Margreta Norwegian Nisse
Margreta is a doll maker. While she is skilled at making many different kinds of dolls, her favorite to create are the simple yarn dolls. She never runs out of materials, for her little cabin is filled to the brim with the cheerful, colorful yarns that she uses to make them.
Margreta is 9" inches tall, from the bottom of her boots to the top of her head. She is wearing a yarn-dyed cotton skirt, with handstitched patches. She has cotton velveteen leggings, and a blouse made of organic cotton and linen. Around her neck is a glass drop. Her hat is made from a woven material of hemp, linen, ramie and organic cotton, and her woven shawl is linen/cotton. Her boots are ultrasuede, now partially made with plant material. In one hand she holds the yarn dolls she has crafted, made from organic Peruvian cotton yarn.
Margreta's face is hand sculpted using felt over clay. Her eyes are handblown hand painted German glass. Her hair is made from natural flax fiber. She is stuffed with a combination of recycled glass pellets and organic cotton stuffing. She comes with a solid pine seat. Her arms are wired.
Far away, in the small mountainous country of Norway, there live a variety of creatures known in Nordic folklore as trolls. These trolls, and their numerous relations, come in all shapes and sizes, from the big ugly mountain trolls, to the small elflike Nisse.
For the most part, they make their homes in the jagged, pine-covered mountains, and spend their days wandering through the beautiful still valleys, surrounded by dark pine trees with only the sound of the wind and the little tumbling streams. Unlike most trolls, which prefer to spend their days with little human contact, ?Nisse? has a special place as an unseen helper in the home.
At Christmas time, Norwegians offer some small tokens of recognition and affection to the Nisse to show that they are accepted as they are- not outwardly beautiful but faithful in all their ways. In return, the Nisse takes good care of the family in the coming year.
All Folklore Norwegian Elf Dolls share the following features:
- Hats are wired for the perfect elf look!
- Handmade pompoms or tassels made from natural fibers.
- Lined tunics of hand loomed cotton, cotton velveteen, linen or other natural fiber.
- Garment dyed cotton or linen sleeves.
- Bamboo felt or ultra-suede mittens.
- Hand sewn patches
- Hand embroidered eyebrows and German glass eyes.
- Felt face, individually hand sculpted. Neck joint allows head to turn.
- Hemp or flax beard and hair, created from raw natural fiber.
- Bodies filled with glass pellets and kapok, or organic cotton stuffing.
- Wired arms for posing and holding important elf possessions.
- Brass or lead-free pewter embellishments: keys, acorns, etc.
- Cotton velveteen legs, filled with glass pellets, jointed at the knees for sitting.
- Ultra-suede boots.
- Hand made accessories.
- 9" high (8" when seated on the cedar wood base).
- A sustainable solid pine stump seat and Folklore of the Nisse story tag are included with each figure.
