Description
The knitting kit contains enough yarn to knit a pullover in the largest size XL, which corresponds to the garment's measurement 117 cm around the chest, and knitting instructions to knit a recreation Design of the original Bohus Stickning design in sizes from 92 cm for 117 cm. The knitting kit also includes a printed pattern chart with yarn samples for and 3 pattern yarns to use as reference. Two of the pattern yarns in the yoke are in lambswool yarn spun on New Zealand lambswool with a small percentage of wool from Gotland fur sheep.
The jumper is worked from the top down in AngoraGarnets angora/merino yarn with a folded neck edge or with an elastic neck edge. The patterned yoke for design is worked with two pattern yarns in one row with a gauge of 33 stitches/10 cm. On one row the stitches change places, thus the name Twisted. Only knit and purl stitches are used. The jumper is worked in stockinette stitch on circular needles from the yoke down, then the front and back pieces are worked back and forth, and then it is worked on circular needles from the sleeves down. 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.
Pattern yarns for this design are hand-dyed by Pernille to ensure they fully reproduce the original design.
Yarns included in the kit
Light natural gray base (Twisted). Pattern yarns white angora/merino and light yellow and light gray lambswool yarns.
Bohus Stickning Twisted after original Bohus Stickning
Design Karin Ivarsson for Bohus Stickning 1967
Recreated in 2023 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.