#101: Fine Hand Knitted Lady’s Gloves in Väike-Maarja Style with Entrelac Cuffs with Ancient Pattern Sieve

Knitted mostly with two colored yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The wrists are knitted in the entralac technique using matching shades, some blues and pinks.

The pattern comes from Väike-Maarja area in Lääne-Viru County. It is an ancient geometrical pattern, depicting sieve and rhombi. Sieve pattern has a very deep underlying meaning separating good from evil, heavy from light etc.

Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. They are perfect to block wind and wear in winter.

The gloves are color-worked all the way to the fingertips, which makes them warmer than average thin one-layer gloves. The yarn being rather thin makes them very comfortable to wear and they fit like a second skin.

Women’s size.