Lanja Khon-Engheim
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Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These sweet little fingerless mitts feature a Japanese motif with lace and cables. They were designed to match the Brenna scarf.
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Knitting: Scarf
Eldbjørg is a textured lace scarf knitted in two parts and grafted at the center. It features lace that looks more complicated than it really is, and is embellished with Estonian nupps in the center motif.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Ingveld is a riff on the traditional Shetland hap shawl. The garter stitch body is worked sideways on the bias. Then stitches are picked up around the sides for the lace. It is finished with an edging with true lace (patterning on every row).
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Maridal is a triangular shawl knitted on the bias with a lace panel down one side. The lace panel features a leaf motif and small cables.
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Knitting: Mittens
The colourwork motifs on this mitten are based on a Faroese “nattrøye” (nightgown/sweater) recently discovered in London. It was originally part of a shipment heading from the Faroe Islands to Denmark in 1807 just as the Napoleonic wars began. The ship was captured by the British navy and taken to the UK as war booty. Sadly, the would-be recipi...
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Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Myraløkka fingerless mitts feature a lacy leaf pattern framed with mock cables. A gusseted thumb makes for a smooth fit.
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Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Pale Duck is a beanie inspired by the Crazy Christmas Suit from Hitman III.
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Knitting: Scarf
Brenna features Japanese lace and cables. Knitted in Samite, a silk/wool blend from Blacker Yarns, it’s a luxurious addition to any wardrobe.
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Knitting: Scarf
Tora is a scarf with Japanese lace embellished with Estonian nupps (bobbles). The main motif has patterning on both RS and WS. The lace motifs are charted only.
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Knitting: Scarf
Olsok features leafy lace and lacy mock cables. It’s knitted in two pieces and grafted at the middle.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Audur is a top-down triangular shawl with a lace border featuring nupps and the Estonian “tower” motif.
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Knitting: Cuffs
Is it a Selbu star or a sunflower? Knit these wristers in yellow and blue to show your support of Ukraine!
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Knitting: Scarf
Calixtus features a Japanese lace centre panel flanked by horseshoes and mock lacy cables.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Ingiridh is a semi-circular shawl with Shetland lace motifs. The shawl is worked in stockinette stitch with patterning on every row (i.e. there are no rest rows).
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Knitting: Scarf, Cowl
The graceful lace and undulating cables of the Vitastjerna scarf and cowl are an elegant addition to fall and winter wardrobes.
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Knitting: Scarf
This scarf is meant to evoke the billowing smoke from the bonfires of Sankthans, the Norwegian midsummer festival that is celebrated on 23-24 June. It was designed to show off your knitting abilities with cables, lace, and nupps all in one scarf.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Svanlaug is a semi-circular shawl with both Estonian and Shetland motifs. Patterning is worked on both RS and WS; there are no rest rows.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Jorunn features an inverted flower basket motif with nupp embellishments at the very end.
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Knitting: Scarf
Gytha is a simple lace scarf. Its main motif is a variation on the traditional horseshoe from Shetland/fishtail from Estonia offset with garter stitch. It is knitted in two parts and grafted at the center.
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Knitting: Scarf
The Gunnhild scarf features a simple lace pattern that is delineated by twisted-stitch cables.
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Knitting: Scarf
Vivja is a scarf with lace and nupps. It’s knitted in a single piece from the bottom up. The pattern assumes that you can read charts and have some experience knitting lace. A link is provided for 2 techniques to work nupps. The pattern has been test-knitted.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Skogsbær means “forest berries” in Norwegian. During the summer and fall here, the woods yield strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and lingonberries. I make lots of jam, which brightens & sweetens our breakfasts in the winter.
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Knitting: Mittens
Kvennavagn mittens take their name from the Norse appellation for the constellation Ursa Minor. Kvennavagn means “woman’s chariot” as opposed to Karlsvagn, the “man’s chariot,” Ursa Major.
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Knitting: Mittens
Finally the snow has come! These mittens use the same motifs as the Skadi Wishes for Snow beanie.
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Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This thread in the NewNorwegian group is intended to address issues related to this pattern, including how to eliminate the seam and why the ribbing is turned inside-out before starting the colourwork.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Please make sure you are using the JULY 2020 version of the pattern. It corrects the stitch count for the edging (start with 8 sts); clarifies that 4 sts must be bound off at the beginning of Row 8 on Chart 5; and switches the RS/WS designations of Chart 5, so that RS & WS rows of the chart are worked with the RS & WS of the shawl facin...
