Sweaters

Neha and I came to Ireland for our first anniversary. We loved the natural scenery, the historic ruins, the adventurous activities, the cozy pub culture, and the hearty food. But besides all of that, we loved shopping for sweaters in all the towns we visited! We started in Dublin, where we checked out a few small chain stores in the city. For 50-60 euros, we found tons of basic Aran sweaters in 100% wool and in beautiful colors. These were already quite nice, and they set the bar high for the rest of the trip! We planned to hold off on making any decisions until we visited more smaller towns, especially since we’d be passing back through Dublin on our way out at the end of the trip. ...

If you have not read part 1, please start there. If you don’t, in summary, in early 2020 I had a fantastically whimsical experience purchasing the chunkiest sweater I’ve ever seen from a man in Cornwall. While I loved the experience of purchasing it, the actual sweater ended up being too chunky for frequent wear. I had occasionally considered trying to sell the sweater, but I wasn’t sure how easy it’d be to find someone who appreciated how special it was, and I was too sentimental to just sell it for cheap. Then I received the following email: ...

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. Given that nice wool sweaters are supposed to be long lasting, I felt a used one should still have many years of use left. ...

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. I had to give it a try. ...