Woolovers Discount Code UK

WoolOvers has sold natural-fibre knitwear from Burgess Hill in West Sussex since 1989, and a WoolOvers discount code is usually spent on a jumper or cardigan in cashmere, merino, lambswool, cotton or linen. This is a specialist rather than a fashion retailer, so the composition label tells you more than the photograph does.

Reading a fibre blend from left to right

Fibres are listed by proportion, highest first, so a cashmere and merino blend is mostly merino with cashmere for handfeel. Lambswool comes from a sheep's first shearing and is softer than ordinary wool. Extra fine merino refers to fibre diameter in microns, and finer fibre is what stops a jumper itching on bare skin. A little nylon in a blend is deliberate, added for abrasion resistance and shape retention rather than to cut cost.

Ply and gauge decide the warmth

Ply counts the strands twisted together to make the yarn: two-ply is a light layering knit, four-ply and above a dense winter jumper. Gauge counts stitches per inch, so a fine gauge gives a smooth thin knit that fits under a jacket and a coarse gauge chunky stitches. These two numbers, not the fibre alone, decide how warm a garment is.

Why cashmere pills, and how to deal with it

Cashmere fibres are short and fine, so under friction the ends work loose and tangle into balls, worst at the underarm, along a seatbelt line and where a bag strap sits. It is a property of the fibre rather than a fault, heaviest in the first few wears. Lay the garment flat and work a comb or sweater stone across it in one direction with light pressure; a bobble razor pressed hard cuts sound fibres and thins the knit.

Washing, drying and moths

Use a wool detergent with no enzymes and no fabric conditioner, cool water, and never wring. Roll the garment in a towel to press water out, then dry flat and reshaped away from heat. A wet knit hung up stretches at the shoulders for good, and a tumble dryer felts wool. Store knitwear clean, because moth larvae are drawn to body oils rather than the wool itself, and use sealed boxes rather than open shelves.

Using a WoolOvers discount code

The box for the code sits in the basket, and the sum to check afterwards is the delivered one, since a free-delivery threshold is worked out after a reduction rather than before. Multi-buy bundles and outlet lines are the usual exclusions.