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  2. Mitten - Wikipedia

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    Humans have likely used mittens for millennia, but wool and other materials used to construct clothing biodegrade quickly, which limits the amount of extant relics. From Ancient Egypt several depictions of mittens survive, [4] and some gloves found at Egyptian pyramids have been described as resembling mittens, with the collection of egyptologist Robert Hay supposedly having contained a "linen ...

  3. Lovikkavante - Wikipedia

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    It is a knitted wool mitten manufactured and designed in accordance with the pattern established by its creator Erika Aittamaa in 1892, especially designed for the cold climate of Northern Sweden. [1] [2] The village of Lovikka has a small museum dedicated to the history and design of the mittens. [3]

  4. Aran knitting patterns - Wikipedia

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    The cable stitch, which is the most common type of stitch seen on Aran sweaters, is said to represent a fisherman’s ropes. [7] There are many different type of cable stitches.

  5. History of knitting - Wikipedia

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    Also, a wool mitten fragment from early 14th century has been found in Siksälä burial in South-Eastern Estonia. [ 9 ] Several paintings from Europe portray the Virgin Mary knitting and date from the 14th century, including Our Lady Knitting by Tommaso da Modena (circa 1325-1375) and Visit of the Angel , from the right wing of the Buxtehude ...

  6. Twined knitting - Wikipedia

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    Wool yarn was the most common knitting material, but linen and cotton yarn was sometimes used to knit socks, mittens and gloves. [5] Mittens and gloves were commonly twine-knitted in white (typically for women) or black (typically for men) wool yarn with a knitted or embroidered colourful pattern.

  7. Selbuvott - Wikipedia

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    A display of selbu mittens. Selbuvott (transl. selbu mittens) is a knitted woolen mitten, based on a pattern from Selbu Municipality in Norway. [1] Like all mittens, the purpose of selbuvott is to keep hands warm during winter, with one large space for fingers and a separate smaller section for the thumb.

  8. Norwegian knitting - Wikipedia

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    Selbu mittens first appeared as a vertical column of two snowflakes on the front side of the mittens. The origin of these mittens is attributed to a young girl named Marit Emstad who in 1857 attended church wearing what we now know as Selbu mittens, effectively sparking the imagination of knitters at the time who had never seen anything like it ...

  9. Nålebinding - Wikipedia

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    Nålebound socks from Egypt (300–500 AD) Mittens done in "nålebinding" Swedish nålebinding mittens, late 19th century. Nålebinding (Danish and Norwegian: literally 'binding with a needle' or 'needle-binding', also naalbinding, nålbinding, nålbindning, or naalebinding) is a fabric creation technique predating both knitting and crochet.

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