Sweater Has A Story
Though factories boom In Southern Ireland there Is still an Important place for cottage industries, where world • renowned wearing, knitting and other handicrafts are produced.
Miss Ruth Kingston, a teacher from County Waterford, is keeping herself warm in Canterbury this winter in a handknitted bulky sweater of native - Irish unscoured wool that is almost waterproof.
Each part of the traditional pattern has a meaning. Cable stitch represents the tangled path of life, the blackberry stitch is a symbol of Irish mountains and bold criss-cross lines signify fishing nets.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30447, 22 May 1964, Page 2
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