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Aran... Where the Sweaters Come From
Aran Sweaters.The Aran sweater takes its name from the islands from where it originated, untold generations ago. They say that necessity is the mother of invention and nothing is more of a necessity than a nice warm Aran sweater in a place like the Aran Islands. Located at the mouth of Galway on the west coast of Ireland, the Aran Islands rise up defiantly out of the relentless Atlantic sea, an impressive display of towering cliffs, and crumbling stone walls, they are a thing of beauty, but no place for a T-Shirt. Famous Aran Sweater. Aran Wool.
It has to be said that most people do not really care what story the Aran knitwear patterns are trying to tell, they only care about how great they make the Aran sweater they are wearing look. The future of Aran knitwear. Aldo Ciarrocchi Researcher for Woolovers.com
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