Knitting -- free pattern mother lode

Valldal is another Norwegian Dale traditional pattern but nobody paid much attention to it until the 1970s; they were mostly into Setesdal, the tradition that produced the Mariusgenser.

Valldal patterns come from Sandnes Garn; the version you can find on Ravelry says it is not free. But me being OCD, I kept digging. And I found the mother lode: Sandnes Garn posts free patterns. Go to their site and type this in the search function.

"gratis"

Click on any pattern and scroll down. On the right will be a gray panel with a box in it that says kr (kroner) 0.00.

It also says "last ned", which means download. Click on that and you get a PDF with the classic download symbol.

Now go back to the last screen and scroll down the page and when you get to a box that says 

"last inn flere produkter"

click that box and it will load more products. And one of them is -- ta-da!

https://www.sandnesgarn.dk/valldalskofte

It's for kids but by now, you know how to calculate fitting a chart to your stitch counts. This uses size 3 needles, so a fingering yarn. The cuffs and hem are 10 rows or rounds of K1/P1 rib. For a jumper, you can ignore the bands for buttonholes and buttons and just knit the front the same as the back. Then you can work 30 rounds of K1/P1 rib for a turtleneck that you can fold down.

Sandnes also offers a free pattern that apparently is pretty old and it is much different.

https://www.sandnesgarn.dk/valldal-4

When you download a pattern, you may have to rotate the pages in Acrobat. Then save the file. You'll have to zoom in to use the pattern.

Anyway, go to that page of free patterns and search for "dal" to see other "dale" patterns. Also search on "kofta". Arne's grandmother's dovrekofta pattern is on there. You'll see Fana and Setesdal patterns. There's one marked Sirdal but it's nothing like the one the Dalegarn catalog had. They have pillow cases, knitted animals, cowls, etc. etc. etc. 

If it says "kollektion" under the photo, it's a booklet of multiple patterns.

Now. All the patterns are in Norwegian. If you find something you just have to have, and it doesn't have a chart, here is a site with terminology.

https://spellingtuesday.com/knitting/learn-norwegian-for-knitters/

If any of you know Norwegian, you're golden. I don't.

So now you have access to fourteen pages of free patterns. It pays to be OCD.