Difficult to even find a plain buttoned cardie in the High Street nowadays, most are zipped now. The last ones I found were cut very slim, which is OK, but the more relaxed fits are nice too. Didn't Steve McQueen wear a fairly bulky cardigan in 'Bullitt'?
Do check out Jack/David's link to Woolovers (sp?) somewhere on this forum, looks very worthwhile.

Shetland, acrylic ?

... and neither cardie nor jacket were as sweet as Jacqueline Bisset, I would venture.

BTW: http://www.uppers.org/showArticle.asp?article=173 (an older but interesting cardie link for the mix)

`Acrylic you say? Acrylic...? What, are you kidding!? Get outta here!!!! Acrylic...?


Yes, you are indeed correct boys...

Listen, thank you for all the interest.It seems it`s my most stimulating post to date.Whoooah!

Listen, i`m genuinely sorry for not doing the basic `checking out` of these particular cardigans . I came across these JCP cardies some while back.I saved the page to ie explorer favourites and just bore them in mind...It just shows me you should never take anything for granted.I`d just genuinely assumed that they were 100% cotton.I didn`t actually do the `homework` on these till just after i`d posted this thread.


When i read they were made using acrylic, my own actual thought was `Oh!, ..Nasty...`.

Like you good Gentleman, i do prefer naturally made clothing.(Feels so much nicer and warmer, don`t you find?). I see nothing wrong with the use of acryllic in paints, but  just not for use in my personal clothing.

Yes, my most fulsome apologies to everyone concerned.By and large, and perhaps 90% of the time (although not always...) i do prefer my clothing to be 100% natural made.If it can`t be 100% then i do at the very least prefer it to be a natural/synthetic mix.All this is very important to me too, so i do understand the justifiable concern that`s been generated here.

But, i did and i still DO really like the `design` and style of this cheap cardie. It somehow reminds me of one of the (100% cotton) Paul Smith ones i used to wear in the mid eighties. That particular one was `navy` coloured.The post genuinely wasn`t meant to be an example of `style over substance`.



jesmondo

I really liked the `woolovers` link which David generously supplied in an earlier post. (I saved it at the time...).

My own preference for wool cardigans is John Smedley.Elegant, nice and very classically streamlined (quite edgy) and great wool quality.

Bean cardigans just went on sale

That is unspeakably naff!