Name/Title
Bohus Stickning : på nytt = The revivalEntry/Object ID
TT819.S8.O94Description
The story of Bohus Stickning is one of creative joy and beauty. What began as relief work developed into an enterprise of superior quality craft products with an international reputation. It all started in Gothenburg during a period of high unemployment in the County of Bohuslän. The woman who led the company to success was Emma Jacobsson, the wife of the County Governor, who helped supply local women with home knitting commissions between 1939 and 1969. In the late 1990s, Bohusläns museum produced a collection of Bohus Stickning garments in collaboration with textile designer Solveig Gustafsson for a retrospective exhibition. Over the next fifteen years, Solveig Gustafsson continued to recreate some seventy Bohus Stickning patterns. The story of Bohus Stickning is well documented. We can now present updated information after consulting the archives of Gothenburg University Library. A new addition is a presentation of Solveig’s dedicated work including a complete list of patterns and garments in reproduction. Readers are introduced to Solveig’s successor, Pernille Silfverberg, who will continue to assemble knitting kits and supply Angora yarn from her own rabbits. Garments from the museum collection are described and knitting patterns for fourteen different designs are included.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Kristina LantzNotes
Gift of Kristina Lantz, August 2021.Lexicon
Search Terms
bohus stickning, knit goods industry, knitting--patterns, knitting--sweaters, knitting--sweden, sweatersBook Details
Author
Viveka OverlandPublisher
Bohusläns museums förlagPlace Published
City
UddevallaState/Province
BohuslänCountry
SwedenContinent
EuropeDate Published
2015Publication Language
Swedish, EnglishCall No.
TT819.S8.O94ISBN
9176862682, 9789176862681LCCN
2016593356Notes
Length: 150