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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]
500-1000 – Spinning wheel invented in the Indian subcontinent. [19] 1000s – Finely decorated examples of cotton socks made by true knitting using continuous thread appear in Egypt. [14] 1000s – The earliest clear illustrations of the spinning wheel come from the Islamic world. [20] 1100s-1300s – Dual-roller cotton gins appear in India ...
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 ...
For sweaters, the knitters always work in the round for a pullover, or back and forth in one piece for a cardigan. After the knitter has divided the stitches on the proper number of needles, she knits a band of ribbing of her chosen design, then increases the number of stitches and continues in stocking or plain stitch. [ 15 ]
The Cambridge history of western textiles. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-34107-3. OCLC 48475172. Payne, Blanche; Winakor, Geitel; Farrell-Beck Jane (1992) The History of Costume, from the Ancient Mesopotamia to the Twentieth Century, 2nd Edn, HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-047141-7
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.
Maybe the world would be a better place if instead of looking to "elevated basics" brands for outfit inspo, we were all looking to dogs in tiny coats and cardigans wearing our favorite runway looks.
The under-sweater is usually worn tight-fitting, with the cardigan unbuttoned to reveal accompanying jewelry, most typically a string of pearls. [ citation needed ] Twinsets have been associated most closely with women's work wardrobes during the 1950s and 1960s, particularly in secretarial work or teaching, but were occasionally viewed as too ...