Norwegian Mittens and Gloves: Over 25 Classic Designs for Warm Fingers and Stylish Hands

Hands-on knitting history from Annemor Sundb --now in paperback.

One day in 1983, Annemor Sundb of Kristiansand, Norway, became the owner of a shoddy mill, a facility designed to process rags, scraps, and other discarded fabric into reusable material. However, Sundb wasn't interested in running the mill; she was drawn instead to the store of thousands of mittens, gloves, and other knitted castaways, bundled into a warehouse on the mill's grounds, awaiting their turn. These well-used discards were in fact a treasure trove of traditional Norwegian patterning and technique, and the beginning of her life-long effort to document, preserve, and reconstruct classic Norwegian designs--dozens of which are assembled here in a timeless collection, now available for the first time in paperback.

Traditional Norwegian motifs, including animals, figures, flowers, hearts, palm and thumb patterns, and border designs, for mittens and gloves

Resources and instructions for understanding pattern repeats and successfully transferring motifs to hats, sweaters, and more

Explorations of the historical and cultural context of each motif accompanying every pattern

Author: Annemor Sundbo
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
Published: 10/05/2021
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.80h x 8.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781646010929

About the Author

One day in 1983, Annemor Sundbø of Kristiansand, Norway, became the owner of a shoddy (rags or recycled materials) mill where she immersed herself in the patterns she found on almost 1,000 different mittens, as well as a warehouse full of other knitted castaways. This was the start of a life-long search for examples of classic Norwegian traditional knitting. Since the onset of her obsession with Norwegian hand-knitting history, Sundbøhas won several prizes for her contributions to Norwegian culture. She is the author of several books.