Hello, I’m Marjun

I sew in a small room above the harbour in Klaksvík, with a wool jumper on the chair and the window open to the weather. I learned to sew from my grandmother, who made oilskins for the fishing boats, and I still wax my cloth the way she did, by rubbing in a block of wax by hand.

I draw every pattern on brown paper, sew it, wear it on the cliff path in the rain, and draw it again. Each pattern lists the pieces and the sizes, so you know what you are taking on. I film the sewing, and a new video comes every other Thursday.