Abstract: Comparison of woolen sweaters - purchase - experience: explains the common sense, precautions, purchasing skills and how to identify the authenticity of woolen sweaters. The following content is compiled by Dishi.com for your reference. 1. Tips for buying woolen sweaters

The weather is getting colder and woolen sweaters are selling like hotcakes. However, there are many varieties of woolen sweaters on the market with uneven quality. How can you buy good quality woolen sweaters? What about sweaters?

1. Look at the color and style: mainly check whether the wool of the sweater is even, whether there are patches, uneven thickness, and knitting and sewing defects. A good-quality woolen sweater has plump and uniform fluff on the surface, a light, soft and smooth feel, and a certain degree of elasticity. If it feels rough, it is of poor quality. If a chemical fiber sweater is passed off as a woolen sweater, it lacks a soft and smooth feel, and the chemical fiber is also easy to absorb dust. In addition, when purchasing a woolen sweater, it should be larger than the ordinary clothing model suitable for you, because wearing a woolen sweater is mainly to keep warm. If it is too close to the body, the warmth retention will be reduced, and the wool itself shrinks greatly, so there should be room for it.

2. Look at the workmanship: When purchasing, you can gently pull the seams of the sweater to check whether the seams are neatly wrapped, whether the seams are tight, thick and black, and whether there are defects; whether the stitch spacing is even. If the stitch length is exposed at the seam edge, it will easily crack, which will affect the service life; whether the thickness of the main parts is uneven, and whether the products with color matching, printing, strips and other styles are stained or matched; if there are buttons sewn on, check carefully Whether it is firm; whether the clothing specifications and sizes are consistent with the actual situation.

3. Look at the logo: Regular woolen sweater logos should generally comply with national mandatory standards. Each woolen sweater must have a permanent label and certificate of product description. The pure wool mark is proof of high-quality wool sweaters and is generally accepted by people. The real pure wool mark is equipped with a clockwise arrangement of three similar wool balls for identification. There is a registered trademark in the lower right corner of the pattern. The letter "R" has the words "PURENEWWOOL" and "Pure New Wool" in Chinese and English below. The trademark tag is made of cloth, usually sewn on the collar or side seam, and has instructions for washing methods; the trademark is made of paper, and is usually hung on the chest of the sweater; some sweaters have pure wool logos made on it. Button up. If it is marked as "100% pure wool", "100% wool", "pure wool" or the pure wool logo is directly embroidered on the sweater, it is incorrect and it will be difficult to maintain its authenticity.

4. Combustion identification: When wool products burn, they will smoke and bubble while burning, accompanied by the smell of burning hair. They have many ashes, are shiny, black and brittle and can be crushed; when acrylic products burn, , it melts while burning slowly, the flame is white, slightly black smoke, fishy smell, the gray is white spherical, brittle and brittle; when nylon products burn, it melts while burning slowly, with a slight white smoke when burning , the flame is small and blue, with the smell of celery, and the gray is light brown hard lumps, which are not easy to crush.

2. Things to note when purchasing a woolen sweater

1. Determining the material

The so-called determining the material means that you must first determine which one to buy before purchasing. Kind of sweater. Due to the different materials of sweaters, the wearing performance is very different, and the prices are also very different. When purchasing, you should base your purchase on actual needs and conditions. Here are the characteristics of several main products.

1) Woolen sweaters are made of sheep wool and are the most popular knitted sweaters. They have clear stitching, smooth surface, ample fat, bright color, plump and elastic feel; wool The shirt is durable and reasonably priced. Wool sweaters can be divided into worsted sweaters and woolen sweaters. Worsted sweaters are more refined in terms of material selection and processing technology, so they are more high-end in terms of performance and wear, and the price is higher than woolen products;

2) Cashmere sweaters, also known as cashmere sweaters, are made of cashmere and are the best among sweaters. It is light and warm, delicate and gorgeous, feels delicate and smooth, and is comfortable and soft to wear; due to the short and thin fiber of cashmere, it is easy to pill and its durability is not as good as that of ordinary woolen sweaters. At the same time, because cashmere resources are scarce, cashmere sweaters are expensive;

3) Lamb sweaters are made from underage lamb wool, so they are also called lamb sweaters. They are a mainland product of woolen wool sweaters.

