Authentic Cowichan sweater hand knit with a traditional snowflake design. Created by a Coast Salish Indigenous artisan on Vancouver Island.
Chest 46", arm 32", back 27". Size men's medium, lady's large.
Each Sweater is unique and one of a kind. They are not standard sizes. The stated sizes are generalization. Consider that some sweaters are tapered at the bottom and some aren’t, and also the arm widths vary. The chest size of the sweater should be 3-6" larger than the size of the person wearing it. The back measurement is from the base of the neck to the bottom of the sweater. The arm is measured from the centre of the back-neck to the end of the sleeve.
Read about Cowichan sweater history.
Many companies make and sell imitation Cowichan sweaters. Some are direct forgeries, falsely labelled and hand-knit offshore or in Canada by non-Native people that get paid very little. Others are mass produced machine-knit look-alikes that may be called ‘Cowichan style’ or ‘Indian style’ sweaters. The HBC sold imitation Cowichan sweaters that were machine knit and mass produced in China. They provided the official sweater of the 2010 winter olympics that included obvious Cowichan elements. Cheryl's Trading Post sells only authentic Cowichan sweaters.
