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In the same spirit they wished to preserve and develop the Norwegian knitting tradition. [3] They hired designer Solveig Hisdahl after seeing her exhibit in Oslo, "Wedding Jackets from a Town Girl", inspired by Norwegian folk costumes. [3] Aarhus, Møster, and Valestrand started out by raising funds for good used knitting machines. They opened ...
People who attended the New York City College of Technology, formerly the New York City Community College. Pages in category "New York City College of Technology alumni" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The heritage of Norwegian knitting has been preserved, documented and translated into English language history, and pattern books, that are available to modern knitters, mostly notably by the author Annemor Sundbø. The yarn factory Rauma Ullvarefabrikk has also released a substantial number of Norwegian knitting patterns translated into English.
City Tech was founded in 1946 as The New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences.The urgent mission at the time was to provide training to GIs returning from the Second World War and to provide New York with the technically proficient workforce it would need to thrive in the emerging post-war economy.
A whole host of designers, from JW Anderson to Henry Zankov, are turning the soft touch of cashmere and cotton on its head with bold sweaters that surprise and delight.
Clothing factory in Montreal, Quebec, 1941. Clothing industry or garment industry summarizes the types of trade and industry along the production and value chain of clothing and garments, starting with the textile industry (producers of cotton, wool, fur, and synthetic fibre), embellishment using embroidery, via the fashion industry to apparel retailers up to trade with second-hand clothes and ...
The Scandinavia House Cultural Center at 58 Park Avenue in New York City. Scandinavia House – The Nordic Center in America is the American-Scandinavian Foundation's cultural center at 58 Park Avenue (between East 37th Street and East 38th Street), in Murray Hill, Manhattan, New York City.
Carl Martin Bergh – (1849–1906) Norwegian immigrant of United States who is most associated with the resettlement of fellow Scandinavian families to the area of James City County and York County surrounding the community of Norge, Virginia. Valdemar Knudsen – (1819–1898) sugar cane plantation pioneer on west Kauai, Hawaii