At Forty we are dedicated to using only the best materials we can therefore when it came to venturing into knitwear there was really only one company who could work with to produce our Knitwear – Johnstons of Elgin who we chose to work with on our range of Alexander Lambswool sweats.
Having over two hundred years of tradition and expertise within textile manufacturing there is simply no one better than Johnstons of Elgin. With Mills in Hawick and Elgin all products are lovingly made in Scotland by devoted teams some of whom have been working with Johnstons of Elgin for nearly 50 years
Lambswool is the highest quality of sheep’s wool there is, taken from the first shearing from a lamb. Lambswool is the perfect fibre for knitwear as it is soft and lightweight with great insulating properties. As Lambswool has a special crimp this creates air pockets in the wool fibres which retain heat while the harder outer layer repels water. As Lambswool is a natural fibre which is breathable this allows the product to react to body temperature.
