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Norwegian sweaters, patterns for children, knit your own Fair Isle sweater

Knitting (Strikking) in Norway
Norwegian children ( in kindergarten ) are taught to knit, boys as well as girls.
Although the traditional Norwegian sweaters look very intricate in their design, you only need to know how to knit
(and not how to purl) because the sweater is knitted in a circle, using a circular needle.
The sleeves are knitted in a similar fashion and when all three parts are complete, a cut is made down either side
of the body tube and the circular sleeves are sewn in. steek technique for original Norwegian knitting  
Yarn is displayed on racks inside and sometimes outside shops that sell wool and patterns.
All patterns are in Norwegian, but some shops sell a small selection of knitting kits, each having a pattern in English
and the yarn needed to make one garment. So, in most cases, if you wish to knit a sweater from a pattern, have
the pattern translated by a Norwegian friend who knits.

A selburose is a knitted rose pattern from Selbu in Norway. It is a traditional pattern used for winter clothing.
Perhaps the most typical garment is the Selbu mitten, selbuvott.
The distinctive Selbu rose is a central element. The rose is comprised of four hearts together, symbolizing peace
and friendship. Designs inspired by some of the most prominent patterns in Norwegian folk costumes.
The lusekofte is a traditional Norwegian sweater, dating from the 19th century.
The lusekofte features a black and white design, and the name means "lice jacket", after the isolated black stitches.
It is more formally called a setesdalsgenser (a Setesdal sweater).
The lusekofte is casual attire, mostly worn by men.

Dale of Norway knitting yarn for your handknit sweater

Beautiful fairisle sweaters

FairIsle sweater free knitting graphs pattern

For repeating patterns; the knitting chart shows only one or two repeats, and indicates where you are to begin
and end the chart, for the piece you are knitting.
Each square represents one stitch, and the color given in each square represents the color in which you work
the stitch. Changing the charts in your own colors, will often make the pattern more interesting.
The patterns are mostly worked in stockinette stitch, knit right side rows and purl wrong side rows.
Bohus like patterns, have purl stitches on the right side, which adds texture and visual interest.

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns, on 1 knitting page.

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns shown here above, on 1 knitting page.

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns shown here above, on 1 knitting page.

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns shown here above, on 1 knitting page.

More beautiful Norwegian sweaters with knitting graphs

For centuries, women in the Shetland Islands, 250 miles north of Scotland, have been knitting sweaters decorated
with distinctive, multicolored patterns. The designs first appeared on Fair Isle, an island 25 miles south of the rest
of the Shetlands, and the sweaters became known as Fair Isles, even though for at least 100 years they have
been produced throughout the Shetlands.

Local legend has it that the designs evolved from Spanish motifs, after a Spanish vessel was shipwrecked on
Fair Isle in 1588. Other Shetlanders believe that the patterns have a Scandinavian ancestry, like many of the
people themselves. (The islands, 250 miles west of Norway, did not become part of Scotland until 1472.)

The original Fair Isle sweaters were one-of-a-kind pieces, the wool handspun and handknit, the colors drawn from
natural dyes, and the rich patterning used lavishly across the whole sweater. That painstaking handwork may still
be found on Fair Isle itself, but the journey is a difficult one, even by Shetland standards.
A boat makes the crossing from Mainland, the largest and central Shetland Island, to Fair Isle only once a week,
and there is no scheduled air service, although private aircraft may be chartered.

The more modern Fair Isle style, one produced in sufficient quantities to satisfy a worldwide market, is a
solid-colored sweater with the multi-hued patterns restricted to the yoke. The patterns are traditional and
considerable in variety, through the arrangement of diamonds, stars and stars within squares or circles, in
complementary or contrasting colors to the main body of the sweater. Patterns are not tied to the towns of origin,
the woolens vendors say, but rather reflect the taste of the individual knitters.

The process by which these Fair Isles are made is a mix of traditional and modern techniques.
Wool from local sheep is sent to mills on the northern coast of Scotland for spinning.
Some is left in its natural tones, some is chemically dyed. Much of the wool is then returned to the islands,
where the front and back panels and sleeves are machine-knit, either in factories or on home looms.
These pieces are then distributed to cottage knitters, who handknit the yokes and assemble the sweaters.
(Some of the sweater parts are machine knit in mainland Scotland, then sent to the Shetlands for yokes and
assembly, and a small portion are assembled with handknit yokes on the mainland.)

Norwegian sweaters + knitting graphs

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns shown here above, on 1 knitting page.

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns shown here above, on 1 knitting page.

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns shown here above, on 1 knitting page.

Norwegian sweaters + knitting graphs

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns shown here above, on 1 knitting page.

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns shown here above, on 1 knitting page.

All these cute Norwegian children's knitpatterns shown here above, on 1 knitting page.

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