by Anita Osterhaug | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog
Every now and then, I discover someone who I want to be when I grow up. Ana Borrero is one of those people. She lives the Nordic values of sustainability, community, family, and good old common sense. Ana Borrero is a modern day Viking, exploring and innovating with...
by Anita Osterhaug | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog
Yesterday I had a wonderful chat with my friend Anne Merrow, one of the founders of Long Thread Media, for an upcoming Long Thread podcast. (I’ll post a link when it releases.) Anne asked me a very interesting question: whether the time I spend volunteering to support...
by Anita Osterhaug | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog
Welcome to Nordic Hands, a place to share the joy of making with meaning. Because I think it matters how and what we make. Every act of creation is an expression of ourselves, our culture, our values. And if you’ve found your way to this website, I think you already...
by Anita Osterhaug | Apr 26, 2024 | How To
Sara Bixler’s Sweet and Simple Runner project is woven on a rigid-heddle loom using two heddles to get a warp sett (density) of 20 ends per inch. Here’s a YouTube video from WEBS that shows how to warp a rigid-heddle loom with two heddles. How to Thread Double Heddles...
by Anita Osterhaug | Oct 16, 2023 | How To
Susan Foulkes’ Cheerful Band of Mug Mats pattern in Nordic Hands uses West Country whipping to secure the end of each woven band. The video above gives a great demonstration of the technique with all the steps and a good view of what’s going on. Originally used to...
