Norway's knitted heritage : the history, surprises, and legacy of traditional Nordic sweater patterns / Annemor Sundbø ; translated from the Norwegian by Carol Huebescher Rhoades.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sundbø, Annemor, author.

Standardized Title:

Koftearven. English

Language:

English

Norwegian

Subjects (All):

Knitting--Norway--History.

Knitting--Norway--Patterns.

Sweaters--Norway--History.

Knitting.

Norway.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

400 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Atglen, PA : Schiffer Craft, [2023]

Summary:

"Nordic knitting designs have long enchanted the world. What makes their allure and beauty so timeless? The answer is fascinating, and author Annemor Sundbø, known as 'Norway's Sweater Detective,' welcomes you on a wild ride to discover it. She's the foremost expert on the subject of these designs' history and evolution and reveals how the centuries of Norway's culture, prehistory, history, myths, and more have created the patterns we love to knit"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Recycling & retelling

Chapter 2. The dawning of the Norwegian sweater style

Chapter 3. What defines a sweater?

Chapter 4. Inherited threads to knitting sweaters and knitting lessons with foreign instructions

Chapter 5. Consequences of Napoleon's wars

Chapter 6. Sweater geography and commercial sweaters

Chapter 7. Knitting for god and the fatherland

Chapter 8. The ancestry of striped sweaters

Chapter 9. Locally designed knitted sweaters

Chapter 10. National romanticism and knitting

Chapter 11. The classic sweaters : an inexhaustible source

Chapter 12. Seductive models, the risks and limits of the law

Chapter 13. Danish-Norwegian industrial development

Chapter 14. Knitting machines and streamlining

Chapter 15. The tricotage industry develops

Chapter 16. Punishment, knitting, and improvement : the dark side of nightshirt production

Chapter 17. From handcraft to mechanized wool preparation

Chapter 18. The Bible's sacred clothing and the art of knitting

Chapter 19. The destiny of sweaters, nature, and beings in mythology and etymology

Chapter 20. Amulets and protective powers

Chapter 21. The world's tree, the tree of knowledge, and the art and craft tree : the connection between heaven and earth

Chapter 22. Ancient gods propagated in folk art

Chapter 23. Star capes for poor and rich

Chapter 24. Victory capes with 'divine providence'

Chapter 25. A shirt with strengthening power

Chapter 26. Knight Orendel and Jesus's knitted shirt

Chapter 27. The universal language of symbolism in Norwegian knitting traditions

Chapter 28. Patterns as chaos control

Chapter 29. The safety net and the instruments of grace

Chapter 30. Drops of blood in knitted art

Chapter 31. A key to the enigma of the nightshirt

Sweaters in timeless space

Knitting guides

Inspiration from the sweater archive

Pattern bank.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-396).

Norwegian language edition Sørlandets literary prize, 2020

ISBN:

9780764366154

0764366157

OCLC:

1381871187

Publisher Number:

90102741490