Skip to content
Lapinkylä

Knitting

1674

Schefferus writes that the women knitted caps of hare’s fur, and gloves, with four needles, and spun thread from reindeer sinew. The drawing of the tin wire is on the women’s work page. (Schefferus 1674)

Kautokeino

Knitted mittens from Kautokeino. The museum photographed them in 1980. The record does not explain the patterns, so they are not explained here. (Norsk Folkemuseum)

1980. Knitted mittens from Kautokeino.
1980. Knitted mittens from Kautokeino.Photo: Lars Sørli, Norsk Folkemuseum. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Karasjok

The museum calls these a man’s mittens from Karasjok. Photographed in 1980. (Norsk Folkemuseum)

1980. A man’s mittens from Karasjok.
1980. A man’s mittens from Karasjok.Photo: Lars Sørli, Norsk Folkemuseum. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Tana

The museum calls these a woman’s mittens from Tana. Photographed in 1980. (Norsk Folkemuseum)

1980. A woman’s mittens from Tana.
1980. A woman’s mittens from Tana.Photo: Lars Sørli, Norsk Folkemuseum. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Siida

A woman’s mittens from Siida’s collection. The catalog year is 1979. The pattern is not described. (Sámi Museum Siida)

1979. A woman’s mittens. The catalog year is 1979.
1979. A woman’s mittens. The catalog year is 1979.Photo: Sámi Museum Siida. Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Utsjoki

Siida’s clothing page says that in Utsjoki, women’s fur gaiters were replaced early with knitted ones. A mitten photograph marked Utsjoki is not on this page. (Siida)

Sámi Museum Siida

Jokkmokk

A knitted piece from Jokkmokk is missing. We are asking Ájtte.

Ájtte

Lovozero

A knitted piece from the Kola side is missing. We are asking the Lovozero museum.

Lovozero museum