Handmade in sweden

Asa began selling her beloved wool gnomes (tomte) back in 1993. A few years later they became a huge success in Sweden and are now all over the world. 

They are handmade in a small town called Gislaved, located in the woods in the southern  Sweden. The studio is a red house with white edges like the classic old world houses look like in Sweden. It’s like driving into a postcard. 

So what is a gnome?

They’re called “tomte” in Swedish which is also the word for Santa Claus. The story goes that they lived around the farm in the olden days to look after the animals and children. If you treated them nice, they were nice back and if not, they can have a terrible temper. They are shy and hide most of the time so not many have seen them!

All gnomes are handmade so therefor there isn’t one alike. They all have their own personality and look. The hair is either curly from the Gotland sheep or straight, usually from Iceland. The gray curly hair range from silver grey to almost black.