1950s shawl collar curling sweater

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272123831464

This vintage sweater was made in the 1950s for a curler.  It has crossed brooms and curling stones knit in and a Canadian made Lightning zipper.

Chest (pit to pit): 21-1/2″ (doubled = 43″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 16″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 24″

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1940s Canadian sweater

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272137459625

This was sold to me as being early 1930s, hand knit in British Columbia for a First Nations wedding.  With the style of Lightning zipper stopbox it has, I don’t think I quite buy that provenance, but I will say it is an early one for the zip front cardigan style that would come to be so iconic in Canadian culture, most likely dating from the late 1940s.

Chest (pit to pit): 16-1/2″ (doubled = 33″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 18″
Length (base of collar to hem): 22″
 

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All Canada Curling Sweater

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272137466908

This vintage sweater was made in the 1980s by All Canada from an Acrylic/ Cotton blend.  It has a curling stone pattern on it and a maple leaf patch on the back.

 
Chest (pit to pit): 26″ (doubled = 52″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 27-1/2″

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Bowling Sweater

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401075784616

This vintage sweater was made in Canada in the 1950s and has a five pin bowling motif. The front closes with a small gauge Talon zipper.
 

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 15″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 24-1/2″

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1940s Ballantyne shawl collar sweater

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401030192868

This vintage shawl collar sweater was made in the 1940s in Stratford on Avon, Ontario, Canda from Ballantyne pure wool.  The style is basically unchanged from the shawl collar cardigans popular in the US in the 1920s. Canadians continued producing this style after the trend had passed in the United States, and these were very popular with Curlers.
Chest (pit to pit): 22″
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29″

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1960s Shawl Collar Curling Sweater

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272054631610

This vintage curling sweater was hand knit in the 1960s.  It has green and yellow curling stone and broom motifs on a cream background.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″(doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 29″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31-1/2″

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Shawl Collar moose sweater

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271992156496
This vintage sweater was hand knit. It has raglan shoulders, a shawl collar, a moose, pine trees and birds theme and a Talon zipper.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Sleeve (center of collar to cuff):33″
Length (base of collar to hem): 27-1/2″

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1960s horse themed curling sweater

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281601629291
This vintage sweater was hand-knit in the 1960s. It has an equestrian theme, with a horse head on the back and a horseshoe on the front. It has the original owner’s name, Bill, knit into the pattern. The cardigan has a Talon zipper, of the design which was used starting in the late 1950s.

Chest (pit to pit, unstretched): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Chest (pit to pit, stretched): 30″ (doubled = 60″)
Center of collar to end of sleeve: 36″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 23″

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