Even I, with my inbuilt charity shop radar, was a bit surprised to stumble across a charity shop in Reykjavik. And, boy, it was like no other charity shop I've come across before.
It was stuffed with rack after rack of beautiful Icelandic knitwear - some of it sadly a bit over-washed and felted - but most of it in beautiful condition and at considerably lower prices than you could buy it new. Sadly, they didn't have anything that really took my fancy or, indeed, fitted me that well - although I did try a couple of things on.
No worries though, I discovered that Alafoss Lopi Icelandic wool was only £2.50 for 100g (much cheaper than it is in the UK. And, can you believe it, I came across some horribly icky acrylic rubbish in a charity shop here yesterday where they were charging £1.99 per 100g ball!!) so I bought 12 balls.
Two balls of each of the above colours. I was so spoilt for choice in the shop as they had Lopi in every colour you could imagine, but very little room in our suitcases meant I was limited as to how many balls I could buy. Now to decide what to knit!!
Wow! I'm not a jumper fan but they are gorgeous and sell for a blooming fortune here. Last time I was in Rokit in London they were charging £60 a pop for Icelandic knits. x
Posted by: Vix | 06/30/2011 at 08:22 PM
Don't those jumpers look lovely displayed together like that? I'm not sure they'd suit me, but they are gorgeous and as Vix said so expensive here.
Great price on the wool too.
Posted by: Lakota | 06/30/2011 at 08:39 PM
Oh my gosh, that is my idea of op-shop heaven, nordic jersey overload, woweeeee!
Posted by: Max | 07/01/2011 at 01:52 AM
WEll done you for finding the charity shop! Love the look of those jumpers. Fabulous wool finds. Gorgeous colours and a definite bargain.
Ooooh, I can see the name "Tiger" reflected in the charity shop window - one of my favourite shops. It's Danish and has cheap and cheerful stuff from kitchenware to stationery and the like (there's one in Chelmsford, I believe).
Posted by: Loo xx | 07/01/2011 at 12:22 PM