Australian Knitting 11
r$BSEJHBO A popular item
crafted by knitters, cardigans
have been around lsince
knitting was recognised as
a trade, and long before it
became a craft. In fact, the
cardigan was named after the
seventh earl of Cardigan, a
former country in Wales. James
Thomas Brudnell was known
throughout his lifetime as a
sartorially savvy gentlemen and
his name was originally applied
to a knitted wool vest, split
down the front, that kept the
cold away during the Crimean
winters. Overtime the term
cardigan was used to name any
similar knitted vest or sweater.
r3BHMBO Interestingly, the term
credits the name of Cardigan’s
commanding officer, the first
Baron Raglan, Fitzroy James
Henry Somerset. Raglan was
known for wearing a loose-
fitting overcoat with sleeves
that extended to the neckline.
The word originally referred
to the overcoat, however now
it can also refer to the style
of sleeve or garment that has
raglan sleeves.
r :PLF Referring to the fitted or
shaped piece at the shoulders
of a garment, the meaning of
yoke is considerably recent –
dating back to the 1880s. The
term is an extension of the
word that refers to the wooden
frame used to link two working
animals together.
r*OUBSTJB A technique for
knitting a large multi-coloured
design that uses different
balls of yarn, intarsia originally
referred to a wooden mosaic
made of different woods that
are fitted together inside a
frame.(ref: http://www.merriam-webster.com/
words-at-play/10-knitting-words)$POUJOVFENew York-based designer Jason
Wu has been named as The
Woolmark Company’s ambassador
to help promote the use of
Australian merino wool. Two
months before Wu’s Spring/
Summer 2017 collection was sent
down the runway at New York
Fashion Week, the New York-based
fashion designer was in Australia
visiting the source of Merino
wool – the natural, renewable and
biodegradable fibre which lies at
the heart of his latest collection.
Visiting a wool-producing property
in Marulan, New South Wales, Wu
was able to experience the fibre first-
hand as he journeyed to the heart
of wool-growing country. Pursuing a
sophisticated, timeless and seasonless
collection, Wu produced a wool-rich
collection with many of the pieces
gaining Woolmark certification.For more information on Jason
Wu’s involvement with The
Woolmark Company, visit
http://www.woolmark.com© The Woolmark Company%&4*(/&3508"5$)m+BTPO8V
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