Category: Asle mitten

In 1918, Frithiof Svennson, a farmer from the Åsle Tå community near Falkoping, Sweden, was digging for peat moss in the Åsle Mose (bog) when about half a meter down he came across an incredible find.<!--[if supportFields]>CITATION Hol34 \p 67 \l 1033 <![endif]--> (Arbman, 67) He found what he believed to be a very old mitten.  He… Continue reading A Mitten is Found

As many of you know I am a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism.  We research and recreate items and activities from pre-seventeenth century history.  One of my favorite things to do is naalbinding, something I learned to do about 14 or so years ago after joining the S.C.A. For several years I participated in… Continue reading A 16th Century Naalbinded mitten