Cowichan knitting is an acculturated art form, a combination of European textile techniques and Salish spinning and weaving methods. From this union, new tools, ...
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Aug 17, 2017 · The production of the sweaters evolved as a culture-based economy for the Cowichan and has grown into a national and international industry. “ ...
May 8, 2024 · In the early 20th century, Cowichan sweaters gained popularity among non-Indigenous people, especially fishermen and loggers working in the ...
Oct 8, 2023 · The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy, which explores the sweaters' history in the Cowichan and Saanich territories on Vancouver Island ...
Jul 3, 2021 · Cowichan sweaters have always been a cottage industry meant to be sold to tourists and traders, just the same as any other cottage knitting ...
Long before the arrival of Europeans, the Coast Salish First Nations of southwestern Vancouver Island turned mountain goat wool, dog hair and plant.
Although the Cowichan Sweater was a thriving industry, the women who knit them were greatly underpaid for their work. Some institutions who bought the sweaters ...
Oct 24, 2023 · A group of Coast Salish knitters who are reclaiming their work crafting Cowichan sweaters, with a new initiative that pushes back against the unfair wages and ...
Oct 20, 2023 · The average Cowichan sweater knitter only makes $1 an hour, so the launch of Knit will ensure that Indigenous artists are paid well for the work they do.
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Apr 14, 2020 · Cowichan Tribes sets standards for what can be called a “Genuine Cowichan” sweater. They must be hand-knit by a Coast Salish artisan, in one ...
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