Vintage Kennedy of Ardara Hand-Knit Aran Fisherman Sweater - Marled Cobalt

A fisherman's Aran in a vibrant marled cobalt, hand knit in the Republic of Ireland in pure new wool. Raglan sleeves, heavyweight, with cabled panels and diamond lattice running the full length of the body and sleeves. Size L, cut for a man and very good on a woman.

The marl is why the colour reads as it does: two shades twisted together in the yarn rather than one flat dye, so the blue moves as the cables turn. A blue Aran is a deliberate choice rather than a default.

Con Kennedy came home from emigration and opened a drapery on Front Street in Ardara in 1902; by the mid-1930s the shop had narrowed itself to hand knits, and by 1960 it had eight hundred knitters working for it from their own kitchens across County Donegal. The firm is still in the village and still sends the wool out to be knitted by hand, which is what the label means.

The stitches carry the old meanings: cable for the fisherman's rope, diamond for the small fields, moss for the seaweed they fertilised them with.

Excellent condition.

Chest 46 in. Waist 36 in. Length 26 in. Sleeve 24 in. Measured flat. Generous through the body, and the raglan means the shoulder sits wherever you want it to.

Pure new wool. Hand wash cool and dry flat, never hung.

Modern size: Fits like a modern Women's XL or Men's L.

One of one. Sold as found.

No returns - as is.