Acrylic should be avoided like the plague. If you follow my recommendations (see post to Corto), you will be guaranteed an authentic 100% wool sweater.
The blue v-neck would be Royal Aire Force (RAF) if it was blue-grey. The USAF has a similar sweater: I have both crew and v-neck (the crew is an older version but still worn).
You can get an olive green sweater from Silvermans in London. www.silvermans.co.uk Got to the section marked...
Agreed. Which colours do you have? My favourites are the olive green Army standard and the navy blue. They can be worn in both city and country with equal ease.
I also like the patches and reinforcements, and I love the turn-back cuffs. I have army and navy sweaters with pockets (penholders) on the upper arm. I also have an older army sweater that was military surplus - when I first acquired it, it seemed to smell of sweat and farts and had to be...
I know that (in the Northern Hemisphere at least), it might not be the best time to be posting about knitwear, but are there any fellow aficionados of the classic military commando sweater or 'woolly pully' (ribbed wool, patches at shoulders and elbows)?
I have been wearing them since my...
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