Cardigan (sweater)

Called a sweater, and knit vest or jacket, a casual jacket from a Strickgewirk is. Depending on the thickness of the knit material and wool blend sweater used can vary greatly warm. Depending on the section it is provided with a shawl collar and patch pockets. Compared with a pullover sweater has the advantages that they allow the heat effect can be easily regulated and open, and that it does not have to be pulled over the head while undressing. With the classic combination of sweater with a same-colored sweater is called a twin set as it is worn by women.

The famous sweater Chancellor Helmut Kohl has worn during his historic meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990 in the Caucasus, now belongs to the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.

The English name for Cardigan Sweater comes from James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ( born October 16, 1797 in London, † March 28, 1868 same place ). This was a British general in the Crimean War. The cooling problems of his troops appear to have led to tremendous innovations in the British knitting industry. The commander of the British in the Crimean War, Baron Raglan, invented the same raglan sleeves for sweaters and cardigans; the most famous battle of the Earl of Cardigan was held in the town of Balaklava, were named after the knitted balaclavas and hats in English as a balaclava.