Wool sweaters that don‘t break the bank?
Temperatures have been getting pretty cold so I want to add some nice wool knits to my warderobe. I checked some of the recommendations on this sub, but 200€+ for a sweater is really out of my price range and judging from recent reviews, Uniqlo‘s quality of wool knits has massively declined.
I definitely don‘t want to spent more than 100€ on one sweater, but are there even any quality ones available still in this price range? (I live in the Netherlands). Any recommendations would be appreciated🙏
I was looking https://www.genuinescottishknits.com and their products actually seem reasonably priced and quite high quality. Does anybody have experience with them?
Genuine Scottish Knits
Genuine Scottish Knits
We are a small family run business based in beautiful South West Scotland. Everything you see in our shop is made in our own factory in Annan which is a small town near Dumfries. The knitwear we sell are absolutely best quality and at genuine factory prices.
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Can't speak to that site, but I really like my Aran sweater from https://aranwoollenmills.com, which seems like similar concept kinda
Those look pretty damn nice, thanks!🙌
You can probably find a bunch on ebay
You can definitely, and for under 100 bucks easy
What are some brands to look out for used?
Genuine Scottish Knits is good - they also have an eBay store where you might find better deals
From what I've been able to tell it's the same woolen mill as Esk Cashmere, who do a lot of the Made In Scotland knitwear for higher end brands (Nigel Cabourn and MHL to name a couple)
This thread also has some more options you might like https://discord.com/channels/1116793467654381685/1308499850962276422/1308500293859803200
vintage Pringle is good
The problem there is I don‘t really know which brands to look out for, feels like for Ebay or Vinted shopping you really need to have some expansive knowledge on the subject matter already
Not really ime. Esp for Scottish style knits. Just get something that's 100% wool. Plus there's tons of info on various brands out there already. I'm sure Derek Guy has a blog post of twitter thread running down brands.
I got this sweater off ebay, doesn't even have a brand on it
https://discord.com/channels/1116793467654381685/1116800072093532191/1201210355880300554
That’s a really nice find🤌 I guess I will take a dive into Ebay as well and see what i can find
Yeah I bought a thick cable knit 100% wool made in Scotland sweater for 30 quid last winter and its amazing. Never heard of the brand
Lots of the really good old Scottish and Irish knitwear companies are defunct / no longer exist, so yea loads of great deals from unheard of makers to be found 2nd hand