Vala

On January 1st, me and my boyfriend celebrate our 6th anniversary.
We are far from normal, but we love each other!

 

  

 

 

Using the hands and feet can make a lot of figures

There is Rudolph the reindeer, the foot is used for the face and hands for horns.
The christmas cat (Yuletide Cat), in (Icelandic "Jólakötturinn"), is a myth from Icelandic folklore.
We made him with Patrik’s hand, the hat, head and tail we draw up and cut out ourselves

These are still drying and later will turn into snowmen

The happy artist

In Iceland, we don’t have 1 santa, but 13! The Icelandic yulelads are quite different from the Santa Clause

They are actually some kind of trolls, who live up in the mountains with their mother Grýla and father Leppalúði and their pet Jólakötturinn (the Yuletide cat).
13 days before Christmas they start to come to town, 1 by 1,
and they give every kid a treat in their shoe (that is put in the window) if they have behaved well.
If they have misbehaved they get a potato or an onion.
In the early day, these trolls were used to scare kids
If they wouldn’t behave or wouldn’t get new clothes for Christmas, the yuletide cat would eat them.
Grýla also eats children and if you want to know more you should press on the links I’ve added in the text.

These sweaters I made for fun, are supposed to be yule lads’ clothes