Since lamb hair is fine and soft, lamb sweaters are delicate and soft and affordable;

4) Shenandoah sweaters are originally made from Shetland wool originating from Shetland Island in the UK, mixed with It has thick and hard cavity hair, with a slightly prickly feel. The Shenandoah sweater is rich and puffy, naturally rough, has less pilling and is not easy to shrink, and the price is low. Sweaters with this style are now commonly known as Shenandoah sweaters, so Shenandoah wool has become synonymous with rough style;

5) Rabbit sweaters generally use a certain proportion of rabbit fur and wool. Made of blended fabrics, the rabbit wool sweater has a smooth and waxy feel, fluffy surface fluff, soft color, and good fluffiness. It is comfortable and chic to wear, and the surface fluff falls off easily when worn. It is suitable for young women's outerwear;

6) Yak wool sweater , using yak wool from the Tibetan Plateau as raw material, its style is slightly inferior to cashmere sweaters, its feel is smooth and delicate, not easy to pilling, and its price is much lower than cashmere sweaters, but yak wool sweaters are monotonous in color and are suitable for men's clothing;

7) Mohair sweater is made from goat hair originating in Angra. It has a shiny luster, a smooth feel, is soft and elastic, light and puffy, breathable and non-pilling. It is comfortable, warm and durable to wear. It is a high-quality High-grade products with higher prices;

8) Alpaca sweaters are made from alpaca wool originating in Chile. The fiber is thick and smooth, feels smooth, elastic, shiny, bulky, and It is not easy to pill, warm and durable. It is a high-end product that has emerged in recent years, and the price is higher than ordinary woolen sweaters;

9) Acrylic sweaters are generally woven with acrylic bulked yarn, and its wool type It has strong feel, bright color, light, soft and puffy texture, and is cheap, but easy to pill, so it is suitable for children's clothing.

2. Look at the logo.

The logo is a self-declaration of a product and is also the basic basis for consumers to identify it. When purchasing a sweater, you must use the logo to identify its quality and purchase the desired product. The labels of woolen sweaters produced by regular enterprises generally comply with the provisions of the mandatory national standard GB5296.4, that is, each woolen sweater should have a product description label and certificate, including product name, trademark, specifications, fiber composition, washing method, Product grade, production date, production company, company address and phone number, etc. Specifications, fiber composition, washing method must use permanent labels. If a product's label does not comply with these regulations, it is difficult to trust its quality. In addition, Pure Wool Logo products have become synonymous with high-quality wool sweaters and are generally accepted by people. Because of this, fake and shoddy pure wool logo products are also common. Consumers must carefully identify when purchasing. The permanent labels of genuine pure wool mark products are uniform (including size, color, content, etc.). The text below the pure wool mark is interpreted as "Purenewwool" or "Pure New Wool". If it is marked as "100% pure wool", "100% pure wool", "pure wool" or the pure wool logo is directly embroidered on the sweater, it is incorrect and it is difficult to guarantee its authenticity.

3. Check the compliance of the label content.

For example, whether the actual size is consistent with the label, whether the fiber composition is consistent with the label, etc. It is quite difficult for ordinary consumers to identify fiber components, but as long as they master the basic methods, they can avoid obvious discrepancies. First, burn a little fiber. If there is a smell of burning hair and the ashes are crispy and can be crushed, it can be identified as animal hair. As for what kind of hair it is and whether it is consistent with the logo, you can refer to the characteristics of various types of sweaters introduced earlier. If you think there is a problem and cannot confirm it, you can only send it to a professional inspection agency for identification. Special attention should be paid to several situations where inferior goods are often passed off as good ones. One is using blended fabrics as pure wool, the other is using fine wool or flaked wool as cashmere, the third is using nylon as mohair, and the fourth is using flaked coarse wool as alpaca hair. etc.

4. Visual inspection of hand feel

Visual inspection is mainly to see whether the sweater is weaved smoothly, whether the surface is even and soft, and whether the workmanship is meticulous; the hand feel is to identify the wool sweater through movements such as molding, pinching, and grabbing. The surface smoothness, softness, fullness, elasticity, etc. of the sweater. If the yarn of the sweater is uneven, the workmanship is rough, the feel is hard and inelastic, and the surface is dull, the authenticity of its quality may be doubted.

3. How to care for woolen sweaters

1. It is best to wash the newly purchased woolen sweater once before wearing it, because the woolen sweater will stick to it during the production process. Some oil stains, paraffin, dust and other stolen goods, and the new woolen sweater will also have the smell of anti-moth agent;

2. Those who have the conditions can dry the dehydrated woolen sweater in an environment of 80 degrees , if it is dried at room temperature, it is best not to use a hanger. You can use a good doctor pole to hang the sleeves or lay them flat, and place them in a cool and ventilated place;

3. When the sweater is 90% dry, use steam After ironing and shaping, let it dry completely before wearing and storing it;

4. Use a clothes brush to brush away the dust on the sweater frequently to prevent the dust from affecting the appearance of the sweater;

5. If you wear the same sweater 2-3 times in a row, remember to change it so that the natural elasticity of the wool fabric can be restored;

6. Cashmere is a protein fiber and is very It is easy to be eaten by insects. No matter how many times it is worn before storage, it must be washed, dried, folded and bagged, added with insect repellent, and stored in a ventilated and dry place. Be sure to use a hanger when storing;

7. To remove wrinkles, set the steam iron to low temperature and iron the sweater 1-2cm away. You can also put a towel on the woolen sweater before ironing it, so that the wool fibers will not be damaged and ironing marks will not be left.

8. If your wool sweater is soaked, dry it as soon as possible, but never use a heat source to dry it directly, such as an open flame or a heater directly exposed to strong sunlight.