For today’s post we are in Lithuania where the word for sheep is avis, and the word for wool is vilna. We are drawing from the wonderful information on the sheep and wool of that country from the two authors of Lithuanian Knitting: Continuing Traditions – Donna Druchunas and June Hall. Donna wrote a fantastic… Continue Reading Avys ir vilnos in Lithuania
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Aitas un vilna in Latvia
We continue the Wovember Words EU sheep and wool tour in Latvia where the word for sheep is aita, and the word for wool is vilna. The only breed of sheep that we could find with origins in Latvia is the Skudde which is listed on Wikipedia as being a breed from Estonia, Germany, Latvia,… Continue Reading Aitas un vilna in Latvia