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Knitting: Cowl
Among the Trees is a single-skein project that can be worn as a cowl or a scarf. It features a simple lace pattern with Estonian bobbles/nupps and lacy mock cables.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Erratum: The October 2020 version corrects a mistake in the instructions for the edging. Work Chart 2 across the long edge as follows: 3 DJ, then single joins to the last 2 sts of the side, end with 2 DJ.
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Knitting: Mittens
Calamondin features a traditional Norwegian star motif and a simple peasant thumb. The colours in the sample mittens were inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s poem that begins “Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn” / Do you know the land where the lemon trees flower.
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Knitting: Mittens
Sea of Flowers is a straightforward mitten with just two colours and a simple peasant thumb.
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Knitting: Cowl, Cuffs
Svalinn is a simple lace cowl with matching gauntlets. They are great stashbuster projects that feature a picot edge and beads. The motif is only 2 rows and is easy to memorize.
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Knitting: Cuffs
Fimbulwinter gauntlets were designed to use up that partial skein of sock yarn that you’ve got hanging around after finishing a pair of socks.
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Knitting: Cowl
This simple cowl is worked in garter stitch and takes only a few hours from cast-on to bind-off. First the center is cast on provisionally and worked back and forth. Then the ends are grafted to each other. For the borders, stitches are picked up along the top and bottom edges and worked in the round.
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Knitting: Cowl
Orca’s Path is a squishy cabled cowl that uses just one skein of Malabrigo Rios (or approximately 210 yards of other worsted weight yarn).
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Knitting: Scarf
It once happened that, as a consequence of a trick played by Loki, the Æsir killed the giant Thiazi. His daughter Skadi demanded compensation, and so Odin took Thiazi’s eyes and set them as stars in the sky. Now they shine over Skadi’s garden at her home in Thrymheim…
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Knitting: Cuffs
Draupnir is a small stashbuster project. These wristlets work up surprisingly quickly; despite their complex appearance, the combination of cables and lace is actually quite easy to memorize.
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Knitting: Cowl
“It is said that King Volsung had an excellent palace built in this fashion: a huge tree stood with its trunk in the hall and its branches, with fair blossoms, stretched out through the roof. They called the tree Bairnstock.”
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Stay warm and cheer for Canada with this shawl! Red and white stripes give way to a border featuring an Estonian maple leaf motif.
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Knitting: Cowl
Please make sure that you are using the March 2020 version of this pattern. It includes updates to the symbol key as well as improved charts.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl was designed for Norway’s Constitution Day (May 17). It’s a top-down Faroese with shoulder shaping and gusset, which make it easy to wear as it sits on your shoulders without falling off. The body of the shawl is a simple diamond pattern that’s easy to memorize and the border features Estonian lilies with more than 850 nupps. The sha...
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Knitting: Cowl
Brisingamen is a cowl with cables and lace named for the necklace of the Norse goddess Freya.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Raven-Wine is an Estonian-style lace shawl with crow’s feet lace and nupp border. It’s worked in 2 parts from the bottom up and grafted at the centre.
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Knitting: Baby Blanket
Jurriaan is a baby blanket with hearts, diamonds, and simple cables. Inspired by traditional gansey sweater patterns, it’s worked in a bulky yarn that makes it a quick and warm project.
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Knitting: Scarf
Knitted in two parts and grafted at the center, the Galswintha scarf is an elegant accessory and perfect for spring with its lilies-of-the-valley and tree of life.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl combines some characteristics of my favourite lace tradition, Estonian, with one of my favourite shawl traditions, Faroese. That said, I otherwise lack the inspiration to really sell any potential buyers on the amazing virtues of this pattern, so let me give you a rundown of the facts:
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Knitting: Scarf
Fredegunda is an easy lace scarf designed as a single-skein stashbuster. Knitted in one piece from the bottom up, the two-row pattern makes it easy to adjust length and width. 700 beads add some sparkle for these dark winter days.
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Knitting: Scarf
Faileube is a quick and simple knit with a flared border and Estonian willow leaves.
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Knitting: Scarf
Haldetrude is September’s installment in the Not Quite Samite series. With nupps, Estonian tulips, and a crochet chain edging it’s a quick and elegant accessory for the fall.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Cherries and Fairies is a lightly curved triangular shawl. A simple cat’s paw pattern gives way to a nupp border and is finished with a crochet chain edging. The shawl’s size can be easily adjusted by knitting more/fewer repeats of the first chart.
