This week, I started posting links to free patterns for Aran sweaters. These are cardigans and pullovers that have intricate cables and textures, similar to a style that developed on the Aran ...

Knitting enthusiast and needlework shop owner Heinz Edgar Kiewe claimed that such patterns could be traced all the way to Celtic knotwork, suggesting a tradition dating back more than a 1,000 years.

His reimagining of the Aran sweater with a stylish new silhouette ... the oldest 84 – to realise the patterns he designs. “Customers love the fact that everything is made in Ireland, it ...