What are Sami knitting patterns? I have never heard of them so I'm not much
help to you. I do have some old knitted mitten patterns that I would gladly
share with you, just let me know.

From what I gather from our recent trip to Finland, they are the people from Lapland.
For more information about them there is a link here
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/saameng.html

Wow. I didn't know that "Saamelaiset" are called Sami in English. That
can't
be true.. Sami is a boy's name in Finland and it's very common too! I
checked
my dictionary and atleast "saamenkieli" the language they talk is
saamish...

I tried to buy some traditional Finnish mittens in Finland, but I didn't realise that
shops shut on a Monday in Finland, so missed them when we went to buy them
on our last day there.

Well, traditionally, all shops close every day But you probably ment
that
they were closed on Monday. Museums are closed on Monday, but not shops.
Sunday
is the day when almost every shop is closed.

They seem to have a detailed intarsia pattern in a traditional Finnish style.
The ones I've seen are knitted in a thick wool dyed in natural colours.
Maybe a Aran weight, and looked homespun too.

I have a book from library where is several patterns for mittens, but
they aren't
typical Middle- or NorthFinland style. More like EastFinland and
Karelia.

I'll try to find some patterns for their knittings..

Johanna

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Johanna Koski
Finland, Europe