Norway's Knitted Heritage

Annemor Sundbø, known as "Norway's Sweater Detective" for her expertise in fiber history, is a textile designer and a teacher of weaving, spinning, embroidery, and knitting design. She has been featured in publications such as Interweave and PieceWork, has received many awards for her work, and lectures internationally. She lives in Kristiansand, Norway. www.annemor.com

ldquo;This is a big book . . . I mention this to emphasize the grand scale of Annemor Sundbø’s comprehensive and richly illustrated history and analysis of iconic Norwegian sweaters . . . Each chapter is made up of short essays with illustrations (the book contains almost 900 illustrations) . . . For adventurous knitters wanting to create their own Norwegian sweaters, Sundbø provides tables of measurements and stitch counts, graphed pattern designs, and 224 snapshots of individual sweaters . . . Extraordinary.”