Two hundred hats a year. From thirty sheep in Setesdal.
Knitted by hand at Haugetun, from our own sheep. They go out once a year, to the waiting list.
We make exactly one thing.
The wool is from our own 30 sheep, Old Norwegian Spælsau. It is spun at a small spinnery on the west coast and never dyed: the black, the grey and the white are the sheep’s own.
The pattern is Setesdal’s. A dark ribbed brim, a band of diamonds and zigzags, and the small dots the valley calls lus, lice, scattered over the crown.
Every hat has a number, from 1 to 200, on a paper tag tied with red thread. When number 200 is posted, the year is over.
The year at Haugetun
One hat takes a whole year. Most of it is the sheep’s work.
April
Shearing at Haugetun. Thirty fleeces, one long day in the barn.
June
The wool is washed and spun at a small spinnery on the west coast.
July to October
Knitting, about four hats a week, by the kitchen window.
November
The 200 hats go out, in waiting-list order. Then the list starts again.
This year’s 200 went in 41 minutes.
Next hats: Saturday 6 November 2027.
The list is open all year. Join it now, and you are in the queue for those.
“I have worn mine every winter since 2021. It still looks new, and it still smells a little of sheep.”
Marte, Bergen
The waiting list
Write to us with your name, your country, and Night or Day. We reply with your place on the list.
In late October the first 200 on the list get an invoice. Everyone else keeps their place for next year.
Or write to [email protected], subject “Waiting list”.