What does gauge refer to?Updated a month ago

We list the gauge for all of our wool jumpers so you may be wondering what this is..

What does gauge refer to?

Gauge refers to the density and fineness of the fabric that is used to make the garment. It measures the number of stitches and rows within a square inch. This is what determines the thickness and weight of the garment.

High Gauge:

In our range a high Gauge is around 12. This has 12 stitches per square inch resulting in a finer lighter weight fabric. You may notice that it is typically our Cashmere, Merino and Geelong that are 12-gauge as they are finer wool.

Standard Gauge:

Our Middle gauge or standard gauge is 7. This refers many of our lambswool jumpers such as the Dorset, Hampshire, Lenzie etc. These jumpers are thicker than our high gauge jumpers as the wool is not as fine and the type of wool used typically benefits from a thicker garment.

Low Gauge:

Our Low Gauge is 5 or 3. This tends to be certain lambswool products that are made to be thick and bulky such as the Usworth Cardigan (3 Gauge), Landford (5 Gauge) and our Shetland wool garments such as the Kinloch and Kinnadie (5 Gauge).