Knitted with three colored yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The pattern comes from Panjavitsa area in Setoland, ESTONIA. It is an simple ancient motif, depicting some stars and crosses.
Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The navy blue and yellow yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. The grey yarn is natural sheep color from Kihnu Island. They are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. Beautiful lacy ribbing is very elegant, like a bracelet around your wrist.
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.
Setos are an ethnic and linguistic minority living in an area covering South-East Estonia and West of Pskov Region in Russia. Setumaa will appeal to anybody interested in different cultures, religion and traditions - with its beautiful nature Setumaa is well worth a visit. Please see more at http://www.visitestonia.com/en/holiday-destinations/cultural-treasures/setomaa
Women's size, approximately 7.5-8.
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Knitted with mostly three color yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. This pattern is called a Butterfly Pattern and collected from Viru-Jaagupi in Lääne Viru County, Estonia. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. All the yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. They are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. Beautiful triangular ribbing is very elegant, like a bracelet around your wrist. 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, approximately 7.5-8 -
Knitted with mostly two color yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. In addition, there are many differnent colors in the cuff. The main pattern is called an 8-Pointed Star Pattern and a Sieve Pattern collected from Sangaste in Valga County, Estonia. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. All the yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. They are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. Beautiful colorful triangular ribbing is very elegant, like a bracelet around your wrist. 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, approximately 7.5-8 -
Knitted with mostly three color yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The main pattern is called a Looped Square and it is an ancient and very powerful and protective pattern from Rapla area in Estonia. It also has a Sieve Pattern, great universal sieve, separating good from evil. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The red yarn is hand dyed, the off-white and dark brown are natural sheep colors, 100% wool from Estonia. They are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. Beautiful colorful triangular ribbing is very elegant, like a bracelet around your wrist. 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, approximately 7 -
Knitted with three color yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. This pattern comes from Viljandi County, Estonia. It depicts the powerful 8-pointed star. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. All the yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. They are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. Beautiful entrelac ribbing is very elegant, like a bracelet around your wrist. 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, approximately 8.
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Knitted with more than three colored yarn - turquoise, pink, coral, magenta - in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. All the yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK-weight yarn, they are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. This pattern comes from Pärnu County, Estonia. The cuff is knitted colorfully using the entralac style and matching colors of blues. Women's size, approximately 8.