måndag 28 mars 2016

Hat from Dalbo, Gotland - in twined knitting

Hat from Dalbo - "Gotländsk sticksöm"
This is a design from one of my favourite knitting books: "Gotländsk sticksöm" by Violet Bergdahl and Ella Skoglund. It was published in 1983, LTs förlag Stockholm and is now a rare and expensive book if you can get hold of it second hand (It was one of the first knitting books that my husband gave me). It is a pity that so many very good knitting books are not reprinted. They should be made available to many more people at a reasonable price.
Hat from Dalbo - "Gotländsk sticksöm"
Since I am knitting from my left-over stash of z-plied yarn from Wålstedts I decided to knit this in twined knitting and to use a bit more colour. Twined knitting is not a part of the knitting heritage on Gotland. The book says that this cap is  inspired by a fragment of a mitten from Dalbo, Gotland. The hat and the mittens are knitted in light-grey and natural black. That is actually, in my opinion, a very nice colour combination. Sadly, I did not have enough of those colours among my left-overs. Instead I had to do with mainly brown and yellow - surprisingly I am not to disappointed with the result.
Hat from Dalbo - "Gotländsk sticksöm"
The patterns from Gotland are all very nice and I will use more of these in future projects.
Bergdahl, Violet & Skoglund, Ella, Gotländsk sticksöm, LT, Stockholm, 1983

5 kommentarer:

  1. Väldigt fin mössa. Trevlig make som vet vad en stickare behöver.
    God fortsättning på påsken båda två.

    SvaraRadera
    Svar
    1. Tackar! Vi hoppas att din påsk också varit bra.

      Radera
  2. Nice hat!
    I've been searching this book for a few days and it's really hard to find.
    Hope someday i can find it.

    SvaraRadera
  3. Deilig lua, herlig mønsteret, vakre farger du har brukt.
    Jeg liker veldig dine lua :-))
    Vi var sist sommeren til Gotland og selvfølgelig jeg kjøpte garn
    og jeg hadde stor glede, fordi jeg fant strikkeboken Gotländska
    strickmönster fra Inger og Ingrid Gottfridsson, Gotlandica förlag 2014. Så nydelige mønster til vantarstrikke. Jeg elsker
    mønster og farger.
    Ser frem å se mer fra deg :-)) Klem fra Viola

    SvaraRadera
  4. The hat is beautiful and I like the colours.

    SvaraRadera