Aran, Fishermen and Irish Knitting Patterns

    

Aran Knitting

The aran (or arran)is a style of jumper/sweater that takes its name from the Aran Islands off the West Coast of Ireland or from the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland.

The sweaters are distinguished by their use of complex textured stitch patterns , several of which are combined in the creation of a single garment. The word choice of "jumper" or "sweater" (or indeed other options such as "pullover" and "jersey") is largely determined by the regional version of english being spoken, in the case of ireland and britain "jumper" is the standard word with "sweater" mainly found in tourist shops. The word used in Irish Gaelic is geansai, a gaelicization of guernsey which has been re-anglicised to gansey in Hiberno-English.

Originally the jumpers were knitted using unscoured wool that retained its natural oils or lanolin which made the garments water-resistant and meant they remained wearable even when wet. It was primarily the wives of Island fishermen who knitted the jumpers.

Some stitch patterns have a traditional interpretation often of religious significance. The honeycomb is a symbol of the hard working bee. The cable, an integral part of the fisherman's daily life, is said to be a wish for safety and good luck when fishing. The diamond is a wish of success wealth and treasure. The basket stitch represents the fisherman's basket, a hope for a plentiful catch.

*taken from wikipedia.org*

 

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Patons 588

outdoor arans

in great shape

one pen mark in here

for the entire family

 

4.50

#3202

 

Patons 144

arran for the family

great items to make in here

 

4.25

#3093

 

Sirdar 202 Country Aran

done by sirdar

8 aran designs for 

all the family

 

4.50

#3064

 

Sunbeam 1499

beautiful aran knit

sweater

for adults

76 to 102 cm chest

or 30 to 40 inch chest

 

4.25

#3041

 

Sunbeam 1027

for adults

for sizes 86 to 112 cm chest

or 34 to 44 inches

in new condition

 

4.25

#3019

 

Sunbeam 1154

for younger 

for sizes 56 to 76 cms chest

or 22 to 30 inches

in new condition

beautiful!

 

4.25

#3018

 

Sunbeam 1153

aran for the little ones

for size 56-71 cm chest

or 22 to 28 inch chest

in new condition

 

4.25

#3017

 

The Australian Wool 

corporation

traditional knitting with wool

42 patterns for entire family

arans, argyles, icelandic,

norwegian, shetland, fair isle

and guernseys

 

SOLD

#2752

 

Patons 4626

Aran

for 30 to 40 inch chest

nice collar on this one

 

4.25

#2701

 

Peter Pan

aran 

P725

in great shape

for sizes 14 to 28 inches chest

 

SOLD

#2706

 

Sirdar 3701

aran for babies

jacket

for chest sizes 18 to 26 inches

 

4.25

#2683

 

Emu 2849

in great condition

scarf and hat

 

4.25

#2815

 

Patons Carefree Arran

for sizes 34 to 44

in great shape

an older one

 

3.99

#2785

 

Patons 646

in great shape

that natural feeling

 

4.25

#2371

 

Patons 646

in great shape

that natural feeling

 

4.25

#2371

 

Emu B25

8 designs in aran bainin

for the whole family

for 28 to 48 inch chest or bust size

 

US 4.25

#2306

 

Cara genuine bawneen knitting wool

traditional aran garments

for all the family

26 pages

some great aran in here

 

SOLD

#2069

 

Patons 1082

Pure Wool Aran

this is for family aran

childs size 4 to 10

adults sizes 10 to 44 inch chest

in new condition

 

SOLD

#2073

 

Emu 6735

astrakhan with aran

poncho in three sizes

4 to 17 years

poncho, hat and mitts

 

US 2.99

#1867

 

Bernat 516

in great condition

irish knits

for the entire family

 

SOLD

#1948

 

Patons 490

forever aran

in new condition

7 different designs

 

US 4.25

#1763

 

Pingouin for aran knitting

traditional and fashionable for

all the family

in great condition

 

SOLD

#1801

 

Susan Bates

Romany Arans for children

in new condition

really really pretty items in here

 

SOLD

#1810

 

Sirdar 

The Aran Look

1/6

9 different designs

has 36 pages

is in used condition

but still great patterns

 

SOLD

#1382

 

 

The Best Aran

sirdar 179

in great condition

printed in great britain

has approx 12 different designs

 

SOLD

#1380

 

This is a unusual find

fisherman crochet sweaters

done by mary thomas

is pencil markings and is 

coming apart at seams