Cycling sweater

This very early sportswear sweater combines the aesthetics of fashionable dress through its large gigot sleeves and overall silhouette with the informal sportiness inherent in any knit fabric. Casual wear, such as this, is rare in museum collections because of the nature of its use and the intrinsic value people placed on more formal attire

Reproduction of the historic 1890s Victorian cycling sweater in Butterick's Fancy and Practical Knitting book (original historic 1897 sweater knitting pattern available for free at https://archive.org/details/krl00402905/page/n170/mode/1up?view=theater).

Sweater ca.1895, wool, probably American.

I made this for Dorian whule up in P-Town, MASS. He’s made from upcycled sweater with a metal zipper mouth. His strap is ribbon and his eyes are glue on goggley eyes. He has a pocket with a s…

1895-97 Ladies Sportswear Sweater Ahhh.... this sweater! It is on so many of our wishlists'. Just like every year for the past several years, when the weather began to get cooler, I started to dream about this sweater again. But how was I to ever own anything remotely similar to this? In the past, I hadn't put much thought into it. I figured, "Well, I can't knit, so I will never own one; unless I can get someone else to make it for me." That would never happen though, because there is no…

There comes a time in the fall when a knitter’s mind turns to thoughts of Rhinebeck. The New York Sheep & Wool Festival is one of those fiber-crafts events that I had read about for almo…

Knit and crochet sweaters were an everyday garment for active Edwardian girls and women. Edwardian sweaters are still in style today. So knit, crochet or sew your own Edwardian sweater this winter following one of the 25 free antique Edwardian sweater patterns.

Beginning of this year, a friend of mine found a sweater in a modern shop which looked remarkably like a 1890’s sports sweater. It’s not quite perfect, but it definitely mimics the look…