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Knit your own Norwegiansweaters, knittinggraphs for a fairislesweater
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Dale of Norway knittingyarn for your handknitsweater
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Gave its name to the unique,
multi-colored knitting designs on the islands famous woolen sweaters. These
designs are claimed to have been copied from the clothes worn by shipwrecked
Spanish sailors from the Armada. These men landed on the shore when their
ship El Gran Grifon ran onto the rocks below the cliffs at Stronshellier
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Norwegiansweaters began as black and
white combinations made from natural wool colors, and eventually became
multicolored combinations. Patterns evolved from natural designs, such
as the snowflake or reindeer. Originally, the sweater was tucked in, so
the design was only found on the top. Then color and overall patterns
were developed, and Norwegians began wearing their sweaters to church.
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Fair Isle
Fair Isle is an island
between the Orkneys and Shetlands to the north of Scotland.
Since the 19th century the varied colors of Shetland wool have been a
feature of knitting from this region. They came partly from the
different breeds of sheep, but also from dyes. Madder and indigo gave
red and blue, while lichens produced red, brown, orange and purple.
Brightly colored synthetic dyes, invented in the 1850s, increased the
possible color range but were used only in small quantities.
The early knitters produced stockings, caps and scarves. Sweaters in the
Fair Isle style as we know it today were not produced until the First
World War. There was a vogue for them during the 1920s, although natural
shades like brown, grey and white were then preferred.
Fair Isle jumpers are constructed by knitting bands of horizontal motifs
from two differently colored strands of wool. The patterns are made up
of motifs such as crosses, diamonds and eight-pointed stars.
In fair isle pattern, usually
not more than two colors are ever used at once in a row. The two yarns
are carried all the way across the row, using which ever color is appropriate
at the time, with the other color carried loosely behind the worked stitches,
creating a float or strand. This is also called stranding. Usually, one
tries to limit carrying the non-worked yarn over long distances, usually
no more than 5 stitches. Otherwise, the stranded yarn must be woven in.
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Patterns for Norwegiansweaters, free knitting graphs for a handknit fairisle sweater
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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. If the chart is given in black and white, you
have to color it your self.
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It appears that hand knitting
will never go out of style in Norway. Hundreds of thousands of knitting
enthusiasts proudly produce garments for their husbands, boyfriends or grandchildren,
thoroughly convinced that 'Tender Loving Care is the key ingredient' in
hand-knit products.
The results of this original hobby are particularly noticeable at Easter
when Norway's mountain slopes are covered by skiers in brightly colored
hand-knit sweaters and city streets bustle with knit-clad shoppers. Nothing
beats a original woolen sweater.
The original sweaters, made of a wiry
long-wearing woolen yarn, either have raglan sleeves and a design worked
in a circular yoke effect or drop shoulders, like a kimono, and horizontal
designs. Sometimes the motif is continued throughout the body of the garment
or is repeated at the bottom and cuffs.
Cardigans are invariably fastened with pewter buttons. When treated with
care these woolens will give a lifetime of wear and can even be passed on
to the next generation. It is recommended that they be washed by hand with
a mild detergent for wool in lukewarm water, blocked and dried flat on a
towel.
A less expensive, entirely
machine-made imitation of the Fair Isle is made in England, Hong Kong
and other places. The easiest way to distinguish between the
authentic-style Fair Isles, with their hand knit yokes, and the
machine-made sweaters is to look for a telltale seam below the yoke.
When the yoke is hand knit and the sweater hand-assembled, there is no
seam. Unfortunately for consumers and Shetlanders alike, the name
''Shetland wool'' is not protected by law, and those words on a label
offer no guarantee. Look instead for a label that says ''Made in
Shetland'' or ''Made in Scotland.''
The woollens industry is integral
to the Shetland way of life, and visitors to the islands quickly come to
understand why. The islands are rugged, with long stretches of
heather-flecked hills, thousands of acres of peat bogs, steep cliffs
packed with sea birds. And everywhere there are sheep - thousands and
thousands of the sturdy Shetland breed - that have adapted to the
climate and seem to thrive on the dampness. The fleece of the Shetland
sheep is unusually soft and silky, making it far better suited to
knitting than to weaving. Because the temperatures seldom move far below
40 degrees or above 60 degrees and days without rain or mist are
unusual, it is always ''sweater season.'' The Shetlanders take knitwear
seriously, and perhaps the best testimony to their sweaters is the
extent to which they appear on the natives, year-round.
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