Category Archives: Knitted in the past

Cardigans from the Past

My friend Luly from Dublin sent me photos of a red cardigan I knitted for her quite a long time ago (I think it was 1984):

Red Cardigan knitted in 1984

She still wears it but not too often as she finds it too warm these days. I think you can see she likes the cardigan and take good care of it:

Detail of the neck -  1984 Red Cardigan

If you think this one is old what will you think about this one:

Great grandmother cardigan

I love the details of this one:

Neck detail of great grandmother cardigan

Here are the front and back:

Front of great grandmother cardigan Back of great grandmother cardigan

I think Luly is an excellent care taker of knitted treasures, don’t you agree?

She does not know when her great grandmother knitted this lovely cardigan but the woman died around 1954 or 1955 so we all agree this cardigan is old, right?