This necklace is made by using materials both newly produced Swedish linen yarn, leftover yarn from the local practitioners, as well as yarn for the inlayed rays in the pattern, which is hand spun out of the short fibers, the scutching tow. This yarn is an inherited treasure that was spun by the artisan’s great grandmother, Ruth in the early 1900s. The fiber was grown, prepared, and spun by hand in Brunskog, where Therese grew up.

She uses the form of the necklace and contextualizes her work as a piece of jewelry. In a Swedish context and tradition, woven products have been used as decorations to adorn clothes, but by creating a piece of jewelry entirely made of textile with both leftover yarn and historical yarn, she showcases how the creative practice and technical knowledge can transform and highlight the value of the textile and the female heritage of textile crafts