Knitted with two color yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. This pattern comes from Leppoja Farm, Männisalu Village in Räpina area in Old Võro County, Estonia. It reminds me an oldwallpaper pattern from a manor house walls.
Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The pink yarn is hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. The dark brown is a natural sheep color, wool comes fromKihnu 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.
Women's size, approximately 7.5-8.
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Knitted with three color yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. This pattern comes from Paistu area in historic Mulgi Region, nowadays VIljandi County, Estonia. It is called a Strawberry Bloom Pattern. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The green and red yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. The off-white is natural sheep color. 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. Women's size, approximately 7.5-8. -
Knitted with four colored yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The pattern comes from Panjavitsa area in Setoland, ESTONIA. It is an simple ancient motif, depicting the tree ... where the bird laid the egg and the world started. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The yellow and orange yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. 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 8. -
Knitted with mostly three colored yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The pattern comes from Võnnu area in Põlva County, ESTONIA. It is an old pattern depicting stars or crosses. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. All the colored yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. The off-white is natural sheep color. 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. Women's size, approximately 8. -
Knitted with four color yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. This pattern comes from Räpina area in Tartu County, Estonia. It is called a Swirling Pattern. 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 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. Women's size, approximately 8. -
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 the tree ... where the bird laid the egg and the world started. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The burgundy and green 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 8. -
Please welcome a fine work of handicraft art, where traditional Estonian knitting style is combined with Seto patterns. And this is not an ordinary pattern, but it has traveled to Siberia with expatriates from Seto area in South-East Estonia and back to home-land with folklorist, who were researching them few years ago.
Knitted with mostly three colored yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The blue and green colored yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. The off-white is natural sheep color. 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 8.5 -
Knitted with three color yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. This pattern comes from Kanepi area in Old Võru 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 8. -
Please welcome a fine work of handicraft art, where traditional Estonian knitting style is combined with Seto patterns. The pattern depicts berries or flowers and I saw it on an exhibition in Obinitsa Museum in Setoland, ESTONIA. Year 2025 has been the Year of Colorwork Mittens in Setomaa and we had many wonderful exhibitions and events to celebrate this deep mitten knitting heritage of Estonia. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The red and green yarns are hand dyed, 100% Estonian wool. The white yarn is natural sheep color from Estonia. They are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. The cuff is finely lacy. 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. -
Knitted with three colored yarn - yellow, grey and brown - in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The yellow yarn is hand dyed, the grey and brown are natural sheep color, 100% wool from Kihnu Island, Estonia. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK-weight yarn, they are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. This pattern is called Butterfly Pattern and it comes from Viru-Jaagupi area in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. The cuff is knitted colorfully using the triangular style, which streches nicely and keeps snug around the wrist. Women's size, approximately 8. -
Knitted with three different yarns in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The pattern comes from Musa Village in Risti area in Western ESTONIA. The pattern is an ancient one, as the small geometrical ones are the oldest. An original piece of the same pattern can be seen here: https://www.muis.ee/museaalview/557206 Collected from Musa Village in Risti Parish in 1913. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The red yarn is hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. The off-white and brown yarns are natural sheep color. They come 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. Women's size 7,5-8. -
Knitted with three colored yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The pattern is an ancient Estonian pattern depicting Cat Paw or 8-pointed Star. It comes from Räpina area in historic Old Võro region, nowadays in Põlva County, ESTONIA. It is called a Swirly Pattern. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. The turquoise and yellow yarns are hand dyed, 100% wool from Estonia. The off-white is natural sheep color. They are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. Beautiful cabled ribbing is very elegant, like a bracelet around your wrist. The gloves are colorworked all the way to the fingertips, which makes them warmer than average thin one-leyer gloves. The yarn being rather thin makes them very comfortable to wear and they fit like a second skin. Women's size, approximately 8.