Talented Norwegians!
Posted: Friday, 11 May 2007 |
Here are a few pics Dag sent me, of the crafts he and his lovely wife make. Dag makes knives and stools, and Mrs Dag creates beautiful needlecraft works which, I`m sure folks will agree, look stunning displayed here in the pics! Dag has given me his permission to show these, I really thought everyone else should see them too and see what fabulously talented folks there are in Norway!
Comments
Wow, very good, although in pic. 2 I had to take a second look, as I wondered if they were carrots or swedes ( in Norway too) or some other implements that are popular with the females, but then I noticed that they were knives, maybe I should take in what I read before looking at the pictures. Oh, I still think that I've met your man, sometime in the past our paths have crossed, but alas poor memory means that I cannot remember where or when, and maybe that's not a bad thing. Cheers....
Tws from A Kinder Place
And here I thought I was talented because I could boil a tattie!!
Michelle Therese from Mainland Orkney
Great stuff, Dag and Mrs Dag. I see there is a strong sheep theme in the pictures! Love the squirrel - are there red squirrels in Norway? The knives are very interesting shapes, are they good to use? And I really like the crocheted mat, Mrs Dag, it inspires me to start crocheting again. Thanks Hermit for the pics.
Jill from EK
really lovely pieces of craftmanship.thanks to you,hermit and dag and his mrs. for sharing them with others.when's the next story??
carol from in awe and admiration
I think the expression is 'Du er flink Dag, og kona din ogs氓.' I have a tendancy to get my sentence structure roond the wrong wye, sorry I failed again!
Ruthodanort from Unst
They are brilliant aren`t they? :-) I think the mat is knitted though Jill, I asked Dag to ask Mrs Dag if she used a crochet hook or knitting needles and it was the needles. I have another story Carol but it was written for Jul and is awfy...heathen..so maybe folks might not like it so much. :-(
Hermit from Sanday
re meeting the other half, it`s entirely possible though he`d need a pic of you to know for certain, he didnae recognise the one of you with the dog from your blog, sadly. ;-)
Hermit from PS Tws
Yes you could be right about the knitting on closer inspection, Hermit. I see Mrs Dag has blocked it out all neatly, too. I find circular knitting very difficult but crochet is OK. Unlike many clothes manufacturers I *can* tell the difference, though :-) - you often see things labelled "crochet" just because they have a few lacy holes in them, in fact they are knitted. Thanks for the info!
Jill from EK
Hermit:heathen??? brilliant CD by david bowie!! send it just the same as regards tws go on to his blog in stornoway you'll laugh-me and fc did!
carol from feeling bored
What wonderful items I love the chair and the lacy doily
Barebraes from Shapinsay
What lovely, cute stools. (As "Dr" Gillian McKeith might say when impressed.)
Annie B from the usual
Norwegians also have done beautiful work with "tatting", and "Hardanger " sewing (I don't know how to spell the Norwegian word for it), Does your wife do either, Dag? Oh, Ruthodanort has a computer with norwegian lettering!
macQ from NMtoo,USA
Hardanger looks right enough to me. It's quite popular here amongst SWRI craftswomwen. The really scary bit is cutting out the holes after doing all the stitching,not for the faint-hearted! I love the knife handles - what sort of woods are used? Hermit, the heathener the better for all and sundry at Rolling acres!
Flying Cat from The Sunroom of Eternity
Thank you very much for the fine words. My wife uses mainly knitting needles, only a few with crochet. Yes, my wife knows hardangers酶m, she is born in Rosendal in Hardanger. My wife and our daughters are wearing hardangerbunad on special occasions , like the 17th of May.
Dag from Norway
There's going to be a big contingent from Norway coming to the annual Syttene mai (probably wrong spelling) celebrations here in Orkney. Visit to the wargraves; tog; concert and dinner dance. (Orkney Norway Friendship Association.)
Flying Cat from trying to look knowledgeable
The most common wood in knifehandles are birsh with a kind of virus growing on the log. Knutar as we call it in Norway. I also use ash, rowan, holly and aldertree. All these trees grow on our farm.
Dag from Norway
My female parental unit is quietly chanting to herself "envy is a sin" over and over. Our trees are 13 years old and about 2.5m high....or nearly....
Flying Cat from climbing a small tree
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