Re: please try again


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Looks very nice and warm. Every region has it's trad sweater it
seems.
Here in Canada the most coveted sweater is from the Cowichan
tribe in
British Columbia. A Cowichan sweater is a variant of the Fair
Isle
sweater from Scotland according to Wikipedia. My wife has an
authentic
one. Heavier than the Marius sweater from Norway and waterproof
(to a
point). Perfect for the maritime Pacific coastal weather.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowichan_knitting
http://www.quwutsun.ca/cowichan_sweaters.htm

Johnny

They are heavy, the jackets, too and waterproof.

Edith

I was going by the photo in the link you provided. It just looked
lighter
weight but I'll take your word for it.

Johnny

Those are jumpers but the jackets they knit are thick and
waterproof because of the fat in the wool. I'll tell you what. Next
time you are in Keswick there is a shop across from the jewellery
shop that has a Norwegian kofte for sale, same one for years ;)
Have a look see.

Which jewellery shop? Whereabouts in Keswick is this?

ally
Thes only yan. Bin theer fer years. Blimey, these feriners.

Lake road, on the left, before the la'al chapel you'll find the
jewellers.

On the opposite side of the road there's the shop (up a couple o
steps?) with the jacket hanging in the window and then there's the
big car salesman with all his glossy cars, good looking fellow with a
grey mustash and beard, oops!

Ah, right, I know where you are now. I think that shop's got a name
with "Norway" or "Norwegian" in it, actually. I'll need to have a
closer look at that kofte next time I'm in town.

ally
It's too small for me and it's been hanging there for years unless
they've changed it, so I wouldn't buy it if I were you but just incase,
make sure the quality is still good.
Seems like it's a dying art here.

Hey this is ally here, who's always short of dosh, not
fabulously-wealthy Johnny! I just want to /look/ at the thing! I might
even take photos of it through the window.

ally
They are extremely expensive. Lots of work and hours behind each one,
Ally. If that one is still there they ought to give it away being hanging
there for several years. I believe it's light blue with a bit of white in
it. They do last for years and years. There's hardly a Norwegian who
doesn't have one at sometime or other. It's a traditional thingie worn in
thw winters before dune jackets and leather jackets etc came to be.
They're lovely and warm

Must go. Boiling a hen today. Better make sure it's ok.

Here's how people dressed before. Now these clothes, one for each county
and some villages, working clothes and sunday clothes. Now you often see
them at fine events, 17ht May and Weddings and Confirmations etc. All
hand made and cost around £2000 maybe more.

http://www.norskflid.no/bunad/bunader/

Wow. They're great! I remember when we were kids getting books showing
"national costumes" for various countries, and those look like how I
remember the Norwegian ones. We assumed everyone in the country would go
around wearing that stuff all the time! Although I should have known
better, really, as the Scottish version showed a chap in a kilt, and I
knew fine that Princes Street wasn't full of jostling kilties. Even in
those days people only wore them for weddings, or if they were in a
Scottish regiment.

I bet a lot of Norwegians make their own versions of these costumes, the
way we made our Georgian costumes for the Georgian Fair in Cockermouth. If
you're good at sewing, or have friends to advise, you can make more or
less anything.

ally
No. They are historically registered. You can't change them. It would be
like putting a star of gold in the middle of the union jack. Some of them
were worn at work as uniforms, the more simple ones. My datterdatter has the
Vestfold (bunad-dress?) and she looks lovely in it worn in confirmations,
weddings, special days, etc.

Edith

Edith


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