Mi sweater irlandés huele, y huele bien, huele a Irlanda.
Y de sus lejanas tierras, se trajo el secreto de la humedad, pero no de la humildad. Su única etiqueta, rústica y lisonjera, lleva años guardada en un cajón, y hoy la encontré. Reza así:
"We Knit Sweaters"
Around 1860, John O´Shea, a journeyman thatcher, is credited with wearing the first true hand-knit Aran jumper ever seen in the Parish of Monasterevan.
His wife, Kate, carefully incorporated only authentic traditional Aran designs in her famous woollens from then on.
We, as the inheritors of that tradition, and, the oldes manufacturers of Arans in Ireland, proudly carry on the family business at...
WEST END KINTWEAR LTD.
Monasterevan, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
