Christmas is the time for wrapping packages, making homes cozy, and sharing a little warmth. If you are one of the Monday Knitters at Ingebretsen’s, it’s also the time for adding a decorative touch to the pole in front of the gift store door. Anna Bloomstrand, owner of Lilleknappen, Inc. and daughter of Julie Ingebretsen,… More A Sweater of a Different Stripe
It’s 2010, and Laura Ricketts is at a knitting conference at Seattle’s Nordic Heritage Museum. She’s looking at a display of national costumes, absorbed by the “beautiful, clear blues” of the Sámi pieces, when a question pops into her head: “Where is their knitting?” Why hasn’t she heard of it or seen it, like Swedish… More Laura Ricketts Brings Sámi Knitting to Light
Where did designer Mary Jane Mucklestone find the 150 Scandinavian Motifs in her latest book? “When I go to yard sales, I always get old knitting patterns,” she says. “And growing up in Seattle, I saw everything on my schoolmates’ backs,” a parade of reindeer, eight-petaled roses, and “lice.” She saw those design elements again… More Mary Jane Mucklestone on Knitting Scandinavian Motifs