This is a warning in case any other readers of Vibeke Lind’s Knitting in the Nordic Tradition are passing by. This is a Danish book that has been translated into English by Annette Allen Jensen and of which I managed to secure a second-hand copy.
It has a lot of useful material, and it was probably my fault that I was misled by this diagram and photo – I thought they referred to the same thing:
The one on the left:
I did think 15 centimetres was too long, but I didn’t realize till after I’d finished that the cuff is supposed to be turned up twice. I was relying on the photo, in which you can see the black ribbing at the bottom and the black edge at the top of the cuff. (My casting off is a bit dodgy too).
Ah well. Anyone with a long small head need one of these?
I had been practising knitting with one colour held the English way and the other the Continental way, just in case I ever get round to a jacket.
Hate when that happens. How about an appliance cover?
Yes, it does have the look of a tea-cosy about it. In fact it would even cover a cafeti
I think this is darling and actually have a long, small head, as does my partner. Unless we’re talking child-size small here? I could pay postage (DE) and whatever you’d like for the cap?
That’s very kind of you to say you like it, Michele! Let me have your address and I’ll send it – after Easter because I want to show it to someone first.
My head is rather big – who would have thought it? – 58 cm rather than the usual 57 cm – so if I turn in the cuff twice, which I suppose keeps the most important parts warm, it’s too tight for comfort. I should really pay you for taking it, and I don’t think the postage will be much. So let me send it first and we can discuss the postage afterwards.
Happy First Sunday of Advent!
(These Bavarians are crazy.)