#selbu

I’m racking up my experience with colorwork! These are my third set of stranded colorwork mittens, so it’s still a relatively new technique for me. It’s a lot of fun, though, so I will definitely be making more soon!

These were a Christmas gift for my husband, knit with stash yarn. Fingering weight, merino/nylon blend.

Pattern Credit: Dad’s Slebu Mittens by Hilde Rapstad on Ravelry.

Selbuvotter

Selbu mittens, dark brown on white wool, date unknown. From Selbu in Trøndelag

Photos: Haakon Michael Hariss / Norsk Folkemuseum

Can’t stop knitting, have lost my mind.

At just age 16 she popularized the selbu rose(yes, that 8 point snowflake design is actually a flower) design, and turned her little norwegian home into a popular tourist destination. And it all started with 3 pairs of mittens, 164 years ago.(mitten for reference. Chart is one of her patterns from later in life.)