Anessa Andersland is the guest writer for this post. Anessa is the North American marketing agent for ČálliidLágádus / Authors’ Publisher, a Sámi publishing company. She helps coordinate our annual Sámi Day at Ingebretsen’s, which is this coming Saturday. In this post, she will explain some of what you’ll see there. Duodji (doy – gee): the Sámi name… More D is for Duodji
Laurie Olson Williams teaches Hardanger embroidery at Ingebretsen’s. We asked her to tell us a little about the history of this needlework form and to share some samples of her own beautiful Hardanger work. Laurie writes… Hardanger embroidery, developed in the Hardanger Fjord region of Norway, spans an interesting gap between embroidery and lace making.… More Hardanger Embroidery with Laurie Olson Williams
A couple of years ago I took a class in wheat weaving…and I got hooked! I love crafts of all lines and am primarily a weaver. If it goes “over and under”–whatever the materials, I love it! Wheat weaving is closest to basket weaving, I think, in materials and technique but it also involves braiding… More Wheat Weaving with Bonnie Buzza