He's Swedish Christmas Elf, or Tomte, and I only bought some because of the International Fabric Swap!
I then found it incredibly difficult to cut FQ out of it because I wasn't about to cut any elves in half ... and ended up with 9, one of each hat pattern, to use myself. I couldn't seem to get lines that were straight with the selvedges and straight with the elces ...
The tomte is the elf of the land, rather like the Scots Brownie, who can be helpful and protective or can play nasty tricks on you - for instance if you forget to leave out his bowl of rice pudding on Christmas Eve ... In modern times he has evolved to deliver the present from Santa, the Jultomte (Yule)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomte
The children sing about him at Christmas time as well ... here they are at a huge huge Stockhom schools concert at the stadium/ice rink Globen.
Christmas Eve, all is quiet and still ... Titta=Look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ciLR...eature=related
Notice Santa keeping the elves in order!
Happy early Scandinavian Christmas!
Helen