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 dark blue and dark green 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. 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.
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Knitted with three color yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. This pattern is very widely spread throughout 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 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 -
Knitted with mostly two colored yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The pattern comes from Otepää area in Valga County. It is an ancient geometrical pattern, depicting trees or snow piles. There is a Japanease pattern which is amazingly similar to this one. Tightly knitted using 0-size needles and DK weight yarn. Most of the 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 entrelac ciffs are 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 mostly two colored yarn in traditional Estonian fair-isle style. The pattern comes from Kihnu Island off the western coast of Estonia. It is an ancient geometrical pattern, depicting a corn flower. On the fingers there is a smaller geometrical pattern, which is quite old. Tightly knitted using 00-size needles and DK weight yarn. Most of the yarns are natural sheep color, 100% wool from Kihnu Island, Estonia. The red yarns are dyed. They are perfect to block wind and wear in winter. Beautiful entrelac cuffs are 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
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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