mens and young mans knit sweater

[always in fashion]

when would a sweater be worn and is there a knit pattern anywhere.

We do 1850's in the mid west and it is a working class impression.

Lisa

[Ms. Jean]

I haven't seen one, but asking on the Yahoo! group cwneedleworkers will produce whatever scholarship exists on the subject.

Jean
Route 66

[Jessamyn]

There was a discussion of sweaters not too long ago in the boys' clothing section, covering to some extent both boys and men.
http://thesewingacademy.org/index.php?topic=5868.0

Old sweater thread on the AC forum:
http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=576&highlight=sweaters

[Marta Vincent]

The short answer from a non-knitter is: Yes men wore sweaters -  as work clothing, not dress clothing.  And sweaters then didn't have the ribbed bands at wrist, neck & bottom.  I expect that any plain pullover sweater pattern could be used as long as you don't do ribbing.

[always in fashion]

How about the shoulders, would they be dropped? I did find one pattern. it is a 1958 pattern. I think the ribbed neck, bottom edge and wrists could be easily be left off. One nice thing is, is that the shoulder line is dropped. Or another words it extends past the shoulder line.


I found it at http://freevintageknitting.com/print/429

Lisa

[Elizabeth]

Men's shoulder line dropping isn't near as universal or needful as the women's shoulder line, so any slight to moderate drop would be okay, but so would something up close to the shoulder joint, too.

[Ms. Jean]

Your local public library should have multiple knitting books.  You should be able to find basic patterns with no problem.

Can anyone speak about raglan sleeves at mid-century

How about knit hems or sewn at the bottom?

Thanks!

[decivilian]

How about the shoulders, would they be dropped? I did find one pattern. it is a 1958 pattern. I think the ribbed neck, bottom edge and wrists could be easily be left off. One nice thing is, is that the shoulder line is dropped. Or another words it extends past the shoulder line.


I found it at http://freevintageknitting.com/print/429

Lisa

This pattern is from the 20th century and does not follow how a CW period sweater would have been made.

There are some ethnic examples of sweaters from the period, such as ganseys and the like. I have seen at least 3 CDVs of military-ish styled sack coat type sweaters and I am currently trying to work out a pattern for one. It is done in brioche stitch and is a cardigan.

[Justin Meinert]

http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?rgn1=hpichswp_ci&med=1&c=hpichswp&back=back1325532807&q1=PSS+6&chaperone=S-HPICHSWP-X-PSS6.B002.I05+LYSH2313.TIF&ox=1&oy=0&lastres=2&res=1&width=451&height=750&maxw=1807&maxh=3000&subview=getsid&view=entry&viewid=LYSH2313.TIF&entryid=x-pss6.b002.i05&cc=hpichswp&quality=2&resnum=30&evl=full-image&image.x=222&image.y=250

Is this guy wearing a cardigan?

[Elizabeth]

He appears to be wearing some manner of knit garment (set-in sleeve); it could be a knit undershirt with a front placket. Since we can't see the entire front (under the vest), it's hard to say what manner of knit garment, specifically, it is. Great image, though!

[decivilian]

My best guess is that it is a knit sack coat. There are a few examples out there in other CDVs.