From major-name retailers to curated indie stores, hand-knit sweaters have become a surprisingly hot commodity.
, explains that commercially available hand-knit sweaters are essentially what your grandmother might have knit at home, but produced on a grander scale.
“What you’re getting is basically the consistent version of a sweater that somebody knit for you themselves,” he says.As such, its character will be markedly different than those made by machines. As its fibers must be “grabbed and yanked into place,” as Smith puts it, rather than neatly sewn up, a hand-knit sweater will inevitably relax with wear. As a rule, he suggests sizing down if you find yourself between sizes.
Furthermore, they should be gently hand-washed at home, rather than submitted to a machine’s gentle cycle or a dry cleaner’s chemicals. Smith’s routine is to wash a hand-knit sweater once or twice per season, using Woolite or even Dr. Bronner’s, and to lay it flat to dry afterward. It’s a little extra work—but easy maintenance for a garment with a potentially decades-long lifespan.
“It’s a forever piece. You buy one in your 20s, and it’s still going to be valid in your 50s. It’s not as if it’s suddenly going to become less stylish,” he says. No Man Walks alone, meanwhile, carries hand-knit sweaters from brands as diverse as Frank Leder, whose
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