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WOMEN'S WORK: NEEDLEWORK AND BOOKS INSPIRED BY IT
Love this pocket!
Nice Work (If You Can Get It).
Folk-art embroidery in Dala-Floda style on mittens knit in the twined knitting technique.
Brudvante, Gagnef.
Brudvante, Gagnef. @ DigitaltMuseum.se
Vantar
Mittens from Gagnef parish in Dalecarlia, Sweden. Twined knitting with old pattern using hook-stitches; most probably the pattern is copied from weaving.
039_Kjolsäckar_före_1900
Sweden Kjolsäckar före 1900-pattern templates were made of birch bark.