I've gotten a little obsessed with Dala Horses.
I owe this obsession and the discovery of this mitten pattern to Melinda Josie. When Melinda posted this picture on her flickr stream months ago, I hounded her to see where the pattern was from. She was kind enough to share and she posted about her finished mittens here, on her blog.
Not only is Melinda a talented knitter, she paints incredibly beautiful paintings.
You can read a little story about the Swedish Dala Horse tradition here or here. (The stories are very different, so I included both.)
Thanks to J who took all the photos of me and the mittens.
I couldn't help but show off all the pretty details of the pattern:
Dala and Hest spelled out on the inside of the thumb.
Lacy cuffs.
Peak top.
Beautiful enough to almost make me wish I was in mitten wearing weather. Almost.
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous!! Mittens like these are why I wanted to learn to knit in the first place... So pretty...
ReplyDeleteoh i LOVE them!!!! those are the best mittens i've seen in a long time.
ReplyDeleteyou have the prettiest mittens ever. I can't believe you knitted them!
ReplyDeleteLacy cuffs are so so pretty. I got to try that on one of the mitts.
ReplyDeleteamazing! i love the details so much. Makes me want to do fair-isle for the first time. really lovely.
ReplyDeletegorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThey are so, so pretty!! Just amazing colourwork.
ReplyDeleteso so wonderful! i have these in my ravelry queue for someday when i'm half as good at fair isle as you!
ReplyDeleteoh my. these are awesome. my knitting skills are no where near you. makes me inspired to learn more about knitting.
ReplyDeleteoh, i love dala horses and these mittens!
ReplyDeletewow! i really wish i could handle that kind of knitting. amazing job!
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing!!! Wow!
ReplyDeletethese are so, so lovely.
ReplyDeleteSUPER-DUPER pretty! And yay, a free pattern to boot. These are definitely going in my queue.
ReplyDeleteLaura, Celine, WaysideViolet, Julie, madder, erin jane/atlantictreefox, caroline, Jane, Lexie, Thank you! So glad you like them. :) They were fun to knit.
ReplyDeleteKate, that made me smile, but mostly, I'm ridiculously jealous. I hear they need librarians in California...
severin, yay! So glad you're inspired to knit.
Siga, I thought the lacy-cuffs were such a great idea! I will be using that pattern again!
kenzie, oh I hope you try fair-isle! It's easier than it looks.
jen, you'll be great at fair-isle. You can already cable like mad, you'll be fine!
nicole, Yay! Glad you're adding them to your queue.
love them! i wear the mittens you made nearly every day in the winter. they are so comfortable and still look great after several years of wear. wish i could knit something so complex and pretty as these dala horses!
ReplyDeletebrilliant mittens and what an authentic dalahäst.
ReplyDeleteawesome blog erica.