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 ...

The Aran Jumper stamps capture the skill and heritage of this much-loved Irish garment ...

Aran Woollen Mills, an Irish family-owned business founded in 1965, designs and manufactures premium heritage knitwear while keeping this beautiful Irish craft and heritage alive. Simply fill out the ...

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 ...

Well, "Aran knitwear" covers a multitude of sins, from baggy synthetic jumpers to bland bobble hats, and there's a lot of tourist tat to sort through before you get to the real thing. As with Cheddar ...

INISHMORE ISLAND, IRELAND—On a small Irish island, a world-renowned fashion accessory is produced, not by mechanized factories, but by knitting artists in an age-old, local tradition. A narrow road ...

The Aran sweater was a method of signaling one's declaration of identity and allegiance to the unification. The fashion reached American pop culture in 1961, when the Irish folk music group, The ...

The humble Aran geansaí strikes again and this time it is singer Taylor Swift who is putting an international focus on the traditional Irish knit. The craft sector here, which is facing a tough year, ...

Vincent Hughes’s earliest memories of growing up in the west of Ireland in the 1970s were not of watching his mother knitting by the fireplace, but watching her run an entire network of knitters, ...