The Dalby mittens

The Dalby mittens

The knitted mittens are made in the nålbidning of Northen Värmland with black wool yarn with flower embroidery and decorated with borders of red wool yarn. The embroidery have the traditional flowers of the mittens such as: rose, viola/pansy and myosotis/forget-me-nots. The red border around is ”crows kicks”, and marks where the mittens were made.

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2020s (before 2025)

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Swedish

Physical Object

618

Dalbyvanten

02/09/2025

08/09/2025

Vinterblomster. Nålbundna vantar från Dalby i Värmland. Elisabet Jacks Svantesson. ISBN 9789163391026

26.6cm x 0.3cm x 10cm

current,60.71118,12.88606;

TEXT

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Trysil Garn Sportsgarn, three stranded 100% wool yarn. Uses leftover strans for embroidery.

Cultural

fibre and textile crafts

Needle made from moose bone, pattern templates, embroidery needle, pliers, chochet needle. Also uses a glass of water and ”såpa”, gel like (toilet) soap made from fat and potassium, to moist the fingers to help splice the threads and yarn. Saliva is also possible to use.

Sysslebäck, Sweden

Bengtsson buys her yarn in Norway, at Europris. trysilgarn.europris.no

Made with nålbindning technique, see RV_CP_06 for further information.

Mittens for warming hands or use with the local folk costume. A Vantar för att värma händer. It’s a garment and accessory which shows tradition and heritage both in the technique and form.

For exhibitions and for sale.

Bengtsson has made about 40 pair of mittens

As the nålbindning is a cultural heritage and history of the region, the mittens are a continuation of the unbroken practice in the valley.

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