Duodji

Duodji is the traditional Sámi handicraft -- as old as the time when the easiest way to get an item was to do it yourself. A special evening course was organized for us at the College, just so that we get to finish something simple in this short time frame.´

Here's the outcome of the first three-hour session...





The thread used has to be prepared: its fiber split in two, each end twisted separately then both ends together, tied with a knot.

Some bled as much as they could (I must admit that leather needles look particularly dangerous), others had to painfully undo half of the stitching so that the pieces matched. Not me. I'll take that as a family trait.