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In collaboration with Aleks Byrd and the Sena Klets Museum in Latvia these mitten boxes contain everything you need to knit your own Latvian and Estonian mittens.
Let yourself be guided through the different stages of making the mittens thanks to the videos (Aleks Byrd Mittens) and detailed instructions provided in these sets.
You will need your own set of 2mm needles (in whatever manner you prefer for working in the round) to make the mittens.
Boxes include:
Printed patterns in English and French. A code is also provided to download the patterns onto your electronic devices.
Three stitch markers to track the progress of your work.
Fingering weight yarn from Latvia in bright colours:
The Cesvain kits contain 3 colours of yarn, enough to knit 2 pairs of mittens (reversing colours).
The Slate kits contain 2 colours of yarn, , enough to knit 2 pairs of mittens (reversing colours).
The Hilja kits contain 3 colours of yarn, enough to knit 3 pairs of mittens (reversing colours).
The Davvi kits contain 3 colours of yarn, enough to knit 3 pairs of mittens (reversing colours).
We are a proudly Canadian, independently-owned, women-run local yarn store based in Ottawa, Ontario. Our focus is on natural fibres and yarns, and we love to help promote and support Canadian producers and makers. Most of our products are of Canadian and European origin, and we do our best to work with distributors at home and abroad to find products that are of excellent quality while also being affordable, sustainable, and responsibly produced.
'wabi sabi' is a Japanese aesthetic term which focusses on recognizing and embracing the beauty of the unfinished, the imperfect and the impermanent. There is no English synonym, and we use it with respect for its roots.
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