graduated from the textile department in the Art and Crafts school of Iceland in 1983 and with an MFA in textile design from Konstfack in Sweden on 1993, with a focus on knitting. She has worked with creations by hand as well as with a machine, and teaching.

Greta Sorensen has previously published The Knitting Bible, which was shortlisted for The Icelandic Women‘s Literature Prize and has since its publication become increasingly popular. Greta was only a child when she acquired her first lopi sweater knitted by her mother. Since then Greta has knitted lopi sweaters for her children, their spouses and her grandchildren. Greta Sorensen is a professional textile designer, and a teacher of weaving and textiles. Her professional career has mainly been focused on teaching visual arts, handcraft and design.