FS: Babe Ruth Style Boston Red Sox Sweater

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by bgar3

FYI, I bought the Boston sweater and it is extremely high quality. An amazing sweater. If I did not have it I would have gotten the New York one.
Does anyone know the history of these? They seem to handmade.

Thanks bud, glad you like it! They are extremely high quality!!

[bgar3]

Thanks James, good info.

[bgar3]

In case anyone other than me is interested in the history of these I found an interesting article on UniWatch from 2010 (thanks to James’ info) that gives a pretty good overview.
Briefly, between 1989 and 2001 Peter Capolino oversaw the design, specifications, knitting and sale of 18-36 sweaters a year using 16 designs. No numbers of of how many of each design was given, but safe to say it was very small. They were all handmade by a woman named Norma Reichert in Maine. They are 100% wool, weigh about 4 pounds and were made “flat bed machines”.
Capolino stopped when Mitchell and Ness took off. A couple of attempts to have them made for every MLB team fell through.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by bgar3

In case anyone other than me is interested in the history of these I found an interesting article on UniWatch from 2010 (thanks to James’ info) that gives a pretty good overview.
Briefly, between 1989 and 2001 Peter Capolino oversaw the design, specifications, knitting and sale of 18-36 sweaters a year using 16 designs. No numbers of of how many of each design was given, but safe to say it was very small. They were all handmade by a woman named Norma Reichert in Maine. They are 100% wool, weigh about 4 pounds and were made “flat bed machines”.
Capolino stopped when Mitchell and Ness took off. A couple of attempts to have them made for every MLB team fell through.

Great info!!