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"What if you wore a jumper you knitted stitch by stitch?"
There is something quietly mad about pulling a single strand of wool through itself, over and over, until a honeycomb pattern emerges under your hands like something that has always existed. Aran knitting connects you to a tradition that kept families warm on the islands off Galway, and when you finally hold a finished piece you made yourself, the pride is completely disproportionate to what anyone else will understand. You will also discover a level of patience in yourself you genuinely did not know was there.
Cormac (26), Navan — works in logistics at a Meath distribution centre, grows chillies on his kitchen windowsill
My sister bought me a beginner Aran hat pattern from a place in Donegal as a kind of joke Christmas present, and I didn't touch it until February when I was stuck in the flat on a wet Tuesday with nothing on.
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