{"id":18,"date":"2024-04-04T03:38:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T00:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/knitting2018\/details-saaremaa-knitted-jackets\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T03:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T00:42:20","slug":"details-saaremaa-knitted-jackets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/knitting2018\/details-saaremaa-knitted-jackets\/","title":{"rendered":"Details from Saaremaa knitted jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this workshop you will learn various simple and decorative techniques that have been historically knitted on the Saaremaa jackets and sweaters.\u00a0You will knit a wristlet using these methods.<\/p><p><em><span data-mce-mark=\"1\"><strong>Riina Tomberg<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(b. 1956) is a lecturer of Estonian native textiles since 2000 at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, the department of Estonian native crafts, and also gives various workshops on traditional knitting in Estonia and internationally. She has graduated from Estonian State Art Institute (Estonian Art Academy) as a textile designer in 1981, and has a master degree from Estonian Art Academy folk art department.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Riina has participated in expeditions to finno-ugric people by Estonian State Art Institute and Estonian National Museum in 1978-86.\u00a0Participated in republic and international exhibitions of textile art since 1980.<\/em><\/p><p><em>She has been awarded with a prize of the young artist of the year in 1983, 1st prize in competition of textile art in Japan in 1992, annual prize of Estonian Cultural Endowment in 2004.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Since 1992 she owns a textile studio and knitting workshop Ruut &amp; Triip in Kuressaare, Saaremaa island.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>Her book \u201cVatid, troid, vamsad. Knitted jackets from Estonian islands\u201d was published in 2006<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00a0She says:\u00a0The inspiration for me lies in the traditional way of life, doing things with your own hands for yourself and to the closest people around you. You would like to protect them not only from bad weather, but from anything evil that could come across. I would like to use that kind of thinking in my work, even in modern design.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00a0FB page:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ruutjatriip\">www.facebook.com\/ruutjatriip<\/a><\/em><\/p><br><figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/8jamaja.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/8jamaja.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-ima&gt;&lt;\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class=\" wp-block-image size-large><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/enm12573.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/enm12573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-ima&gt;&lt;\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class=\" wp-block-image size-large><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/riina_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/riina_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-ima&gt;&lt;\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/figure&gt;\"><\/a><\/figure><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this workshop you will learn various simple and decorative techniques that have been historically knitted on the Saaremaa jackets and sweaters.\u00a0You will knit a wristlet using these methods. 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