Pat's Knitting and Quilting
January 29, 2007 About 18 years ago in a previous knitting phase, I found Cottage Creations booklets and made many of their patterns (Wonderful Wallaby 4 times!) One of the little booklets was called "Sven Scandinavian, a Knitted Friend" I made SVEN and here he is still in good shape after all these years.
A companion Big Sven Sveater (people size) pattern came next. I bought the booklet, but never made the Scandinavian yoke pattern. I found it last week while organizing patterns and decided that I will make it as my next Dulaan Sweater. Immediately I dug through ancient stash and found some great Briggs and Little warm wool yarn to make the Big Sven Sweater...
I am Danish , so I love to read the stories in Cottage Creations patterns..... In Denmark during the 19th century, knitting was very common - nearly everyone could knit and people did it while they were walking, talking, teaching etc... One Danish woman could knit, spin, rock her child, make butter, read the newspaper and eat at the same time -- "She held the yarn between a couple of fingers while knitting, she turned the spinning wheel with one foot, and the other foot had a string to the cradle which she could keep rocking by swinging her leg backwards and forward. The cream for making butter was in a jar in the cradle; the rocking movement shook the cream into butter. All of this happened automatically, so she could use her eyes for reading the newspaper which lay on the table next to her food. She could take a bite of food now and then and accomplish eating, too! and I think I'm cool because I can knit and read at the same time! There is more history, recipes, stories and many great knitting tips too, as well as the (in the round, no sewing) yoke sweater pattern in sizes 2 through adult XL.
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