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Ok, this isn’t a crafted press release, but I’m just so excited, I can’t hold it in any longer.  I’ve been working on this deal for about a year, so I am ecstatic to announce:

 I have negoatiated with the daughter of Norwegian author Annichen Sibbern Bøhn to reprint the classic, highly-influential title, “Norwegian Knitting Design” in English. 

First published in Oslo in 1929, “Norse Strikkmønstre” almost single handedly rescued traditional knitting patterns from obscurity, in a time when modernism was approaching even the most rural districts of Norway.  The slim volume is almost entirely charts and photographs, with only two “patterns” to speak of; one luskofte, and the Eskimo sweater, which I will describe in great detail at a later date.  I’ve got grand theories for the eskimo.  Seriously.  The wheels have been turning for years.

Those of you who have read Everyday Knitting by Annemor Sundbø know just how influential Bøhn’s book is.  And if you haven’t bought Everyday Knitting yet, you should.  Not only is it a treasure trove, but Annemor is just the nicest person, and you should buy her book for good karma points.  She has been an unfailingly generous mentor, and continues to do good things for me.  More on that later, also.

That’s today’s good news.  RosePom is still in the works; the numbers got weird and I keep getting distracted by the soap opera that is our government.  She’s getting out and about, though; she even went to Easter brunch at the home of my lovely friend, Nan.  Say hi, Nan!  (That’s Eric, her husband, standing in the back.  He’s lovely, too.  As are their two daughters.  The youngest is a gelfling.)

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