Mittens in entrelac

Mittens in entrelac

Mitten knitted in entrelac that is shaped to fit the wrist and flair out towards the arm. White, black and salmon. Pattern is knitted in a pattern of stars/eight petal rose.

695

craftedobjects

2010s

iain

Swedish

Physical Object

448

Näverstickad vante

02/07/2025

34cm x 10cm x 9cm

current,59.8376399,13.1230106;

TEXT

https://culturality.museum/wiki/index.php/Mittens_in_entrelac

Rauma Ullvarefabrikk's lambswool 250m/50gr. 30m=10 cm

Cultural

fibre and textile crafts

Sock knitting needles 2,5 mm., 15 cm. Safety pins, messuring tape, scissor, needle

Sunne, Värmland, Sweden

The yarn Inez uses are from Norway. She finds that the norweigian yarn is of a especially high quality unlike other yarns. It is soft and easy to knit with. Inez buys her wool from a local knitting store in Sunne: www.lillagarnverstan.se. The yarn is from Rauma Ullvarefabrikk's website: www.rauma.no

Stockinette, entrelac, pattern knitting

Functional mittens

Exhibition

Inez is not sure of how many mitten with entrelac she's knitted, but estimates 60 pairs.

Inez was thought how to knit from her materna great grandmother. Entrelac/näverstickning has associations to the Finn Foest where she grew up. This technique was brought over with the forest finns who emigrated to Sweden in the 17th century.

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