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Yetsa’s Sweater (Sono Nis $19.95)
Having married a Coast Salish man at age 17 and moved onto the Tsartlip Reserve, Sylvia Olsen learned how to make Cowichan "Indian"; sweaters and operated a Cowichan sweater shop on the reserve for 16 years. Upon her return to university, she completed her Master's thesis on Coast Salish knitters and participated in the National Film Board documentary, The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters.
Olsen's picture book Yetsa's Sweater (Sono Nis $19.95) introduces the sensual art of making the sweaters to younger readers.
Yetsa, who helps prepare wool for her grandmother, is a depiction of Olsen's own granddaughter, a sixth-generation knitter. Already proficient at making Coast Salish blankets, indigenous women on Vancouver Island were first encouraged to make woollen sweaters by 19th century Scottish settlers. With illustrations by Joan Larsen.
1-55039-155-0
[BCBW 2006]
Olsen's picture book Yetsa's Sweater (Sono Nis $19.95) introduces the sensual art of making the sweaters to younger readers.
Yetsa, who helps prepare wool for her grandmother, is a depiction of Olsen's own granddaughter, a sixth-generation knitter. Already proficient at making Coast Salish blankets, indigenous women on Vancouver Island were first encouraged to make woollen sweaters by 19th century Scottish settlers. With illustrations by Joan Larsen.
1-55039-155-0
[BCBW 2006]
Submitted on November 10, 2006 in By David.
