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#spin15aday2021 post no. 8

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This week is about Cowichan Sweaters!

An informative read about the Cowichan Sweater from the Canadian Encyclopedia

From yammagazine.com, an article of The Story of the Cowichan Sweaters

A newspaper clipping The Islander newspaper, pp. M1, M4 about The Wild & Woolly Cowichan Sweater, February 28, 1988.

A pdf on Cowichan knitting from the online open library of the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, c. 1987

A few videos to watch as you are spinning:

I hope you’ve enjoyed the little bit of information I was able to find and share with you today about Cowichan sweaters.

My daughter’s husband and my grandchildren embody Washington State native culture, so as ‘grammy,” I will need to ensure they learn about the traditions of wool, spinning, knitting, and weaving with the history of Cowichan sweaters that I can find.

Wool is life, life with wool.

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