False Entrelac - Sámi Knitted Mitten by Laura Ricketts

False Entrelac - Sámi Knitted Mitten

Knitting
September 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
16.5 stitches and 20 rows = 2 inches
in False entrelac
US 1 - 2.25 mm
800 yards (732 m)
9.5 inches long and 4 inches wide with an 8 inch hand circumference
English
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The knitter uses four different colors of fingering weight yarn to make this beautiful stranded project. Despite its fancy look, only two colors are ever knit on each row. I created this false entrelac mitten based on a museum-owned piece purchased in 1925 from Jukkasjärvi by Stockholm’s Nordiska museet. Braids and tassels finish off this northern beauty.