Some Irish Industries : II.--The Knitters of the Rosses
A magazine article from The Woman's World, part of the series 'Some Irish Industries', describing the Rosses district of western Donegal and its hand-knitting trade. The author describes the landscape, poverty, customs and folklore of the islands and coast, then explains how knitting, spinning and hand-loom cloth were encouraged by Lord George Hill at Gweedore and bought by hosiery agents. She also describes her own scheme, run from a London 'stocking room' with Father Bernard at Burton Port, which supplies fine wool and pays local women for socks, gloves and jerseys. It also touches on wages, competing agencies, Donegal embroidery and sprigging, homespun cloth, plant and lichen dyeing, tuck-mill finishing, and the appeal for a pier at Kincaslough.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1890
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 6