Scottish-spun wool
Hand-finished
Chunky 3 gauge
British madeA limited edition piece. Introducing the LORTON 009. We've taken our previous LORTON Cardigan silhouette and made it shorter-in-length. With the same much-loved cocooning silhouette, but with the shorter style giving it an almost bomber-like shape. Knitted in Nottinghamshire, from 100% Scottish-spun lambswool, 009 continues with that same signature beautiful float stitch can be seen on the front continuing all the way around the back. Finished with side pockets (of course) and made-in-England Corozo nut buttons.
A shorter-in-length cocooning cardigan. Relaxed in shape with a set in sleeve.
Take your usual size for a fit as shown in the images. See the Size & Fit Guide above for more information.
This is our softest wool. It's a sweet spot of real softness with substance. Warming and structured, this knit is in a chunkier-weight gauge.
It's the purity of the Scottish water used throughout the spinning process that makes this wool feel so smooth and soft.
Transparent, Natural, Certified.
100% LAMBS WOOL
Certified by the Responsible Wool Standard and knitted in a mid to chunky 5gg.
100% SCOTTISH-SPUN
Spun in Scotland by a spinner that has been working with yarns for over 150 years.
90+ ORGANIC DYES
90+% of the dyes used during the wetting dyeing process are organic.
100% BRITISH-MADE
Made in England, knitted and hand-finished in London.
COROZO-NUT BUTTONS
Finished with 5 Corozo-nut buttons.
1 x ORGANIC COTTON BAG
To help you look after your knit and protect it when storing and travelling.
Less is best. Caring for 100% natural wool knitwear doesn't have to be complicated, we promise.
WASH LESS, AIR MORE
We recommend airing as the best way to look after your knit, with a hand wash in a basin (step away from the machine) every now and then. Read more about washing less and airing more. We believe in it so much that we even started a club.
MANAGING PILLING
Soft fibres are liable to pill to some extent, even when it's the best wools in the world. We recommend gently removing them with this specialist fabric shaver. It really is a game changer for keeping your knits in tip top condition.
Each knit comes with its own organic cotton storage bag and is shipped in boxes made from post-consumer waste in the UK.
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The Details
Building on the huge success of our previous LORTON releases, we've taken the much loved float stitch design and added it to a a shorter-in-length red cardigan for a refreshed modern look. This is Navygrey's take on a traditional piece, where we focus on the intricate details.
The float stitch design, on both the front and back of the garment is inspired by the Scottish Fair Isle sweaters. We've created this tonal textured stitch, by the formation of knit and pearl stitches moving together and floating across one another to create a reverse Fair Isle pattern. Intricate stitch detail with the finest Scottish-spun Lamb's wool.
Made in Nottinghamshire, each piece is fully fashioned, where each section of the hooded cardigan is knitted separately and linked together by hand and hand-finished. The process is meticulous and delicate, creating the finest of knits, with often minimal, or zero waste.
The cardigan has five natural buttons. Each button is delicately etched with Navygrey and made from Corozo nuts, which are derived from the Tagua palm tree. Sustainable, natural and practical. Made in England, uniquely ours.
The finest Scottish-spun wool
Unlike our previous LORTON styles the hooded cardigan is made out of a new yarn, 100% Scottish-spun Lomond slub lamb's wool. This is where two different shades of our superfine Scottish-spun yarn is twisted together to form a unique colour combination. The Lomond Slub has an added weight to it, we've knitted it into a luxurious 3 gauge, creating a super-soft and chunky hooded cardigan for you.
Our superfine wool arrives in Scotland by boat once a year, sourced from a special breed of sheep in South Africa.
With a fibre diameter of c. 18.5 microns, it is one of the world's finest and softest Lambs Wools (most average 21-24 microns).
The wool arrives in Scotland by boat, where it is spun and dyed on the banks of Loch Leven in Kinross by Todd & Duncan, one of the finest Scottish Mills which has been spinning yarn for 150+ years.
85% of the dyes used by Todd & Duncan are organic and the water used for washing and dyeing the wool is cleaned and purified before being returned to Loch Leven to be used again. It is a pioneering and cyclical process that helps to protect the environment in and around the loch.
