Snartemo II trim

Colours: blue + yellow (red is sold out)

Length: 327 cm

Width: 1,5 cm

Material: 100% Norwegian wool

Location: 6th century Norway

The original find which I based my band on is dated around 500 A.D. The finding place is Hægebostad in the southern part of Norway. The name Snartemo is the name of the nearby farm, where was an extensive burial site discovered.

''Snartemo II'' is the name of a particular grave which among many other things contained a garment decorated with a 2-coloured tablet woven trim. The original woolen band was very fine: Even though it was only approximately 0.9 cm wide, it was woven on 17 tablets. This means that threads were only 0.5 mm thick!

The material I use is finely spun, locally produced sheep wool. The supplier provided a high quality 2-ply yarn with surprisingly smooth finish which helped to bring out the unique texture of this band.