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"Svanen Green", known as "The Green Swan" in English, was designed for Bohus Stickning by Karin Ivarsson in 1966.
The knitting kit for Svanen was developed in 2011 from original charts and garments held in museum collections . In 2015 knitting kit for Svanen Green was developed. The design is available as knitting kit for pullover with a round yoke.
The garment is knitted on teal base in an angora yarn spun from 50% hand-cut angora wool from our own angora rabbits and 50% New Zealand merino wool. The pattern yarns are hand-dyed by Pernille Silfverberg to match the original yarns. The yarn is spun in Denmark at Henrichsens Uldspinderi.
The kit contains enough yarn to knit a pullover 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 design in sizes from 92 cm for 117 cm. The kit also includes a printed pattern chart card with yarn samples for and 5 pattern yarns to use as reference.
The jumper is worked from the top down in AngoraGarnets angora/merino yarn. The patterned yoke for design is worked with up to for three pattern yarns in one round with a knitting tension of 33 stitches/10 cm. Predominantly, the yoke is worked with two in one row. Only knit and purl stitches are used. The jumper is worked in stocking stitch on circular needles from the yoke down, then the front and back are worked back and forth. From under the sleeves and down, work in the round again. Knitting needles are not included in the kit, but typically 2.0 mm-2.5 mm needles are needed to achieve the correct knitting tension.
Pattern yarns for this design are hand-dyed by Pernille to ensure they reproduce the original design.
Blue-green base color no. 254. Pattern yarns color numbers 112, 124, 131, 261, 258,
Bohus Stickning Svanen Green after original Bohus Stickning
Design Karin Ivarsson for Bohus Stickning 1966
Recreated in 2015 by Solveig Gustafsson and 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.
| Weight | 0.48 kg |
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| Knitting Kits | Svanen Green pullover with a round yoke |
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