Norway's knitted heritage
the history surprises and legacy of traditional Nordic sweater patterns
Book - 2023
"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"--
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Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.,
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| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Koftearven. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Norway's knitted heritage : |b the history, surprises, and legacy of traditional Nordic sweater patterns / |c Annemor Sundbø ; translated from the Norweigan by Carol Huebescher Rhoades ; professional consultant: Kristi Skintveit. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Atglen, PA : |b Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., |c 2023. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2023 | |
| 300 | |a 400 pages : |b Illustrations (chiefly color) ; |c 27 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a "Originally published as Koftearven © Annemor Sundbø, 2019 Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo." | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-396) | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Chapter 1. |t Recycling & retelling -- |g Chapter 2. |t The dawning of the Norwegian sweater style -- |g Chapter 3. |t What defines a sweater? -- |g Chapter 4. |t Inherited threads to knitting sweaters and knitting lessons with foreign instructions -- |g Chapter 5. |t Consequences of Napoleon's wars -- |g Chapter 6. |t Sweater geography and commercial sweaters -- |g Chapter 7. |t Knitting for god and the fatherland -- |g Chapter 8. |t The ancestry of striped sweaters -- |g Chapter 9. |t Locally designed knitted sweaters -- |g Chapter 10. |t National romanticism and knitting -- |g Chapter 11. |t The classic sweaters : an inexhaustible source -- |g Chapter 12. |t Seductive models, the risks and limits of the law -- |g Chapter 13. |t Danish-Norwegian industrial development -- |g Chapter 14. |t Knitting machines and streamlining -- |g Chapter 15. |t The tricotage industry develops -- |g Chapter 16. |t Punishment, knitting, and improvement : the dark side of nightshirt production -- |g Chapter 17. |t From handcraft to mechanized wool preparation -- |g Chapter 18. |t The Bible's sacred clothing and the art of knitting -- |g Chapter 19. |t The destiny of sweaters, nature, and beings in mythology and etymology -- |g Chapter 20. |t Amulets and protective powers -- |g Chapter 21. |t The world's tree, the tree of knowledge, and the art and craft tree : the connection between heaven and earth -- |g Chapter 22. |t Ancient gods propagated in folk art -- |g Chapter 23. |t Star capes for poor and rich -- |g Chapter 24. |t Victory capes with 'divine providence' -- |g Chapter 25. |t A shirt with strengthening power -- |g Chapter 26. |t Knight Orendel and Jesus's knitted shirt -- |g Chapter 27. |t The universal language of symbolism in Norwegian knitting traditions -- |g Chapter 28. |t Patterns as chaos control -- |g Chapter 29. |t The safety net and the instruments of grace -- |g Chapter 30. |t Drops of blood in knitted art -- |g Chapter 31. |t A key to the enigma of the nightshirt -- |t Sweaters in timeless space -- |t Knitting guides -- |t Inspiration from the sweater archive -- |t Pattern bank. |
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| 586 | |3 Norwegian language edition |a Sørlandets literary prize, 2020 | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Sweaters |z Norway |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Knitting |z Norway |x Design |x Themes, motives. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Rhoades, Carol Huebscher, |e (translator) | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Skintveit, Kristi, |e (consultant) | |
| 765 | 0 | 8 | |i Translation of: |a Sundbø, Annemor. |t Koftearven : historiske tråder og magiske mønster. |d Oslo : Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 2019 |z 9788205522114 |w (OCoLC)1380649676 |
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