I’ve always loved to create, whether in needlework, mosaic tile, or through nature’s palette in my gardens. I was brought up in a family with a strong Scandinavian heritage and learned many different crafts (if one didn’t have at least three simultaneous projects in different medias in my family, Uffda, you weren’t “an Utne”!). This Norwegian – and some Swedish – influence has evolved into Viking Knit, Sami designs, the Yggdrasil Tree of Life pendant from Norse mythology, pendants of various Nordic runes, and Bunad designs in loom weaving.