The Banshees of Inisherin introduced worldwide consideration to Irish knitwear due to costume designer Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh.
From GQ declaring Colin Farrell’s clothes within the movie as “a number of the finest sweaters ever to hit the silver display” to numerous tweets from folks craving the gorgeous knits, the world was alerted to the distinctive great thing about Irish knitwear.
There is a pink jersey that Colin Ferrell wears in Banshees of Inisherin and which may simply be the perfect jersey I’ve seen on display in my life.
— Dana Schwartz – on hiatus (@DanaSchwartzzz) October 22, 2022
And for anybody questioning methods to get their arms on one, the excellent news is that the movie’s costume designer, Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, has teamed up with Galway’s The Tweed Venture to recreate a group of knitwear primarily based on the enduring collared jumper from the film.
The sweater, hand-knitted from Irish wool, referred to as “The Colin”, relies on {a photograph} Eimer discovered of a fisherman within the Aran Islands within the early 1900s.
“It is so thrilling to see this stunning conventional knit have a life past the movie and picture archives,” says Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh. “Folks’s response to the movie and the knitwear has actually enhanced the facility and energy of Irish knitwear, and particularly an artisan and rural custom lengthy related to ladies.”
The distinctive collar, sleeves and again are all knitted in stockinette sew and the entrance additionally options seed sew panels and cross and examine designs. Every is hand made by a crew of native knitters.
Triona Lillis and Aoibheann Mac Namara from The Tweed Venture say; “This stunning, sincere collaboration is a gathering of artistic minds with a shared imaginative and prescient. We’re delighted that Eimer acknowledges our small batch ethos and entrusts us with its designs.
They level out that the survival of conventional hand knitting in Eire is central to this story, and the worth of sluggish vogue, made by hand, that lasts a lifetime. “We hope to encourage youthful knitters to hold on this legacy.”
The sweater, € 790, – might be ordered from June 17 at thetweedproject.com.
