Back to back : A Vancouver Island home industry
- F1980:358/001
- Item
- [1932 or 1933]
Part of Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources films
The item is a reel of documentary film about knitting the wool sweaters known as Cowichan sweatres. "How the famous Vancouver Island sweaters are made by Indian women on the [Koksilah Reserve, Duncan, B.C.], from the selecting of the sheep to the ready-knit sweaters." Knitter Mary Ann Modeste is featured.