Norwegian knitting

[1] Knitted garments found in Norway have been dated as far back as between 1476 and 1525.

The origin of these mittens is attributed to a young girl named Marit Emstad who in 1857 attended church wearing what we now know as Selbu mittens, effectively sparking the imagination of knitters at the time who had never seen anything like it before.

There are several brands of Norwegian yarn available today for knitters, including Dale of Norway and Rauma Garn.

The heritage of Norwegian knitting has been preserved, documented and translated into English language history, and pattern books, that are available to modern knitters, mostly notably by the author Annemor Sundbø.

The yarn factory Rauma Ullvarefabrikk has also released a substantial number of Norwegian knitting patterns translated into English.