In the last few days I have been re-reading Alice Starmore’s book, Aran Knitting (Dover new edition version, 2010). What prompted this reading was a pattern from Vogue Knitting’s Stitchionary 2 (Sixth&Spring Books, 2006) called Aztec. Looking at my finished swatch I found myself questioning its place within the Aran tradition – which led me to Starmore and her book. …