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| Plain cardigans are nowadays often worn over shirts and inside suit jackets as a kind of less formal waistcoat that keeps neckties out of the way when the jacket has been removed. | Plain cardigans are nowadays often worn over shirts and inside suit jackets as a kind of less formal waistcoat that keeps neckties out of the way when the jacket has been removed. | ||
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| Some people think that the jerseys worn by cricketers are called cardigans but this is wrong. Cardigan Connor was just a player with a silly name that left his home island of Anguilla in 1979 to pursue a cricketing career. A cardigan is a garment of clothing much like a sweater or jersey but with buttons down the front. No amount of beer can make a sports top into a girls jersey. Any bets placed on this subject are null and void and beer should be bought for the non participant(s) | |||
| ==Knitting and design== | ==Knitting and design== | ||
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A cardigan is a type of sweater (or jumper) that ties, buttons or zips down the front; by contrast, a pullover does not open in front, but forms a solid tube around the torso. The cardigan was named after James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, a British military commander, following his service in the Crimean War. It is usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool or cotton although cheaper ones may be partially acrylic. Cardigans are available for both genders.
Plain cardigans are nowadays often worn over shirts and inside suit jackets as a kind of less formal waistcoat that keeps neckties out of the way when the jacket has been removed.
Knitting and design
The torso of a cardigan is often knit as a single piece in a simple back-and-forth manner. By contrast, knitting a pullover as a single piece requires circular knitting. Alternatively, the body of the cardigan may be knit in three pieces, one for the back and two for the front.
Although all types of necklines are found in cardigans, the V-neckline is especially popular. The seam in front of a cardigan allows for many fashionable variations. For example, it need not be straight, but can cross diagonally (surplice style); it may also be lined with frills or cut away to form a bolero jacket.
A special type of cardigan is a shrug which is mostly just sleeves, with only a strip of fabric running along the back, resembling a scaled down vest.
Long heavy cardigans with zipper fronts and tall rolled-over collars, popular in Canada, are known as Siwash sweaters or Cowichan sweaters.