I was at a party this week and the host took me over to meet another guest – “He’s a knitter, too.” I rounded the corner and saw this:
And the back view:
“Oh my!” I gushed. “The Wise and Foolish Virgins!” His companion leaned over to me and stage whispered, “I can assure you, he is neither.”
And even though I had the name wrong, it is The Foolish Virgins, he was kind enough to model while I whipped out my i-phone. Now that is some knitting mojo.
Egads, that’s fantastic!
He doesn’t have a blog? My god, when I read the Rav info on that pattern my head swam…
I know – I can’t imagine undertaking a project like that, even if I enjoyed intarsia.
That’s a fantastic sweater! I never considered making it because it’s a tad “busy” for me, but the work involved is huge. V.cool!
Me, too. Plus I hate intarsia. But fun to see it.
I’ve always loved that design, and he has chosen a splendid colorway for it too.
Six years ago I was visiting the Kunstindustrimuseet in Oslo with a friend during a tour of Scandinavia – we both spotted the original tapestry at the same time. “That’s it – that’s the piece that inspired Kaffe Fasset!” (Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins, circa 1750, from Gudbrandsdalen. Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo).
PS: Here’s a link to it in an interesting article about Norwegian tapestry. Fifth picture from the top.
http://www.absolutetapestry.com/en/history/Norwegian-tapestry-1550-1800
This is really interesting. Thanks! I would never undertake a project like that, but it was really fun to see the vest in person.
*boggle*
The Kaffe Fassett Jacket is new to me. I once met a man who wore a gorgeous KF sweater. He was not a knitter. However, He had knit it himself and it was the only project he had done before and after. He just wanted that sweater so much.