by Aran Woollen Mills
1 endorsements on r/BuyItForLife first recommended in Jan 2025
Traditional Irish wool sweater from Aran Woollen Mills.
Added Jul 5, 2026, Updated Jul 7, 2026
Recommended by a self-described knitwear enthusiast as tremendously high quality and built to outlast the owner.
Recommended on reddit as recently as January 2025
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Aran and I go way back, have a lot of their sweaters and suchlike - it all depends on the wool and the weave.
I may only buy 1-3 pieces a year, but they're tremendously high quality and will out last me. Some favourite knitwear brands of mine are: &daughter, Babaa, James St Co., Arab Woollen Mills.