We recently received an email from Greenland informing us of an interesting knitting technique and a new book that describes the technique.
Hello From Greenland,
My name is Drissia El Yousfi, I contact you from Nuuk capital of Greenland. I have just published a little book about knitting of course. But not any kind of knitting … The book is about “tajarutit” Greenlandic wrists warmers. I provide in my book all the information about how to knit the wrists-warmers in the Greenlandic way (with glass beads onto the yarn). It´s the traditional way to knit the Tajarutit since glass beads were introduced to Greenland in the late 18th century. The purpose of this little book is not only knitting. I wanted to share with people some of a traditional handcraft unknown, to keep it alive and useful. I have created new patterns and used also one of our traditional pattern (for the Tajarutit we use with our national costume).
The book is already a real success in Greenland for the new generation who learns how to knit Tajarutit but also abroad like in Denmark and France. The book is now available in 4 languages: French, English, Danish and Greenlandic.
Knit Tajarutit, Greenlandic wrists-warmers is my first book. I´m looking for places where I can promote it and people who could help me in such big challenge.
Kind regards from Greenland
Drissia
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Hello there. This Drisia-person didn´t publish that book. The real author is Lis Stender, Inuk design and I urge you to contact Lis if you want to by the book: inukdesign@greennet.gl. If you by it from Drissia you help her to steal from Lis.
Kitte, Nuuk , Greenland.
OMG i can’t believe Drisia could write that it is her own published book! It is so NOT her book.
I can’t believe a person could try to steal somebodys own created book. I know Lis Stender in person and she really put her effort to make this Tajarut, Greenlandic Wrist-Warmers, and in the making of the book she did a lot of work to make it as good as it is and shame on Drisia by claiming the book is her own. That is a very bad thing to do. Make the world a better place by being a good person and not steal others work like Drisia did!