Holiday Knitwear
Intarsia sweater overload on RalphLauren.com this year. It’s okay to have one or two of these types of sweaters in your wardrobe for wearing during the holiday season (they’re just as odd as madras...
View ArticleAran Sweater Myths
Marketers and salesmen will often tell tales about how particular patterns in Aran sweaters were once used to identify the bodies of lost fisherman. However, this is a myth. From wikipedia: It is...
View ArticleThe Aran Sweater Story Continued – Stitches at Sea
Here’s another great article on the background of Aran sweaters. From Stitches at Sea, by Linda Cortright: Up until the latter part of the 20th century, most islanders (total population 1,218) were...
View ArticleNew North Sea Clothing Sweaters
I’ve been shopping around online lately for fall knitwear options and just noticed that North Sea Clothing has updated its site recently with several new versions of its sweaters along with an...
View ArticleIcelandic Knitwear
Ubiquitous around Iceland, the lopapeysa has become an icon for the country’s wool industry over the past several decades. They are traditionally hand knit with lopi, a coarse but hardy wool from...
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