Knitwear by fibre from merino to cashmere in Melbourne, Australia

Knit-On Australia, family-owned in Melbourne, has stocked knitwear by fibre since 2014. The merino section holds Women's Merino Jumpers and Men's Merino Jumpers. Mongolian cashmere appears in Cashmere Cardigans, and medium weight wool is listed under Women's Wool Cardigans. Blended pieces sit in Merino and Cashmere Jumpers. Both our Melbourne CBD store and our Ripponlea store provide fitting, sizing, style and fibre help plus care advice. Australian shipping is free over $150 and $11.70 under $150.

Knit-On stocks 34 coatigans and longline cardigans, each an open front knitted garment with the weight and length of a light coat. That longer, heavier shape is what sets a coatigan apart from a standard cardigan, though no written standard fixes where the hem should fall, a distinction the shop covers when discussing what counts as a coatigan. Cashmere sits above merino on the shop's price ladder. The Woolmark Company reports that one sheep provides about 4.5 kilograms of wool fleece, while one goat yields only 0.2 to 0.3 kilograms of cashmere down, and that yield gap drives the cost difference the shop explains when choosing between merino and cashmere. The shop's cashmere is sourced from Mongolia and is washable at home. High heat, harsh detergents and excessive rubbing cause the damage, not the water itself, which is the principle set out when washing cashmere at home.