My niece’s boyfriend is from Norway. She spent the summer interning in London at the Parliment building. Since she was in Europe he invited her to visit Norway and meet his family. I told her I was planning on knitting the iconic Marius Sweater and asked if she could find Peer Gynt yarn in dark grey, natural, & ochre.
She wrote me last night saying she brought me yarn back from Norway— she hand carried it on the plane. “I think you’ll really like it, and all the Norwegian yarn specialists kept insisting that it’s the best type of yarn to make that particular sweater!” He made her speak Norwegian in the yarn shop.
She is so pleased with her adventure.

Met niece at coffee house (lattes and lavender honey macaroons) and heard all about her visit to Carl’s home(s) in Norway. In Oslo, she met his parents and one of his sisters and attended the opera.
Later, they drove to their oceanside homes 4h away where he dared her and then joined her for a cold swim just so she could say she swam in the North Sea and went out on one of his boats. It was at the colorful village there that they found the yarn and received friendly enthusiastic help.

Marius:
The pattern is a old traditional Norwegian pattern called Marius. It is very popular.
The designer made the sweater for her son Marius Eriksen, a famous alpine skier. He was competing in the olympics in St Moritz in 1948.
I love this pattern. I have made several sweater, headband and socks in this pattern.

Key knitting terms in Norwegian
https://www.garnstudio.com/glossary.php?lf=no&lt=en

Used smaller size 2 (2.75mm) needles to form the Tubular Cast-on in the round.

Long Tail Tubular Cast On in the Round
https://youtu.be/s767CqB1f0w

Switched to size 3 after 2.5” 1x1 ribbing.

Did three sets of German Short Rows on the back of the sweater about 2” apart after the hem to keep it from riding up. (Thank you E. Zimmerman)

S. Bryan’s tutorial on German Short Rows:
https://youtu.be/tyg2s09Grhs

Yoke: at bottom of armhole 8” down from anticipated should seam bindoff 4 stitches each side for future crochet steeking. Then cast on the five stitches for the steek stitches with the two yarns colors worked in alternating vertical columns. When crocheting the steek, will catch half of stitch of each color. Make the first and last column of steek stitches a column of purl stitches. This helps the steeked edges turn under and makes it easier to pick up and knit stitches along the edge.

Steeking:
Kate Davis: clear videography
https://www.google.com/amp/s/katedaviesdesigns.com/2012/0...

Meg Swansen crochet Steek: good schematic
https://www.google.com/amp/s/katedaviesdesigns.com/2012/0...
Meg’s video:
https://www.schoolhousepress.com/blog/megonsteeks/

Eunny Jang 3 types steeking
https://youtu.be/8eFnchbJl5A
http://eunnyjang.com/knit/2006/01/the_steeking_chronicles...
http://eunnyjang.com/knit/2006/01/the_steeking_chronicles...

Arm Hole Steeks
Steek with facings for cardigan and armholes:
https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2017/02/24/tiny-stripes-c...
Paper Tiger blog..arm steek tutorial…I think from memory this is a drop shoulder one. Another super site
http://paper-tiger.net/steeks
Machine steek for anyone using superwash wool
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring03/FEATsteeks.html
Steek/ reverse stockinette to cover steek edges
https://arnecarlos.com/how-to-steek-a-cardigan-by-arnecar...

Armhole Steeking is also in this project with notes:
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/heyKerrianne/dans-guerns...

I used the Three Needle Bind-off the seam the shoulders.
Modified the pattern to use 102 stitches for the neck stead of 96 stitches.
Went down to a size 2 needle for the 1x1 ribbing at neck.
After 3 cm of ribbing, I purled a row for turning and stockinette st. the facing for 3 cm. Then I sewed the hem down using live stitches off the needle in a Kitchener-like fashion:
https://youtu.be/E8XOMHik8BU

Modified Three Needle Bindoff which makes a flatter seam then the traditional yet still benefits in the added structure.
https://www.purlsoho.com/create/3-needle-bind-off/

Tubular Bind Off:
http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/01/tubular-cast-off...
https://youtu.be/SBrGhv1_RBU

To reduce bulkiness under the arms, I picked up and knitted a row at top of sleeves after steeking the armholes. Left the stitches on cables and knitted the sleeves cuff up. Then Kitchener Stitched in the round to join the sleeves.
https://youtu.be/ZhFbOA0E4Eo

Norwegian sewing on sleeves
https://youtu.be/G13t13o184w

Norwegian hand sewing on sleeves
https://youtu.be/qV8j5CtTxCw

Folded neck:
Cast on the number of stitches after the first increases 1-by-1 rib. 12 cm rib.
Then, I unpicked the cast-on edge, picked up stitches along the inside of the bottom of the neck and grafted them together with the Kitchener stitch.

Moved the increases and decreases more towards the center, to mimic princess seams. (Leaving 45 stitches between the increase lines both on the front and the back.)

Increased 12 more stitches in the back at twice the rate of the pattern. (Every 8th stitch in the front, every 4th stitch in the back).

Finished with a folded hem. Knit one round with the contrast colour, purled one round, then switched to smaller needles and knit 6 cm. Picked up stitches on the WS and grafted together the hem stitches with the picked up stitches.

Doubled the length of the sleeve cuffs. Changed to contrast colour one round before the bind-off on the sleeves.

Painting: Hans Dahl (Norwegian, 1849-1937)
‘A girl knitting in a Norwegian landscape’