Traditional Danish Sweaters

By: Vivian Hoxbro

200 Stars and Other Classic Motifs from Historic Sweaters

From a little-known chapter of knitting history comes the Danish ���night sweater������part of women's traditional dress in the 1800s, these sweaters have long been overlooked in surveys of Scandinavian handcrafting and design. But now celebrated Danish knitting expert Vivian H��xbro has brought together diligent research, comprehensive charts, and her own painstaking efforts to reconstruct these carefully-preserved garments to create a unique collection of single-color relief patterns. Within, knitted, purled, and crossed stitches form hundreds of classic star motifs, edgings, horizontal and vertical pattern panels, and striking ���traveling stitch��� designs.

Learn the history of night sweaters in Denmark, with a rundown of special techniques and regional knitting practices, and then dive into a neatly-organized library of 200 charts for motifs of all kinds. Follow step-by-step instructions as you reconstruct traditional Danish sweaters in contemporary sizes, work traditionally-inspired patterns for a stole, top, tunic, and more���or use these motifs, edgings, and decorative panels in projects of your own design.

335 color photos, 30 line drawings and 300 charts

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