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Mervi Pasanen

@mervipasanen.bsky.social

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Finnish craft specialist who likes living history and recreating textiles from Finnish Iron Age, medieval times + 17th century. Craft book author ❤️ horses & miniaturepinchers IG @swanmervi

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Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Jul 8

Did I mention that this was my big project: Recreated dresses based on Vilusenharju Tampere and Ylöjärvi Mikkola finds from 12th century
For male and female
(Man is Ari, borrowed model)

Go and see Ancient DNA -exhibition at Vapriikki museum at Tampere, Finland

#vilusenharju #rautakausi

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Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Jun 2

I have another loom.
This is Öxabäck.

Now I have four looms standing at home. Happy weaver!

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · May 14

Tämä on kauheaa. Ja me katsomme sitä sohvalla.

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Apr 20

Making mittens with just one needle
It’s called nålbinding
(And I have made a book about it)

#nålbinding
#neulakinnas

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Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Apr 17

My huge spiral project continues.

#handcraft

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Apr 14

Today I dyed with indigo
Yarn for tablet weaving and nålbinding
And couple of Finnish iron age aprons. It’s good to have extras just in case one feels like dyeing.

#indigo #plantdyer #blue

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Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Apr 9

Ei ole 😃

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Apr 8

Keeping hands busy

#handcraft

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Apr 3

Be kind

Today I helped a bumble bee in their work by offering a free ride from flower to flower.
No taxes!

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 31

Happy woman

#okeroistentalli

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 29

Try to make this digital!

#ess #newspaper #eteläsuomensanomat125

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 27

Don’t know how to knit
But I can use one needle

#nalbinding #neulakinnas #handcrafter

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 25

Me: I don’t go to bars
Also me: in bar

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 24

Life imitating art

#turkucastle

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 23

How to visit #turkucastle

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 23

@jsahramaa.bsky.social @saaravainio.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 23

Yesterday: seminar at Eura

#finnishironage

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Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 20

Preparing something big
That’s about 500 g of bronze spirals.
Now I just need to cut them all.

#finnishironage #handcrafter

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Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 19

When world is ugly and exhausting, it’s time to concentrate to pretty things.
Ravattula dress, finger woven apron belt.

#muinaispuku #handcrafter

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 18

What we did today:

Jenni Sahramaa @jsahramaa.bsky.social · Mar 18

Today I and @mervipasanen.bsky.social gave a lecture, once again, on the lady of Kirkkailanmäki dress reconstruction. The event was hosted by Lahti Historical museum, as is our reconstruction. This time we even got all three existing dresses to the same picture!

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Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 16

#rautakausi #finnishironage

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 16

This is Kai
Kai is not viking
Kai is well dressed Finnish Iron Age man
Be like Kai: source based & detailed

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Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 13

If you ever wondered how Finnish Iron Age children were dressed, here is the answer.
Incredible dress recreation of Masku Humikkala grave 15 is done by @kvaspo.bsky.social
All things hand made, including the bronze to spiral decoration.
Yes, he made the metal too.
I call it a devotion to details.

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 12

Sometimes textile workers life is hard.

#finnishironage
#rautakausi

Mervi Pasanen @mervipasanen.bsky.social · Mar 11

It happened again
I saw someones knitting pattern and turned it to tablet weaving 🤷‍♀️