Pletilna tehnika jalb v vzhodnih Alpah
The Knitting Technique of Jalba in Eastern Alps

Summary/Abstract: The study complements the findings of Milovan Gavazzi concerning the knitting technique used in the production of the female headgear called jalba, such as it was observed at Trg near Ozalj in the period between the two world vars. Completely identical knitting instruments have been found by Emilijan Cevc. Namely, their use is depicted on the wall paintings at Crngrob near Škofja Loka, dating from the 1460’s and at St. Primož above Kamnik in Slovenia (1504), as well as on the wall painting in the castle of Weinegg in Tyrol (from the middle of the 15th century). The only difference between instruments filmed by Gavazzi and those represented cm the wall paintings is that the latter are better worked out. This fact leads the author of this article to conclude that the knitting technique discussed was rather well known not only in Slovenia, but also in some other parts of the Eastern Alps dining the 15th and the 16th centuries. The two above mentioned paintings from Slovenia prove that in those times the inhabitants of central Slovenia had well known this knitting technique; yet, it was, apparently, forgotten soon afterwards. Only in one of the neighboring regions of Croatia, it has been preserved into the 20th century.

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