Founded in 1965, Aran Woollen Mills began with a simple but powerful idea: preserve the tradition of Aran knitting while creating meaningful work for local women along Ireland’s west coast. That ...

The Aran Islands are a group of three small islands located off the west coast of Ireland in Galway Bay. The three islands are Inis Mór (meaning “big island”), Inis Meáin (meaning “middle island”), ...

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 islands ...

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