In the first instalment of an ongoing Canada 150 series exploring iconic domestic design, Nathalie Atkinson breaks down the history of the Cowichan sweater, which adapted the centuries-old Coast ...

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Award-winning writer and director Mary Galloway has partnered with A Knitted Legacy Films Inc. to document the tradition of knitting Cowichan sweaters. Cowichan Sweater, Our Knitted Legacy will ...

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Mary Galloway had never really thought about filming a documentary. The actor and director of mixed Cowichan and settler descent, who grew up in Qualicum Beach but lives in Winnipeg, had been busy the ...

Dora Wilson does indeed have wool. Bags of it are piled on a couch in her living room, and balls are nestled in a laundry basket. Hand-knit sweaters are spread on any flat surface available. She needs ...

Coast Salish knitters and the Cowichan sweater were honoured at a special ceremony Thursday in Duncan. When Marie Jack gets into a rhythm with her knitting needles at her home in Duncan, she can go ...