Knitting Along the Viking Trail

Have you noticed? Knitting is back in a big way—we find more and more of our Gen X friends picking up the needles and trying their hand at a sweater for the kids, a hat for mom. Here, a traveling exhibition finally arrives in the heartland of American Scandiphilia—literally hundreds of amazing samples from this noble art. Sweaters, hats, scarves, socks, and mittens are just the tip of the berg. (By the way, kids around the age of seven tend to pick up knitting the way they pick up languages—so much faster than their entrenched parents.) American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave., (612) 871-4907, www.americanswedishinst.org