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Cable-Knit Sweater 1

Cable-Knit Sweater

Women's
Sweaters
8/100
Material Class
Synthetic, Natural Fiber
Microplastics
A lot
PFAS
Can't tell
Half-life
Thousands
Shedding Rate
High
Energy to Produce
High
Dye Safety
Azo Dye Risk

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Description

Loose-fit sweater in a soft cable knit. Round neckline, dropped shoulders, and long sleeves. Ribbing at neckline, cuffs, and hem.

Materials

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Spandex

3%

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How it's made

Sweater knit

Thicker yarn knitted the way a sweater is, sometimes in cables or other textures.

It's warm and stretchy. The loose loops can snag and pill, and it can stretch out of shape if you hang it.

Stretch
High
Breathability
Medium
Warmth
High
Durability
Medium
  • The 3% Spandex in the blend adds stretch and helps it spring back. It also makes the fabric hard to recycle into new fiber, because the elastane has to be separated out first.

Read from how the product describes its fabric. These are typical for this kind of fabric, not tested on this item.