{"id":37,"date":"2007-03-15T10:56:31","date_gmt":"2007-03-15T10:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2018-01-18T13:33:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T13:33:33","slug":"aran-sweaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":"Aran Sweaters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gentlemen:<\/strong>
\nThese started life as fishermen’s shirts. They saw a revival in the 1950’s and are still popular as leisure wear today. Shown below are FP 55<\/a> (top) and FP 17<\/a> (below) These are often called Irish sweaters as well as Aran sweaters today.
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\u00a9 F H Powell 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>1:12th scale Aran sweater
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\u00a9 F H Powell 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>1:12th scale Aran sweater being knitted
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\nPatterns are available for several mens Aran jumpers, although any man’s Aran sweater can be knitted on size 21 needles to fit a lady doll. <\/p>\n

Ladies:<\/strong>
\nThere is just one Aran pattern for Ladies at present, although as mentioned above any Mans sweater can be adapted for a lady.
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\u00a9 F H Powell 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n1:12th scale Aran sweater for a lady doll complete with Aran bag<\/a><\/p>\n

Children:<\/strong>
\nThere is only one child’s pattern<\/a> owing to the large number of stitches being required for cable work.
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\u00a9 F H Powell 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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