Traditional Scandinavian Knitting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) Kindle Edition

This book turned out to be a bit different than I'd expected, but I'm very glad to have it in my knitting library. It's not intended to be a book of cute patterns to make for women and children. It does discuss various regional and national styles, how they developed, and historical photos. It also many traditional stitch patterns. Fascinating!

It's another wonderful volume from Sheila MacGregor. This time she tackles Scandanavian knitting country by country and technique by technique. Plus there are the traditional motifs and how to incorporate them into your own designs. This, and its companion volume: Traditional Fair Isle Knitting, are essential to any knitter's reference library. You can wade through endless websites or go straight to the source, Sheila MacGregor. Highly recommended!

Good to have but still prefer Mary Jane Mucklestones

I need someone to make this stuff for me. The book is cool enough. Why don't people make this stuff?

Lately I've been curious about knitting and about Scandinavian history, so I've been simultaneously reading this book and The Vikings by Robert Ferguson. I've enjoyed both, but there's a lot of information to be digested! I love that the knitting motifs and patterns are classified into separate chapters about Danish, Norwegian, and others. Loads of fascinating historical details have been compiled for the reader's pleasure. Since I am a knitting novice, I do not get all the charts and graphs, and I know that I need to practice before I can attempt some of the complicated but beautiful patterns included.

Excellent book!

Such a useful book, a must-have reference for colorwork knitting. In great condition, very happy.

One of the best books on Scandinavian knitting. Absolutely loved the through history of Baltic and Icelandic knitting and the many graphs of traditional patterns. If you love this style of knitting and enjoy history, this is the book for you !

This book is a good reference source for those who want to learn more about Scandinavian knitting traditions and those who want to work these motifs into their own designs.The book does NOT include any patterns from which to make garments. Chapter 3 does contain text and photos describing some basic knitting techniques and some specific to Scandinavian garments but I wouldn't use this book as an introduction to knitting in general. There are other sources which do that very well and this book has other goals.The book was written in the 80s and has an academic tone, interested in tracing the origins and evolution of traditional or folk dress in Scandinavia and preserving those traditions. The majority of the photographs are in black and white with a few colour pages in the middle. The charts of various motifs are great although I would probably make photo copies or hand copy them myself to actually use them so I could include numbers of stitches on the side and outline repeats. The charts are interspersed with black and white photos and sketches of actual pieces to show the motifs in context.The book is organised first by region with text about the traditions of that area and charts and pictures of the corresponding work. Then there are some sections on types of garment, ie Jerseys, Gloves and Mittens, Stockings, and Caps. These sections also have sketches, photos and charts among the text describing the garments. There is no one section for just the charts and they are not organised by type of motif which can make looking for them a little more time consuming. I suggest post its or some other bookmarking as you page through the book.It was fun for me to just to page through and look at charts and illustrations and mark things I want to come back to as well as make my way more slowly through the textual material. All in all, it will be a great resource.

My partner loved it..... not stopped knitting 😊

Good.

Lovely book, reading it like a novel and trying patterns. Wonderful

Great patterns and details