I owe a deep debt of gratitude to the many people who have all helped in their various ways during the months spent researching and writing this book. I must make special mention here of the Bishop of Leicester, Dr Richard Rutt, and Dr Helen Bennett of Edinburgh for their guidance in an area where their expertise far outweighs my own; my knitters, Mrs Johnson, Mrs Williamson, Mrs MacKenzie, Mrs Simpson and Mrs Craig, who all worked enthusiastically and often from very sketchy instructions; Pieter Hintjens who has again produced many of the photographs used here; Mr Buckie, Mrs Griffiths and Mr Mulholland for their essential help with translation; and, lastly, the various members of the staff of the Scandinavian institutions where I worked, and who supplied me most generously not only with material but with all the essential background information: in Denmark, Hanne Frsig and Lisa Warburg; in Faeroe, Nicolina Jensen; in Norway, Aagot Noss, Brigitte Naessa, Jahn Storum, Marit Wang, Anne Thommesen and Inger Gogstad; in Sweden, Inga Wintzell, Ulla Tegman, and Christina Lindvall Nordin; and in and for Iceland, Magnus Magnusson and Elsa Gudjonsson.
I hope I have done justice to their efforts.
FURTHER READING
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Aamlid, Olav, Mannsokk fra Aust Telemark (sheet), Norsk Folkemuseum, 1981.
Aune, Hermann and Haukdal, Jens, Bygefolk og Bygeliv i Stren, Gard og Grind , III, 1970.
Bengtsson, Gerda, Danish Embroidery , B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1959.
Bitustl, Torbjrg, Votter, Norsk Husflid, No. 5, 1979, pp. 913.
Bjelland, Anna Mary, Votter og vanter, Oslo, 1955.
Bhn, Annichen Sibbern, Norwegian Knitting Designs , Grndahl & Sn, Oslo, 1975. (Original version in Norwegian, 1952.)
Bondesen, Esther, Continental Knitting , Maurice Fridberg, Dublin and London, 1948.
Broholm, H.C. and Hald, Margretha, Costumes of the Bronze Age in Denmark , Copenhagen, 1940.
Chatterton, Pauline, Scandinavian Knitting Designs, Charles Scribners Sons, New York, 1977.
Clausen, Minna Holm, Strikkemetoder og Strikkede Dragtdele isaer hos dansk bondestand, Schweitzers Bogtrykkeri, Jelling, 1968.
Collin, Maria, Skansk Konstvfnad i Allmogestil, Collin & Rietz, Lund, 1890.
Crottet, Robert and Mendez, Enrique, Lapland, Hugh Evelyn, London, 1968.
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Dale Yarn Company, Knit your own Norwegian Sweaters , Dover Publications, Inc, New York, 1974.
Debes, Hans M., Froysk Bindingarmynstur, Froyskt Heimavirki, Trshavn, 1932.
Debes, Lucas Jacobsen, Faeroe et Faeroa Reserata , 1670 (English version 1676)
Engelstad, Helen, En bonnett og tte bordyrede og flossese nattryer, Vestlanske Kunstindustrimuseum Arbok, 19547, p. 37ff.
Faererne I, II, Dansk Faersk Samfund, Copenhagen, 1958.
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Geijer, Agnes, A History of Textile Art, Pasold Research Fund, Stockholm, 1979
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Hansen, H.P. Spind og Bind , Ejnar Munksgaard Forlag, Copenhagen, 1947.
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Lset, Margret, Ragga fra Nordmre, Norsk Husflid, No. 4, 1970.
McGregor, Sheila, The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle Knitting, B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1981.
McGregor Sheila, Traditional Knitting , B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1983.
Mygdal, Elna, Amagerdragter , Den Schnbergske Forlag, Copenhagen, 1932.
Nordland, Odd, Primitive Scandinavian Textiles in Knotless Netting, Oslo University Press, Oslo, 1961.
Nylen, Anna Maja, Swedish Handcraft, Hkan Ohlssons, Lund, 1976.
Nylen, Anna Maja, Swedish Peasant Costumes , Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, 1949.
Ploug, Marianne, Strikkede Nattrjer, Danmarks Folkelige Broderier, Aarhus, 1979.
Ploug, Marianne, Gamle Lollandske Strikkemnstre, Museum Maribo, Denmark, 1981.
Rset, Ingulv, Selbustrikkinga, ein lokal kulturskatt, Aarbok for Trndelag, Trndelag, 1977.
Saust, Elizabeth, Strik med Faergarn, Berlingske Forlag, Copenhagen, 1976.
Stewart, Janice Smith, The Folk Arts of Norway, Dover, New York, (second edition).
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Trotzig, Eva, Stickning, Tradition och Kultur, LTs Frlag, Stockholm, 1980.