Märta Stina

Thank you Carol for introducing me to Märta Stina at Sievers. This innovative peasant woman who lived in Kubbe,Sweden between 1825-1903 designed beautiful knitted textiles. She was ingenious with her patterns and knitted the wool not in use at the back by twisting it around the wool in use on every stitch(Thanks to Britt Marie Christofferson's book " Swedish Sweaters" for the description)
Ulrika arranged to have Bengt let me view the 4 pieces that were in storage.
Thanks Ulrika and Bengt !

The back is as nice as the front !
It was very exciting for me to see these in person. Hopefully someday they can come to the Nordic Heritage Museum on exhibit.












Just received the Madrona Fiber Arts Preview for 2007 and Carol is teaching a class amongst others, on Märta Stina. Susanna will also be teaching some Nordic knitting classes too. Jätte kul !
Next Slöjd Kalaset at the Museum in Härnösand......