I’m in love with a too expensive jumper

[Badgercity]

And I can’t get it out of my head.

www.celticandco.com/womens/clothing/jumpers/chunky-fishermans-rib-jumper

If I owned it my life would be better and winter would be full of wonderful crisp walks.

Sigh

This looks similar for a bit less @Badgercity https://www.fatface.com/women/clothing/knitwear/pointelle-jumper/959838.html?dwvar9598388_color=soft%20sage&cgid=women-clothing-knitwear#pagination=true&start=3

Oh gosh MissLucyEyelesbarrow I love it. I want one in turmeric! And the life to go with it.

It’s lovely. I had a similar one and it was great in extremely cold conditions, but the moths got to it eventually and it became holed beyond repair. If you buy one, pack it away well in an airtight bag once the spring comes.

Lovely jumper, I have bought 2 cable knit jumpers before and knackered both in the wash. My advice is to stay away from them I was gutted when mine shrunk!!!

Channel your inner Tom Daley and knit your own!

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383349747237?hash=item59416cee25:g:4ToAAOSwUHleDMzr

Oh, that's gorgeous but I'd look like a linebacker in it with my shoulders.

I need the finest, thinnest cashmere, otherwise I look like a box on legs.

eBay

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Celtic-Clothing-Celtic-Co-Cletic-Sheepskin-Cable-Jumper-Small-8-12-/154577020018?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

I find when I get obsessed over something like this, I buy it and try it on, 99% of the time I don't like it on so send it back, at that price it would have to be fantastic to make me keep it.

@Badgercity

And I can’t get it out of my head.

www.celticandco.com/womens/clothing/jumpers/chunky-fishermans-rib-jumper

If I owned it my life would be better and winter would be full of wonderful crisp walks.

Sigh

I have the coatigan in blue from Celtic and co. It's a thing of beauty i dont deny it. But hand washing the fucking thing and then waiting a week for it to dry (dry flat too, so means moving it around out of the way) is beyond my patience level. Hence I wear it as little as possible.
Other than that, sign up for emails, look for sales and codes.

Wow - that's expensive!!! I wouldn't pay that for a lambswool jumper either, it's a ridiculous amount. Do they ever have sales? I'm not in the UK but yesterday I bought a merino jersey for $80, reduced from $269. I would chose merino over lambswool any day.

It is jumper buying season.... I've got my eye on this twothirds.com/products/ronsier-beige but can't decide if 1970's orange and brown is my colour.. I usually wear blues and greens.

@Bimblybomeyelash

Oh gosh MissLucyEyelesbarrow I love it. I want one in turmeric! And the life to go with it.

Yeah, I definitely can't afford the life to go with it 😀

If I wanted to knit something like that but be able to chuck it in the washing machine, what kind of wool would I need to buy? 🤔

Ever so slightly cheaper but I have a couple of these… www.bertiesofbay.co.uk/product-page/storr-whitby-gansey-navy
Surprisingly flattering on a large bust, not too itchy and worth their weight in gold with all the outdoor socialising I’ve done during the pandemic!

This is somewhat similar op and a lot cheaper.

www.standun.com/aran-sweaters-ireland/ladies-aran-sweaters/ladies-aran-sweaters/aran-con-green-a191.html

Lambs wool? No thanks - it bobbles like mad. I think it's too soft. Now one in a tougher Aran or merino would be lovely

@Badgercity

Unfortunately it would need to be at least half the price for me to justify it

I mean technically I have the money, but I’m also in the process of buying a house. Maybe if there’s anything left over in the savings when we’ve moved in…..

Until then I am scouting the lower end high street for a dupe.

I can see me now sipping coffee from a thermos on a gate in the countryside, laughing at my well behaved children’s antics…if only I had this jumper…

Just buy it! You only live once ... Enjoy it too it's gorgeous ❤️

It's just a jumper and it would irritate me to hell and back. There are plenty of cheaper ones available.

People advising OP to get someone to knit it- have you looked at wool prices recently?

I love that jumper @ChateauMargaux. I wear mostly blues but recently have been moving into those colours, and I'm loving them. Mind you, I was a teenager in the 1970s, so that's my era

@ChateauMargaux

It is jumper buying season.... I've got my eye on this twothirds.com/products/ronsier-beige but can't decide if 1970's orange and brown is my colour.. I usually wear blues and greens.

Cor, lots of nice things on here! Seriously good looking website too!

@ChateauMargaux

It is jumper buying season.... I've got my eye on this twothirds.com/products/ronsier-beige but can't decide if 1970's orange and brown is my colour.. I usually wear blues and greens.

So much nice stuff on this website.. has anyone ordered before? The Brexit statement says extra charges will be applied to UK orders

@InpatientGardener I have a beautiful jumper from their but the ordering process is crazy. You preorder and then they start making it so that jumper will be shipped in November.

I ordered something else and the size was completely different, I returned it twice and by the time I had done that it was a different season!! Plus the dress was awful so it has made me quite wary.... though there are 3 jumpers I've got my eye on.

Decent wool (100%, not scratch, responsibly produced) will cost about 90 pounds. Knitting it would take weeks (bahaha to the person who thought the local yarn shop would knit it at cost!). It's pretty good value if you get the discount.

@Athrawes

Decent wool (100%, not scratch, responsibly produced) will cost about 90 pounds. Knitting it would take weeks (bahaha to the person who thought the local yarn shop would knit it at cost!). It's pretty good value if you get the discount.

A lot of wool shops would knit it at a cost