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Friday, December 15, 2006

A Must Read!

You are looking at a closeup of thousands of mittens. These were knit by the Latvian people, one pair each, for the members of Nato delegations and media representatives. An unprecedented 4500 pairs of mittens were knit. This pic is just a small representation of the magnitude of this project! The Latvian people must truly be rich in character. Please find the official press release at the official Nato Summit 2006 website, here, and a detailed history of Latvian mitten design and symbol meanings here. I found this story on Marcy's blog. Fabulous read always, by the way. Enjoy and Happy Friday!

Whoo-hoo!
Ang

4 Comments:

sgeddes said...: Thanks for sharing the mittens info! What a great story. I would love to be able to knit some of these mittens - I've always been afraid of colorwork.; 9:20 AM
AuntieAnn said...: That is very cool. Thanks for sharing!; 3:39 PM
hakucho said...: That's a so very interesting story about the Latvian mittens. 4500 mittens...that's alot of mittens!! All the symbols reminds me of Ukrainian Easter Eggs. Very similar cultures I guess!

Happy knitting:); 5:41 PM
Anonymous said...: I can't believe how many mitts they knit up - and so totally gorgeous ones! Friends of mine have been to Latvia for the last Hockey World Cup and they said they've never met such nice, friendly and warm-hearted people - well, now I believe it for sure! Thanks for sharing this story!; 2:40 AM

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