Duodji is an important aspect of Sámi culture. It embraces all sorts of crafts and skills eg knitting, weaving, rug-making, woodwork for making primarily functional, everyday items necessary for survival, but which also  often incorporate artistic and decorative elements (so examples of William Morris' famous words about usefulness and beauty). Mittens fall into this category, and traditional patterns are now being collected, revived, and knitted all over the world.

Sámi crafting traditions, and artistic practices, no craft/art hierarchy/separation which exercises so many people here in the art history world