Sweaters | Varun Mangalick

In January 2019, I went to Norway for an internship and wanted to buy a chunky wool sweater while there because it seemed like the right sort of thing to bring back. I purchased an on-sale past season color Dale of Norway sweater in the Arctic city of Tromsø, and thus began my love affair with wool sweaters.

Sweaters: All Ranked

Now that I’ve assembled a big collection of sweaters (all 100% wool or cashmere), it’s time to rank them: NOTE: not all sweaters below are present in the cover image 1. SNS Herning Stark Cardigan I bought the SNS Herning Stark Cardigan used on Grailed in 2020. I had known about this sweater for a while and wanted to buy it, but the price new was high enough to put me off....

Sweaters: The Sou'west Chunky

Introduction During my trip to Norway, I bought a chunky wool Dale of Norway sweater. This spawned a love and long running search for more chunky wool sweaters. While reading through reddit threads, I found a review of a sweater ordered from the website souwestchunkies.com (now defunct), and it looked amazing. Ordering involved emailing the site owner with measurements, and he’d have a very chunky sweater made to fit you perfectly....