Sweaters are things that we all love, they keep us warm and are an easy go to, it makes an outfit look simple, yet chill. They are also very classy and formal. Sweaters can be dressed down or up, making it convenient to wear with most things.
Product: Women’s Sweaters
Price: Low to high
Best place to purchase: Amazon Women’s sweaters
Sweater Overview
First off. What is a sweater? A sweater is a knitted garment worn over the upper body to keep warm and protect yourself from cold weather conditions. Sweaters are made from various materials, such as wool, silk, or cotton blends. And they can have all sorts of shapes, styles, colors, and patterns.
Sweaters were first made from wool, but as the times changed so did the many types of materials used to make sweaters. Here are a few popular materials that sweaters are made from today.
- Blended Fibers- Blended sweaters are made with a combination of fibers like cotton, wool, polyester, or others.
- Cashmere- Cashmere sweaters are considered the most luxurious types made exclusively from the wool of Cashmere goats. This fiber has a lot of properties and has long durability.
- Cotton- cotton fibers come from the cotton plant and are a great alternative to wool fibers but are not as warm. It will usually come in a blend with other fibers.
- Silk- Silk is only used in sweaters to blend with other fibers to make them warm and soft.
- Acrylic- Acrylic is a synthetic fiber used in athletic sweaters like sweatshirts. Acrylic sweaters are inexpensive compared with other threads.
There are more of course, but these are just some of the popular and well known ones. Not to mention they come in different patterns as well. Here are a few.
- Birdseye
- Cable Knit
- Guernsey Stitch
- Marled
- Rib Stitch
- Waffle
Conclusion
There are many styles, shapes and colors of sweaters out there. Take your pick, it all depends on where you are going or what you will be doing, there is a sweater for the occasion! Below I have linked some sweater tutorials. They are the different types of sweaters and how to wear them. Also, how to take care of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MlmFYApgnM&ab_channel=Girls%27FashionWorld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9m0xEECd84&ab_channel=JulesBeth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwjis4qBJXk&ab_channel=MarnieGoldberg