It's that time of the year again. I'm knitting tiny mittens and getting ready for the festive season. Although these are really tiny and not meant for human hands I absolutely enjoy the process.
In Latvia mittens play an important part in courtship and marriage rituals. OK, played an important part. A girl needed many pairs for her dowry. And these were various richly patterned colourful mittens with edgings of fringe or scalops. A tradition of dowry is gone, but mittens... they stay. Actually, a pair of mittens like that is a must in Latvian winter, firstly, because of their beautiful patterns and secondly, they are super warm exactly because of those colourful patterns.
This is why I love mittens! Even when I make them for gnomes' hands.
To play along and see who else is playing this week visit kootoyoo. It's fun!
P.S. You can google 'latvian mittens' and see what I mean :)
ReplyDeletesuperpretty such tiny puppetmittens !
ReplyDeleteoh! that's the cutest thing ever!
ReplyDeletegreat!
ReplyDeleteso sweet!
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