A Knitter's Garden-Solveig Hisdal for Oleana

Somewhere underneath all the ice and dirty snow is my once lovely garden...though temperatures may rise this weekend I am beginning to think I will never see my hydrangeas and boxwoods again.  The answer for the March malaise--knit myself a garden!

 For inspiration I look to someone who knows a bit about long winters-Norwegian designer Solveig Hisdal and her glorious colorful collection for Norwegian knitwear and textile company Oleana. 

Award winning textile designer Solveig Hisdal has been designing for Oleana since the start of the company in 1992 creating knitwear that blooms with color and Norwegian textile and folk art tradition that she found throughout Norway's museums and history.  Oleana designs and manufactures with all natural fibers and maintains their commitment to producing their apparel and blanket collections in Norway.

Most of Oleana's gorgeous knitwear is machine made but Solveig Hisdal's book Poetry in Stitches has made it possible for knitter's to bring her gardens to our needles...Picking colors and Casting on Spring!

  Sneak peek at the Oleana Spring Collection!