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Fred Rogers, star of the long-running children's program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, donned a cardigan at the beginning of each episode. The cardigans were made by his mother and closed with a zipper instead of buttons. [11] Steve McQueen popularised cardigans, wearing it in the 1968 action thriller film Bullitt and in his personal life. [12]
History [ edit ] The twinset was a 1930s fashion innovation, credited to knitwear designer Otto Weisz who invented the matching cardigan and top for fashion brand Pringle of Scotland .
In those early years before the rise of the World Wide Web and HTML documents, PDF was popular mainly in desktop publishing workflows. PDF's adoption in the early days of the format's history was slow. [4] Indeed, the Adobe Board of Directors attempted to cancel the development of the format, as they could see little demand for it. [5]
sweater, cardigan: sweater, cardigan, jumper Women's sleeveless dress: jumper: pinafore Cotton (or jersey) garment covering torso and arms that is closed at the front: sweatshirt: jersey Athletic shirt: jersey: jersey, kit (refers to full sports uniform) Sleeveless knit garment: sweater vest, slipover: slipover, tank top Sleeveless undershirt ...
Madonna Knitting, by Bertram of Minden 1400-1410 1855 sketch of a shepherd knitting, while watching his flock The Knitting Woman by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1869. Knitting is the process of using two or more needles to pull and loop yarn into a series of interconnected loops in order to create a finished garment or some other type of fabric.
Man wearing a striped sweater vest (1974) Rick Santorum [1] wearing a sweater vest (2012) A sweater vest (known as a tank top, sleeveless sweater, slipover, or sleeveless pullover in the UK) is an item of knitwear that is similar to a sweater, but without sleeves, usually with a low-cut neckline.
They taught the Cowichan women to knit such items as socks and mitts. The mission has records of students' knitting and other domestic skills being displayed at local fairs and at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. [4] After learning how to make socks and mitts, Cowichan women began to knit knee-length underwear and sweaters.
The first knitting machine, known as the stocking frame, was invented in England in 1589. [24] Modern knitting machines, both domestic and industrial, are either flat-bed or circular. [ 22 ] Flat-bed knitting machines knit back and forth, producing a flat piece of fabric.