The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

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Status

Released

Production

ONF | NFB

Aired

2000-01-01

The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters

For almost a century, the Coast Salish knitters of southern Vancouver Island have produced Cowichan sweaters from handspun wool. These distinctive sweaters are known and loved around the world, but the Indigenous women who make them remain largely invisible.