Yarn made from nettles

@brittarnhild

The St. Olav Festival is going on in Trondheim this week. A couple of years ago I bought a scarf at the festival market. A very special scarf. knitted by hand, using yarn made of nettles. This year I went back to the booth where they sell the nettle stuff.
Look at this pillow. Isn´t it amazing.

Here is a detail of a scarf, pretty much like the scarf I bought.

The knitting feels a little stiff, but softens the more you use it.

 

This week I have been working in the booth next to the nettle booth, for the Norwegian Bible Society, and yesterday I walked over to admire some of the stuff. I felt my finger itch to work with nettle yarn and asked one of the ladies there "Is it possible to buy any of your yarn?"

Sure! It was! :-)
Now I am the proud owner of a skein, making plans on how to use it.

 

Comments

[mardelle]

Nettles??? I cannot imagine. Isn't nettles a plant? I'm going to try and google it.
It's beautiful by the way.

[mardelle]

I did google it - More common than i thought. It's been used for centuries. Some Italian fashion houses are beginning to use it in high end clothing. You are way ahead of the game. PS: I do love nettle soup in the early spring.