Figure 1.-- These sweater patterns were published by the Mary Maxim company in Manitoba, Canada. Notice the moose design. This high collar andheavy knit certainly looks suitable for cold weather.
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Figure 1.-- These sweater patterns were published by the Mary Maxim company in Manitoba, Canada. Notice the moose design. This high collar andheavy knit certainly looks suitable for cold weather. |
Sweaters have been popular garments and can be worn for much of the year. They are the most popular knit item worn by Canadian boys. Here we have little chronlogical information. A Candian reader, however, has provided us some information on knit sweaters styles that were popular in Canada during the mid-20th cenury.
Canadian boys wear a wide range of different sweaters.
A Canadian reader tells us about India sweaters, although the ones seen herear not true Indian sweaters. She writes, "My cousin moved to Canada in 1952, and recently sent me a box of knitting books because she is moving into a flat. She always dressed her boys in
these sweaters until they were in their teen years. She lined them with flannellette so the wind wouldn't get through the wool. As bigger sweaters were washed several times, they became thick and soft and were handed down to littler brothers. These sweater patterns were published by the Mary Maxim company in Manitoba, Canada. There were many designs for size 4 to adult, but my cousin said these were among the most popular. The sweaters were worn by boys and men especially, being most fashionable from the mid 1950's to
about 1970 or so. Mums would often knit matching sweaters for Daddy and all the boys in the family. I thought these might be useful to HBC."
A Candian reader tells us tha many families would outfit allof the boys in identical or similkar sweaters. Available images show what such families would look like. The
child that was next for a new sweater was allowed to choose between two or three designs. The smaller boys getting the hand-me-downs didn't usually have as much choice, but were often very pleased to move into a bigger brother's sweater. Thefact that the sweaters were not all brought at the same time explains, in part, why there wer differences in the sweaters. This apparently was also a common convention in the far northern United States.
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