"Mum, can you knit me a pair of Selbuvotter?"
"Mmm" I answered, my nose deep into a book, wondering if Framboise
"Mum, can you really knit me a pair of mittens?"
"Sure"....and what about the German soldier, when would he come back next?
"Thank you mom. You are so kind", Marta's eyes sparkled. Then she looked at me again. "Mum, do you think I am a nuisance?"
Finally I looked up. "A niusance? How can you say that?" "Well, I asked you a question and you answered, but your brows are frowning and I am not sure if you are happy about my question?"
Books take me everywhere and it is not always to come back to reality. Of course I will knit Marta a pair of selbuvotter, and of course I am happy about it. Actually I am thrilled. One of my kids wants me to knit something for them :-). We went to the yarnstore the next day, and during our cabin days I finished the first mitten.
The Selbu Mitten celebrates 150 years this year. The first mitten with the intricate rose pattern was written by a 11 year old girl while she was out in the mountains in the summer taking care of the sheeps.
Today it is almost impossible to get knitters to handknit the mitten for sale, so more and more of the knitting is done by machines.
