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 ...

As if we didn't think Aran jumpers for children were cute enough, these teeny tiny sweaters for a nativity scene is just about enough to cheer us up now that the holiday season is over. Aran sweaters, ...

Today, I thought I’d revisit the controversial subject of how Aran kntting, that Irish fisherman tradition of intricate cables, got started. It’s not what you think. Heinz Edgar Kiewe invented the ...

The Aran Islands are a group of three small islands located off the west coast of Ireland in Galway Bay. The three islands ...

The Aran Islands are a trio of rocky outcroppings in the mouth of Galway Bay whose high cliffs and slate-coloured skies present a picture-postcard vision of rugged Irish beauty. With barely a thousand ...

More tangible than folklore and holiday traditions, however, are the symbolic historical artifacts that are still in use today. Aran sweaters, Claddagh rings, tin whistles, and tweed – each object, ...