Pullover
ca. 1931 (made)
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Sleeveless and V-necked pullover, hand knitted in traditional Fair Isle pattern using Shetland two-ply wools. The ground colours is of oatmeal with alternating zig-zag edged bands. The dominant band uses two shades of brown, bottle green, dark red, beige, lemon yellow and white. The alternate band is of less complex design using mid-blue and bottle green and oatmeal.
It is knitted in stocking stitch and is a seamless garment, knitted in the round and grafted at the shoulders.
It is knitted in stocking stitch and is a seamless garment, knitted in the round and grafted at the shoulders.
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Materials and techniques | Hand knitted wool |
Brief description | Fair Isle pullover, hand knitted wool, Shetlands, ca. 1931 |
Physical description | Sleeveless and V-necked pullover, hand knitted in traditional Fair Isle pattern using Shetland two-ply wools. The ground colours is of oatmeal with alternating zig-zag edged bands. The dominant band uses two shades of brown, bottle green, dark red, beige, lemon yellow and white. The alternate band is of less complex design using mid-blue and bottle green and oatmeal. It is knitted in stocking stitch and is a seamless garment, knitted in the round and grafted at the shoulders. |
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Credit line | Given by Mr R.A. Lamb |
Bibliographic reference | Hinchcliffe, Frances (ed.), Knit One, Purl One : Historic and Contemporary Knitting from the V&A's Collection. V&A, London, 1985
p.21
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Accession number | T.146-1980 |
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Record created | November 28, 2007 |
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