Iceland sweater
The Icelandic sweater , Icelandic Lopapeysa , is a coarsely knitted item of clothing, mostly made of sheep's wool , which has its origin in Scandinavia . Sometimes it is wrongly referred to as a Norwegian sweater , but these are different in design and pattern.
Icelandic sweaters and stylistically related sweaters have a tradition in Iceland , the Faroe Islands and the Shetland Islands . The multi-colored round yoke around the neck and shoulders is typical. The Icelandic sweater tradition began in the early 20th century when attempts were made to use thicker wool. The first article with these experiments appeared in a well-known craft notebook in Iceland in 1923.
The Norwegian and Icelandic sweaters found widespread use in Germany as a result of the ecological and alternative movement in the 1970s. Coarse, self-knitted sweaters made from natural materials were particularly valued and were part of the dress code . Because of the thick, coarse wool, the Icelandic sweater is a typical piece of clothing for winter because it keeps you very warm.
Today, the Icelandic sweater is often made in the style of a cardigan with a continuous zipper at the front, and more rarely in the style of a troyer with a zip collar.
literature
- Gudrun Helgadottir: Nation in a sheep's coat: The Icelandic sweater . In: Form Akademisk - forskningstidsskrift for design og designdidaktikk . tape 4 , no. 2 , 2011, ISSN 1890-9515 , p. 59–68 , doi : 10.7577 / formakademisk.201 (English, hioa.no [PDF; 424 kB ]).
Web links
Individual proof
- ^ History of Lopi sweater. (No longer available online.) In: kertzer.com . Archived from the original on June 19, 2012 ; accessed on February 11, 2018 .