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