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Knitting: Scarf
Here in Norway autumn has come early. Merofleda celebrates the season with a leaf and nupp pattern knitted in an aspen gold colour. Worked from the bottom up in a single piece and finished on both ends with a picot crochet edge, it’s a great project for stashbusting that single skein of sock-weight yarn.
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Knitting: Scarf
Looking for a light summer scarf to keep off the chill? Say hello to Marcovefa! Estonian butterflies are framed by lacy zigzags and finished with a delicate crochet edging.
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Knitting: Mittens
Maple Leaves and Moose Antlers feature two Estonian patterns, maple leaf and elk horn (which has been adapted slightly here, hence moose antlers). These mittens start with a provisional cast-on at the bottom and are worked from the cuff to the tip. Afterwards the live sts of the cuff are bound off using an i-cord bind-off.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
April in the Eastfold is a lace wrap that features the Estonian patterns lily-of-the-valley and stones (diamonds). The stole begins with a provisional cast-on. After working the body, stitches are picked up all around the pieces and the edging is attached stitch by stitch. The patterns might look complex, but they’re deceptively simple and easi...
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Knitting: Mittens
Handfasting is a set of 6 mittens with colourwork cuffs. They were originally designed as stashbusters and as such each pair uses approximately one 50 g ball of worsted weight yarn (100-112 m) as the main colour in addition to between 10-35 m of various contrast colours.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Salish Sea is a curved semi-circular shawl with a stockinette body and Old Shale border. It’s worked from the top down and finished with a crochet chain bind-off.
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Knitting: Scarf
The Miller Maiden’s Scarf is knitted in two parts from the bottom up and grafted at the center. Afterwards, stitches are picked up from the provisional cast on for the crochet chain edging.
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Knitting: Scarf
Lilacs in the Doorway is a simple lace scarf based on the Estonian lilac leaf motif. It’s worked in 2 parts and then grafted at the center using Kitchener stitch (see third picture).
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Knitting: Scarf
The Ottesong scarf features diamonds, hearts, and little leaves. The first border is worked then set aside, then the second border and the scarf length are knitted. Then the live stitches of the first border are grafted to the live stitches of the scarf length. Afterwards, stitches are picked up from the provisional cast on for the crochet chai...
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Se Mai Senti is an Estonian-inspired stole with beads, nupps, and vikkel braid. Work the first border, then set aside and work the second border and stole length. Then graft the two pieces together and finish with a crochet chain edging.
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Knitting: Scarf
Bertechildis is a seaman’s scarf with Estonian lilies, cables, and a crochet chain edging worked in two pieces from the bottom up and grafted together. The pattern assumes that you know how to cast on provisionally, knit nupps, graft and read charts.
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Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves
Isolde White-Hands is a very simple mitten (or fingerless mitt or gauntlet) with eyelets embellished with crocheted roses and leaves.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Soria is a curved semi-circular shawl based on Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Half-Pi Shawl.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
St Martin features Estonian lilies and a center mesh pattern. The edging is knitted on at the end. The pattern assumes that you know how to cast on provisionally, knit nupps, read charts, and graft (Kitchener stitch).
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Knitting: Baby Blanket
The Castamere blanket was inspired by my son Tott’s favourite..um…lullaby, “The Rains of Castamere” from George R.R. Martin’s series A Song of Fire and Ice. It’s a super-simple stashbuster worked solely in stockinette stitch and finished with a crochet edging.
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Knitting: Scarf
The Clayoquot Sound scarf features lace and cable patterns meant to evoke the sand dollars, whale tails, ferns, and waves of the Pacific Coast.
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Knitting: Scarf
The Long, Long Winter Night is a wide scarf with Estonian patterns. The first border is worked and then put aside, then the second border and the length of the scarf are worked. The live stitches of the first border are then grafted to the live stitches of the rest of the scarf.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Pentecost is a triangular lace shawl with a birch leaf center panel flanked by diamonds with nupps. It starts at the top with a garter stitch tab and is finished with a garter stitch edging.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Liebestraum is a top-down triangular shawl with a panel of lilies-of-the-valley down the center and a ruffle. It can be easily resized; instructions to do so are given in the pattern.