VERA Platform_719 Wool fiber processing "The know-how about curating, harvesting and selecting the best parts of the sheep wool and different uses according to its natural properties: socks, sweaters, woven fabrics and felted wools. Different breeds will shed different wool textures. Banking on traditional knowledge, finding the best kinds of wool from different sheep breeds and applying it to modern uses comes from cycles of investigation and practice developed throughout the decades. The yarn is colored using natural dyes many of which have been used for centuries. " iain Norwegian Intangable Heritage video/mp4 VIDEO University of St Andrews VERA Platform 687 "The know-how about curating, harvesting and selecting the best parts of the sheep wool and different uses according to its natural properties: socks, sweaters, woven fabrics and felted wools. Different breeds will shed different wool textures. Banking on traditional knowledge, finding the best kinds of wool from different sheep breeds and applying it to modern uses comes from cycles of investigation and practice developed throughout the decades. The yarn is colored using natural dyes many of which have been used for centuries. " video/mp4 Video "Ranghild Lie explains about sheep types and their wool, and the stages of preparation of the raw material" video/mp4 Elisabeth Rosa Brusin, Rebeca Franco Valle Video "Ranghild Lie explains about sheep types and their wool, and the stages of preparation of the raw material" video/mp4 Elisabeth Rosa Brusin, Rebeca Franco Valle Video "Ranghild Lie explains about sheep types and their wool, and the stages of preparation of the raw material" video/mp4 Elisabeth Rosa Brusin, Rebeca Franco Valle Video "Ranghild Lie explains about sheep types and their wool, and the stages of preparation of the raw material" video/mp4 Elisabeth Rosa Brusin, Rebeca Franco Valle Video "Ranghild Lie explains about sheep types and their wool, and the stages of preparation of the raw material" video/mp4 Elisabeth Rosa Brusin, Rebeca Franco Valle Video "Ranghild Lie explains about sheep types and their wool, and the stages of preparation of the raw material" video/mp4 Elisabeth Rosa Brusin, Rebeca Franco Valle Video "Yarn skein made out of Gammalnorsk sheep breed from the Lofoten islands, raw color." Movable Heritage "Yarn skein made out of Kvit Sau sheep breed from the Lofoten islands. It is dyed using local reinfann (Tanacetum vulgare). Double thread yarn, 315m pr. 100g." Movable Heritage "Sweater Inspired by the historical photo of the North-Norwegian fisherman Johanner Folger\u00f8. The pattern desing became popular from the charismatic photo of the fisherman. These photos were taken on the occasion of the fishing exhibition in Bod\u00f8 in 1904. The organizers wanted a photograph of a typical northern Norwegian fisherman, for use in marketing. The photographer Louise Engen from Bod\u00f8 took the photos with Johannes Folger\u00f8 from Sandnessj\u00f8en as a model. He was 52 years old at the time, a fisherman and a well-known seiner, originally from Finn\u00e5s in Hordaland. Folger\u00f8 had probably moved to Helgeland around 1870, in connection with the rich herring fishery. After a period on D\u00f8nna, where he also married, the family settled in Sandnes in Sandnessj\u00f8en. Around 1893, Folger\u00f8 bought a seiner together with merchant Otto Koch in Bod\u00f8. The photos belong to the museum's Lillegaard collection. Lofoten wool has taken this traditional knitting pattern and transformed into its own design, giving a new ligth to the emblematic design. The origin of the pattern is probably from the Feroe islands, since it was from there where many Norwegian fisherman got their sweaters at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. The Faroe Islands where great exporters of knitted goods to Scandinavia, but the history of this sweater needs to be researched in depth, something Ranghild is looking forward to do. " Movable Heritage 68.1490556685704 13.7622515654953