish I’d worn them the whole time for more coverage and the visor.
• Pack waterproof gloves for rainy-day riding.
• Bring a wall charger.

I originally packed a lightweight, synthetic t-shirt and running shorts, but ditched them early in the ride when my friend met up with me. In hindsight, I wish I’d hung onto those, because it would’ve been really nice to change into them while doing laundry or resupplying during a town stop. The point being: on a long trip like the GDMBR, a few luxuries are worth the extra weight.

Looking back, I wouldn’t have changed a thing about my bike setup, and I think a hardtail is absolutely the way to go for a trip along the GDMBR. Despite having a reputation for being a relatively mellow route from a technical standpoint, I can’t imagine doing it on a gravel bike . I chatted with lots of riders along the way who saw my setup, and they wished they’d gone with wider tires and flat bars in lieu of their skinny rubber and drop bars.

The kit I brought with me worked so seamlessly that it faded into the background and let me focus on the ride. More than any other trip I’ve taken, this one reinforced the idea that life is about experiences, not stuff—but the right gear can definitely make those experiences better.

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