Get Your Hands On a Little Bit of Norwegian Knitting History
Inside you ll find a delightful collection of traditional Norwegian mitten and glove patterns, including animal motifs, figures, and border patterns, plus easy ways to translate them all into designs for hats, sweaters, and pillow covers.
One day in 1983, Annemor Sundbo of Kristiansand, Norway, became the owner of a shoddy (rag or recycled material) mill, where she immersed herself in the patterns she found inside on almost 1,000 different mittens, in addition to a warehouse full of other knitted castaways. This was the start of a life-long search for examples of classic Norwegian traditional knitting. Since the onset of her obsession with Norwegian hand-knitting history, Sundbo has won several prizes for her contributions to Norwegian culture, and has become the author of multiple knitting books."

Get Your Hands On a Little Bit of Norwegian Knitting History

Inside you'll find a delightful collection of traditional Norwegian mitten and glove patterns, including animal motifs, figures, and border patterns, plus easy ways to translate them all into designs for hats, sweaters, and pillow covers.

One day in 1983, Annemor Sundb of Kristiansand, Norway, became the owner of a "shoddy' (rag or recycled material) mill, where she immersed herself in the patterns she found inside on almost 1,000 different mittens, in addition to a warehouse full of other knitted castaways. This was the start of a life-long search for examples of classic Norwegian traditional knitting. Since the onset of her "obsession" with Norwegian hand-knitting history, Sundb has won several prizes for her contributions to Norwegian culture, and has become the author of multiple knitting books.

Hands-on knitting history from Annemor Sundb One day in 1983, Annemor Sundb of Kristiansand, Norway, became the owner of a "shoddy mill," a facility designed to process rags, scraps, and other discarded fabric into reusable material. However, Sundb wasn't interested in running the mill; she was drawn instead to the store of thousands of mittens, gloves, and other knitted castaways, bundled into a warehouse on the mill's grounds, awaiting their turn. These well-used discards were in fact a treasure trove of traditional Norwegian patterning and technique, and the beginning of her life-long effort to document, preserve, and reconstruct classic Norwegian designs