Today, I thought I’d revisit the controversial subject of how Aran kntting, that Irish fisherman tradition of intricate cables, got started. It’s not what you think. Heinz Edgar Kiewe invented the ...

This week, I started posting links to free patterns for Aran sweaters. These are cardigans and pullovers that have intricate cables and textures, similar to a style that developed on the Aran islands ...

And people wanted to make Aran knits for themselves: The earliest sweater pattern was published in 1938, but more emerged in the decades to come with Woman’s Day publishing patterns for gloves and ...

The Aran Islands are a trio of rocky outcroppings in the mouth of Galway Bay whose high cliffs and slate-coloured skies present a picture-postcard vision of rugged Irish beauty. With barely a thousand ...

The Aran Islands are a group of three small islands located off the west coast of Ireland in Galway Bay. The three islands are Inis Mór (meaning “big island”), Inis Meáin (meaning “middle island”), ...

Every stitch of an Isles of Aran sweater traces back to a language of patterns born on the rocky outcrops between Galway Bay and the Atlantic. Cable, honeycomb, and moss stitches carry meanings that ...

Founded in 1965, Aran Woollen Mills began with a simple but powerful idea: preserve the tradition of Aran knitting while creating meaningful work for local women along Ireland’s west coast. That ...

If any designer has given an Irish national symbol a completely new look, it is the Galway knit genius Colin Burke. His reimagining of the Aran sweater with a stylish new silhouette, signature leg o’ ...

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