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"Dean" was designed for Bohus Stickning by Anna-Lisa Mannheimer Lunn in 1953. It was one of her last designs for Bohus Stickning. The American conductor Dean Dixon was the conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra from 1953 for 1960 and Anna-Lisa thought his blue shirt was a wonderful contrast to his skin.
The knitting kit for The Dean was recreated in 2012 from original charts and garments held in museum collections. The design is available as knitting kit for a pullover/cardigan with a round yoke, as a hat and as a tam.
The garment can be knitted on black base in angora wool or in lambswool on black or gray melange base. The angora yarn is spun from 50% hand-cut angora wool from our own angora rabbits and 50% New Zealand merino wool. The lambswool yarn is spun from New Zealand merino wool and a small amount of wool from Gotland fur sheep. The pattern yarns are hand-dyed by Pernille Silfverberg to match the original yarns. With the exception of two, the pattern yarns are in angora yarn. The yarn is spun in Denmark at Henrichsens Uldspinderi.
The kit contains enough yarn to knit a pullover or cardigan in the largest size XL, which corresponds to the garment's measurement of 117 cm around the chest, and instructions to knit a recreation Design of the original Bohus Stickning pattern in sizes from 92 cm for 117 cm. The model can be worked with an elastic neck or a folded neck edge, both of which are described in the instructions. The kit also includes a printed pattern chart with yarn samples for yoke 7 and 8 pattern yarns to use as reference. Two of the pattern yarns are in lambswool.
The garment is worked from the top down. The patterned yoke for design is worked with up to for three pattern yarns in one round with a knitting tension of 30-33 stitches/10 cm. Only knit and purl stitches are used.The cardigan is worked back and forth while the front edge for buttons are worked side by side. The jumper is worked in the round on circular needles, then the front and back pieces are worked in stockinette stitch back and forth and seamed to mimic its original construction. Knitting needles are not included in the knitting kit, but typically 2.0 mm - 2.5 mm needles are needed to achieve the correct knitting tension.
The buttons on the original garment were mother-of-pearl buttons 12 mm in diameter with two holes and a small notch between them. Buttons are not included in the knitting kit.
Dean available on black base no. 17 and gray mottled base no. 2S in AngoraGarnets merino wool yarn. Dean also available on black base in angora yarn, color no. 200. Pattern yarns include no. 122, 74, 39, 200, 19 and 123 in angora/merino wool, and no. 10, 236 in lambswool.
The knitting kit contains yarn and knitting instructions to knit a recreation Design of the original Bohus Stickning pattern as hat, respectively as tam. The knitting kit also includes a printed pattern chart with yarn samples for and 7 and 8 pattern yarns to use as reference. Two of the pattern yarns are in merino, lambswool.
The pattern in the design is worked with up to for three pattern yarns in one round with a knitting tension of 33 stitches/10cm. Only knit and purl stitches are used. For hat an edge is knitted in garter stitch that can be folded, which also means that the hat is adjustable in size.
For tam , knit double folded elastic.
for tam to be knitted in merino wool: Black base no. 17 and gray mottled base no. 2S. Dean available for hat on black base no. 200 in angora/merino wool only.
Pattern yarns include #122, 74, 39, 200, 19 and 123 in angora/merino wool, and #10, 236 in merino wool.
Pattern yarns for this design are hand-dyed by Pernille to ensure they fully reproduce the original design.
Bohus Stickning Dean after original Bohus Stickning
Design Anna-Lisa Mannheimer Lunn for Bohus Stickning 1953
Recreated in 2012 by Solveig Gustafsson and revised in 2016 by Pernille Silfverberg, AngoraGarnet.
Design and Copyright owner of the trademark Bohus Stickning
Bohus Stickning knitting kits are sold exclusively through AngoraGarnet. A small selection of kits are also available from Bohusläns museum shop. The knitting instructions are licensed for individual use only. They may not be copied or offered for sale commercially. Knitting instructions for Bohus Stickning are only sold together with yarn.
