A long time ago, the weaving contained different good wishes for the family.
We all wear sweaters, but what trivia do you know about sweaters?
If we want to trace the history of sweater, we have to go back to a very old time, but there are not many stories, that is, when the weather was cold, our ancestors could not bear the cold, with sticks to twist the thread round and round, became a sweater.
In the beginning, sweaters were worn by the poor and despised by the royal family.
After some rebellious aristocratic transformation, it became a fashion favorite today.
One kind of sweater is classic because it’s a sweater with a story.
The Sweater, known as the Aran Sweater, was a hit on the American continent in the 1950s, and it still has a place in fashion circles today.
Spanning more than half a century, the fashion originated in the Aran Islands of Ireland.
Surrounded by the sea, this Atlantic island is mostly inhabited by fishermen and farmers.
The sea was cold and damp, and wives and daughters, mindful of their husbands, who drifted day and night on the sea, protected their loved ones from the biting cold of the sea by Aran Sweater woven of wool with natural suede, unwashed.
Each traditional Aran Sweater consists of a combination of several ways of weaving, with the pattern of Cable, which symbolizes a fisherman’s rope, paired with a Basket, which symbolizes a bountiful harvest;
Honeycomb, a Honeycomb pattern of Diamond, symbolizes wealth and success;
Zig-g marks symbolize the island’s winding paths.
These patterns are intertwined, like seeing the good wishes of the island fishermen.
The Aran Sweater was a symbol of status. The fisherman’s sweater was woven by his mother and wife, and each sweater had a special pattern, so that if the fisherman was killed, the pattern on the sweater could help identify a region’s identity, and it filled the expectations of the loved ones.
The fisherman’s Aran Sweater, revised and adapted by the Duke of Windsor, found its way into “high society”.
Since then, the sweater will be out of control to today’s red.
During the World War, Britain suffered too much material damage, so the British government mobilized social resources to make up for the shortage in the rear. As knitting was easy to learn and could be participated by all people, many gentlemen joined the knitting team one after another, and had the momentum to compete with ladies.
During that time, men, women and children could be found knitting sweaters everywhere.
At the time, people wrote anonymous letters to newspapers complaining about why men couldn’t knit properly, and there was a group of people who believed that men were better at knitting than women.
According to a survey, there are still more than two million boys in Britain and the United States in the habit of knitting.
So don’t be surprised to see a man knitting in a foreign country.
In fact, weaving was a male occupation in medieval Europe, but it is not clear why it was exclusively male. Some people believe that the equipment was not advanced at that time, and the preparation of knitting was a physical work, so women could not do it.
Knitting has been used in the United States for mental development, rehabilitation, depression, etc., and for so many other purposes, it always feels like knitting is medicine.
You may as well knit a thread for your mother when you are upset.
The famous Winston Churchill was a knitter. It was said to be his special way of de-stressing.
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