European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Library were. Butterflies he women soon they Kels Belgrade. Lor business Oppenl Ore and More the sweaters Are hand knit by some 2,000 women in the mountainous Region of Southern Yugoslavia. The Villagr urn of syst in Sinogo no a town Nown to . Sheep populate he hillsides in Tholf Jart of . Ous they weren t about to. J n non f-,0 Money. Inc men grow Joa of Tho were take up Knittig but they wanted to cad sweater Boom a clothing factory -.-.a1, Mamed and Ryan of the Vii Kje men went to of Juk operator the Dur in on. A Sher Bynom in the Byj Irvng. Frost of Thor i Tler Cou cd rend nor write the wet j it to to Hool co the Cou d Ica n More than to to a pattern today the rur p to achoo before the a in tji.1 in per a run the a Cater Ente Orinc Dii i a Joe 2.030omen in the no Jno o Orelj in it., doa be j a Hen Are snatched up rot j in to to a to. Lut the o Europe and the stat Dobrila continues to deign the Nal garments s to of Tho but in to a to non make models her designs they n to a teach the others the women work at Home or out in the fio is As they lend inc Cheep Iron caly it s not the irom yugoslavian that around their Needles today s Rogo Jno sweaters Are made irom the Wool of icelandic sheep up in the far North oven the Summers Are Cool the sheep produce thicker Wool which in turn makes for better sweaters some of the women who Vork with the live As far As 90 Miles from Siro Wojno they come to the Village As necessary to get the designs and yarn and to sell their finished work they a a paid from $25 to $50 per sweater some make As Many As 10 per month others just one or two Nepenthe Pavlovic. One of the original group of Village women who went to work knitting Lor Dobrila 29 years ago. Now makes Model patterns and teaches the others in the beginning there was nothing Here " she said like the other Village families she used to live in a wooden hut but after eight years earning Money through knitting we cot running water and electricity then by i a now House Ever thing has Chancy it j Story Boh the sweaters made the or Yerchan ire even More attractive could they Buyno not Al first a through Etna Park an Ljuldj finer Mirn of preserved age hour s and t i Cornu of the no Acle raring the Dobrila designs accompanied them and. Out Arr or a the Hillside Hoir Ere a Cru p of or i ers it was a p or Oral . But "1 a t Ijmte of or o j it i a j i Epport in to in Avra that. At the on , to the i i Abo it the r Patt was , a g t finaly they were ushered to a t by shop stuffed with All a Zes styles and colors of sweaters the sweaters which can Cost up to Coo at Lancy shops in the United Stales sold for $50 to $100 considering the Quay of the Wool and the hand work they were a bargain a coup o irom Belgium went berserk she d to d up a sweater and he d Cay take it " others would try on a sweater then Lay in aside he d grab it and add it to his wife s p be soon in sell defense two other shoppers started hoarding and building their own mini Mountain of sweaters it was getting downright crazy the guide put an end to it All announcing tha they must get Back on the Road the Day was a Success they did t pull Back into the ski resort until close to Midnight and missed the Farewell banquet and party it did t matter they had their bargains which they proudly displayed to those who had stayed on the slopes when the related details of the adventure some looked at them Asil they were a bit bonkers All thai Way ust to sae a Lew dollars on a sweater the real bargain maniacs understood. A y -.vir. Scenes of Village life decorate Many of the sweaters. Belgrade Sarajevo Siro Wojno Zlatibor a uary 12, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 15
