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Hand Knit Irish Sweaters: Are You Aware Of How They Came To Be?



By Alice Cummings


For all the items to love about Ireland, one of the most beautiful has to be those hand knit Irish sweaters.

Yet beyond their timeless sophistication, are you aware of how the Irish Fisherman sweater came to be? Are you really aware of how tragic the story is as to how these sweaters came into existence? Talk about a classic Irish tale. This is one for the ages.

The reality is that while so many Irish men and boys headed out to the Irish coasts to find the jobs on fishing vessles, they had no way of knowing how dangerous those jobs really were. And the danger was constant.

As if famine was not atrocious enough, suddenly hundreds of irish men were dying at sea every year.

This is exactly why the Irish women began to knit each sweaters in a pattern that was recognizeable only to them, so that if a body did wash up on shore, they would be able to recognize the pattern, and thus the man.

Yes, this is yet another horrible Irish fact.

But now, hundreds of years later, that terrible beginning has led to some of the most gorgeous Irish hand knit sweaters.

And here's even more pleasant news: there is now a way for you to get one of these amazing hand knigt Irish sweaters for a lot less than you can anywhere else.

For the past 36 years, one family in New York has been importing these hand knit Irish sweaters from the best knitters in Ireland.

Even better, that family is now operating 100% online after having to close its doors just a few years ago.

If you are serious in your attempts to find the most authemtic irish hand knits at the lowest prices, this is your golden opportunity.


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