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Gloves & Mittens

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**Aalsum, 750-900AD. Woven cloth mitten. [BRANDENBURGH 2009: p. 69, 71]
*Iceland
**Akranes Mitten or Garðar Mitten, found in 1881 on the peninsula Akranes, north of Reykjavik.It is a left mitten made from woven, red-brown cloth, 28cm long and 11cm wide with a gore to extend it out over the wrist and an inset thumb. Believed to be from the 10th Century [LEHMANN-FILHÉS 1896: p.29-30]**Heynes Mittens found in 1960. A pair of child mittens connected by a braided band. They are made from a coarse vadmal cloth and pre-date the 12th Century, most likely dating to the 10th Century. [GUÐJÓNSON 1962]
====Naalbound Mittens====