Sami mittens

Crocheted mittens. I am very fond of the patterns from the sami peoples.
The main colour is always white. Thereafter are red and blue used. Some say if use of green, you are married. There are a lot of variations from region to region. 

And the patterns tells other which region your are from, or even whos family. They are very related to whos family you are from, and are very bonding. So the familys are big.

And you will often find a cross or a churchspire somewhere in the pattern, because the sami people are very religious. The hearts are from the newer grenerations. 

But nowadays it is some mixed up, and everyone use everything.