My ex-college and friend invited me on a trip to the valley OLTEDAL, less than an hours drive from Stavanger.
Do you see the "HOLLYWOOD sign" up in the mountains she asked, and pointed out of the car window.... And yes, there was a feeling of being in America when I saw the sign with the name Oltedal up there :)
We went to LAFTHUSET , a cosy place where they are selling all you need for hand knitting, and also machine knitted garments, from the local factory.
http://www.viking-garn.no
Lafthuset is on fb.
Friendly and helpful people working there.
It is also a place where you can have something to eat, and I noticed that they had quite a lot of things that would have been perfect as gifts, including some very good bargains up on the first floor.
They have some guided group tours coming in , tourists from cruise ships etc. But mainly customers from the nearby area, and if you live in Norway they send off things you can order.
France, Sweden and Denmark have agents who work for them too.
My friend told me that she had been there on knitting events in the evenings, and lots of people had turned up from much further away than Stavanger.
It is OPEN every day!
Here you see HEGE and MARIANNE holding a jumper with a Setesdal design.
It is produced in Oltedal and has a typical Norwegian style.
This is A GIVEAWAY that you can win!
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The only thing you have to do is to leave at least one comment over the next 7 days, and finish with (Y) -(so I can see YES, then I know that you want to take part in the draw next Saturday.)
The "Giveaway" is the beautiful, nice and warm wool sweater shown in the picture. (The size is Large.)
You will find FREE KNITTING PATTERNS in English, Swedish and Danish (up to pattern number 1504), on their web page.
If you go for instance to number 1404, you can download and find the same pattern that is on the sweater.
9 comments:
Sounds good. I thin is so interesting place relative to Dale in Hordaland, which is also known worldwide. This will be nice giveaway for someone. Greetings from Bergen
I'm probably too far off, but Y.
It looks like an interesting place!
Good giveaway! Arianna
Great idea, Gunn!
Oh oh. What a beautiful sweater. (Y)
I feel bad doing this after the helicopter crash yesterday. But here I am.
Thank you for your photos and work. I've been looking at them for the last year or so...I'm old so can't exactly tell you how long!
Beautiful colors of yarn on the shelves.
And sure, I'd love to have such a beautiful sweater from Norway! (Y)
What a beautiful jumper. I like wool a lot but am always thankful for summer too!
That is a spectacular sweater, Gunn. Whoever wins it will be very fortunate.
This large sweater would be perfect for my big, handsome grandson. Y=Yes!
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