Comments on: Aran Knitwear

By: Kristin’s Playground » Aran Knitting Knugget

Kristin’s Playground » Aran Knitting Knugget — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:55:14 +0000

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By: Mary Holmes

Mary Holmes — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:14:11 +0000

I have w onderful book called ‘World Textiles’ by Thames and Hudson which has a section called Textured knitting in which there are two photographs [which appear to be quite old] depicting fishermen wearing what appear to be Aran sweaters. One is an Aran Islander from Inishmaan wearing a textured pullover under his jacket and the other is an English fisherman wearing a knitted pullover, the pattern of which identifies im as coming from Lowestoft.
Iwould be interested to know what you think of these in view of your assertion that the paterns in Aran knitting are modern inventions….People throughtout history have always created garments with significant paterns and designs…..its in our nature! Of course, clothes are ephemeral, especially those of the poor working classes….I should be very surprised if the designs had no significance to the makers or the wearers.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:10:32 +0000

Mind you, Scottish clan tartans have no great ancient history either…

By: Karen Yingling

Karen Yingling — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:53:38 +0000

This was quite interesting! I knit these myself and have one that is over 20 years old that is still in good shape. I will look to buy a pattern book rather than a sweater when I travel to Ireland!

By: Ann Gibson

Ann Gibson — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:44:19 +0000

I knit an Aran sweater while on night duty as a student nurse in the Richmond hospital 1975. It kept me warm on my Honda 50cc bike. I still have it to this day.