Cotton Cardigan

An open cotton cardigan for the two months either side of winter.

USD 88

Fibre diameter: No animal fibre
Ply: 2
Yarn count: 2/30 Nm combed
Knit gauge: 12 gg

Composizione / Composition

Cotone / Cotton100%

Where it comes from

Yarn spun in Türkiye

Knitted and made up in Portugal

Origin is stated per batch and repeated on the label sewn into the piece.

Size — measurements are in the table below

Model is 183 cm and wears size M.

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Price in US dollars (USD). Free standard shipping over USD 149, otherwise USD 12.

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Covered by the 2-year legal guarantee of conformity, claimed from us. What that covers.

The spring and autumn layer

Cotton

What it gives you: Machine washable, no felting, no moths
What it costs you: Barely warmer than a shirt

Compare it against the other yarns

Cotton knitting drapes straight down rather than springing back, which suits an open cardigan and does not suit a fitted sweater.

Machine washable at 40 °C, which no wool piece on this site can claim.

No animal fibre in this piece

Three of the four wool problems do not apply here.

Pilling
It still abrades. We grade this yarn 4 on the same test — Martindale abrasion, 2,000 rubs, assessed to ISO 12945-2. Cotton flattens and goes limp at the cuffs rather than balling up.
Itch
No animal fibre, so no micron value and nothing to prickle.
Felting
Plant fibre does not felt. Machine wash at 40 °C without worrying about it.
Moths
Clothes moths eat protein fibre. They have no interest in this.

Care

The conditions, not the icons.

Machine wash 40 °C, dry flat. Fasten buttons first.

washing it hotter than this is not covered — and here is exactly why

Who pays when a sweater is felted

Maximum wash temperature: 40 °CAbove this the fibre felts, and felting is permanent.
Machine wool cycle: Not allowedWash it by hand in still water instead.
Drying: Dry flatHanging a wet shaped knit stretches the body and the shoulders.
Tumble dryer: NeverHeat plus tumbling is the fastest way to felt a wool garment.
Iron: 150 °C maximumPress and lift. Sliding an iron across knitting flattens the stitch.

Care symbols: wool cycle at 30 degrees, do not tumble dry, dry flat, iron at 110 degrees maximum

Measured, every size

Centimetres, taken flat, after washing.

These are garment measurements, not body measurements. Lay a piece you already like on a table, measure it the same way, and compare. There is no one-size option on this site.

The model is 183 cm tall and wears size M.