The art of knitting Cowichan sweaters has been in Zena Roland’s family for generations. Her grandmother knit sweaters for the likes of Bing Crosby — and Roland herself has been practicing the craft ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. “I love Cowichan sweaters,” ...

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 ...

About a dozen knitters of Cowichan sweaters are about to get a big pay boost for their handmade garments. The Victoria Native Friendship Centre has launched an online retail outlet to sell handmade ...

The Hudson's Bay Company and leaders of the Cowichan Tribes are meeting today in the hopes of resolving a sweater dispute that has been threatening to tarnish the Olympic image. When the Bay included ...

Planning on flexing your sartorial muscles in the blog arena? You’ll need to come packing. And no, we’re not referring to your pocket square game. Every week on The Eye, we’ll cover a basic term you ...

The hot-selling, $350 hand-knit Olympic sweater flying off store shelves at The Bay is definitely not a Cowichan sweater, Hudson’s Bay Company insisted Thursday. "It is a contemporary design ...

Cowichan-inspired motifs meet hoodies, leggings, and more in a Richmond line’s spin on old sweaters. At first glance, Granted’s designs look like the vintage Cowichan sweaters hipsters around the ...