Sunday, August 28, 2011

Viking Knitting Exibit



My friends Sam and Caroline found an exhibit on Viking-era mittens at the National Museum of Iceland. They were kind enough to take some photos of this exhibit and send them to me.


A closeup of the Viking mittens.

The technique used was needle coiling, which you may have also heard in places called "Viking Knitting." Tomorrow, I will share a video on this technique as the knitting project of the day.


Description from the exhibit


Thank you, Sam and Caroline, for sending me these pictures!

2 comments:

  1. Hope this information helps, but you're right! There is the wire knitting technique, and there is also a similar version (typically) made from wool that is often called 'NÃ¥lebinding'. The mitten in the National Museum has been analysed, and the looping technique has been figured on in this article:
    http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2050611&issId=139971&lang=is (page 75).
    The stitch itself on the internet is often called the "Oslo stitch".

    Hope that helps! :)

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