33703
Title Of Article Chaper
A note on the sheep that grew the wool for Channel Island knitwear
Title Of Journal Book
Textile history
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
13-19
Reference Bibliography
refs.
ISSN
0040-4969
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A small native sheep of European varicolored type seems to have been present on the islands; shortage of pasture restricted flock size, and extra wool for the knitting industry had to be imported from England.
Keywords
sheep;wool;history;knitting;textiles
pub_id
33703