https://luxury-knitwear.com/journal/ Guides to luxury knitwear quality, fibres, construction and care. en https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/slow-knitwear-family-mills/https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/slow-knitwear-family-mills/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow small, family-owned knitting mills in Scotland, Italy, Ireland, Japan and across Europe produce better knitwear than industrial fashion — and what 'slow', 'ethical' and 'traceable' actually mean when a knitwear house uses them. https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/caring-for-fine-knitwear/https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/caring-for-fine-knitwear/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe care routine that makes luxury knitwear last twenty years: how to hand-wash cashmere and merino, dry flat, fold rather than hang, prevent moths, remove pills, and when dry cleaning helps or harms. https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/fibre-guide/https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/fibre-guide/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTSide-by-side comparison of the fibres used in luxury knitwear — cashmere, merino, alpaca, vicuña, yak, baby camel, lambswool, Shetland, silk and Sea Island cotton — by fineness, warmth, durability, care and price. https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/gauge-and-construction/https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/gauge-and-construction/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA step-by-step explanation of luxury knitwear construction — gauge, fully-fashioned versus cut-and-sew, hand-linking, seamless whole-garment knitting and finishing — and how to spot each in a finished sweater. https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/cashmere-grading-guide/https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/cashmere-grading-guide/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow cashmere is graded — Grade A, B and C by micron and staple length — what 2-ply means, why Scottish and Italian cashmere feel different, and how to spot short-fibre cashmere before you buy. https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/what-makes-knitwear-luxury/https://luxury-knitwear.com/articles/what-makes-knitwear-luxury/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA plain-English guide to what separates luxury knitwear from the rest: fibre grade, spinning, gauge, fully-fashioned construction, linking, finishing and provenance — with the checks you can do in a shop.