Fylgja Norwegian Spirit Animals

     Finally a New Blog!!!! Sorry I am so slow to write. I thought I will do blogs

     as I make my new cardigan, for ME,  to show how I do things and the 

     finishing. Fylgja means Spirit Animals in Norwegian and it has 10 animals 

     and 4 birds! This means interest as all the animals pop up and keep the 

     fun going as you knit. I tried to make it  more feminine as the 

     background is curvy  and åtte blade rosa and petals. Also 

      squirrels, rabbits, and a dog.

     After a short while the background gets easy and flows.

     I am going to make a different one, more masculine 

     for my son Paul. Yes, he gets all the manly knits!

     Wears them skiing and has trouble keeping them on his back 

     from other skiers snagging them! He loves to tell

     them the only way to get one is have someone knit it!

     And, his mom knit it!

The sleeve has the eagle (Odin) with a fish, also his rune.

Cuff is a simple K2, P2 shifted  one st to right each row.

 Border is Viking ships from old Smøyg pattern.

I am at the neck and soon I can post pics of how I make the neck shaping and

               do collar and  Estonian Braid  Also will follow up with steeking and cutting etc. 

Make it easy to do!!!!

Nice to make a tutorial!  There are runes and footprints too.

 I adore the fox and he needsto be on mittens or socks!!!

Catch you later with more of this project.

you can email me at Cindy@norskneedlework.com anytime