That was interesting, i never knew about the boiled wool. That boiled wool type waist coat could be handy when working outside in strong winds . See the first two, the jersey knit, how is that made, it's not knitted by hand is it? Surly. The red one too. It's very fine, it looks close together, are they made on a machine?
Thanks for the comments. Yes boiled wool is an old technique to windproof. Yes, the extra fine jerseys are machine knit. The object of this was to show the weights of woolens available and to show how many items are commercially available for all seasons. Some people do not know that. The cardigans are hand knitted. Hand knitted gives you a custom garment not commercially available. JC Pennies will not be selling these Icelandic wool cardigans anytime soon. You can order the cardigans from Iceland but unless you are standard size they may not fit. But Istex, Alafos, Nordic store are all in Iceland and you can buy such sweaters in their patterns and sizing. Reasonably priced. Over shipping is reasonable. I once got a package from them in 5 days. There are wool garments in all sorts of weights so have fun. Follow my videos on caring for wool garments.
very helpful, thank you!
That was interesting, i never knew about the boiled wool. That boiled wool type waist coat could be handy when working outside in strong winds . See the first two, the jersey knit, how is that made, it's not knitted by hand is it? Surly. The red one too.
It's very fine, it looks close together, are they made on a machine?
Thanks for the comments. Yes boiled wool is an old technique to windproof. Yes, the extra fine jerseys are machine knit. The object of this was to show the weights of woolens available and to show how many items are commercially available for all seasons. Some people do not know that. The cardigans are hand knitted. Hand knitted gives you a custom garment not commercially available. JC Pennies will not be selling these Icelandic wool cardigans anytime soon. You can order the cardigans from Iceland but unless you are standard size they may not fit. But Istex, Alafos, Nordic store are all in Iceland and you can buy such sweaters in their patterns and sizing. Reasonably priced. Over shipping is reasonable. I once got a package from them in 5 days. There are wool garments in all sorts of weights so have fun. Follow my videos on caring for wool garments.