Figure 1.--Many Canadian families would dress the boys in identical or similar sweaters. This image appeared in "McCall's Needlework and Crafts", winter 1961. I believe the mum made the sweaters for her boys, and the family is from the northern United States. |
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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