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  2. Aran knitting patterns - Wikipedia

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    The first known example of Aran knitting appeared in the 1930s. [3] The stitches that create the Aran knitting patterns are complex and the knitted goods are time-consuming to create. For example, a typical Aran sweater will have over 100,000 stitches, and may take several months to finish. The three dimensional effect of the twisted stitches ...

  3. Aran jumper - Wikipedia

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    An Aran cardigan in the traditional white báinín colour. The Aran jumper (Irish: Geansaí Árann), also called a fisherman's jumper or a gansey, is a style of jumper [1] that takes its name from the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. [2] [3] A traditional Aran Jumper usually is off-white in colour, with cable patterns on the

  4. Cowichan knitting - Wikipedia

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    The teaching of patterned sweater knitting is generally attributed to a settler from the Shetland Islands, Jerimina Colvin. [4] Mrs. Colvin settled in Cowichan Station in 1885, raised sheep, and hand-spun and dyed her own wool. She probably began to teach knitting by the 1890s, and added patterns as she learned them from other Scottish settlers ...

  5. Sweater design - Wikipedia

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    Sweater design is a specialization of fashion design in which knitted sweaters are designed to fulfill certain aesthetic, functional and commercial criteria. The designer typically considers factors such as the insulating power of the sweater (and its resulting warmth for the wearer); the fashion of its colors, patterns, silhouette and style lines, particularly the neckline and waistline; the ...

  6. Knitted fabric - Wikipedia

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    When knit wales cross, a cable is formed. Cables patterns tend to draw the fabric together, making it denser and less elastic; [5] Aran sweaters are a common form of knitted cabling. [6] Arbitrarily complex braid patterns can be done in cable knitting. In lace knitting, a pattern is formed by making small, stable holes in the fabric.

  7. Aran Islands - Wikipedia

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    Typical clothing for an Aran man was homespun trousers and waistcoats made of grey or light-brown tweed; for women, a calf-length woven skirt along with a knitted sweater. Aran knitters were highly skilled. [8] In the 1820s, harvesting kelp was an important sideline to raise money for the land rents.

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