Yorkshire Dales Knitwear at Main and South Fourth streets, specializes in British, Irish and Scandinavian sweaters, jackets and other knitwear. But these sweaters don't come out of some catalog. Mrs. Kitt has made three trips back to England in the past four months to hand-select her inventory. Colorful sweaters in combinations of dusty rose, burgundy, indigo, silver-gray or teal hang throughout the store. Ski sweaters from Norway lay folded on a rich brown hardwood table.
Bright mohair shawls and scarves fashioned from eyelash wool drape over chairs.
With exacting standards, her knitters use only pure wool, mohair, silks and cotton. An assortment of chocolates, baby knitwear, Chapman briefcases and backpacks, and original artwork rounds out the shop. The sweaters Rowena sells are extraordinarily beautiful. Mrs. Bathon frequently visits Mrs. Kitt's shop to share sweaters she has purchased in other parts of the world. She and Mrs. Kitts believe sweaters represent a kind of cultural statement, with patterns differing from the British Isles to the Andes to Nepal and elsewhere.