Classic semi-fitted cardigan made from a luxuriously soft, warm blend of Possum fur and super fine New Zealand Merino wool.
Versatile style and superior comfort you can wear every day.
- Finished with elegant shell buttons
- Double knit on cuffs and hemline
- Hem falls straight; won’t bunch nor cling to hips
- Without pockets for a smooth silhouette
- 25% Possum fur, 55% Merino wool, 20% Nylon (for durability and shape retention).
Sizing Information
Please use our sizing charts to find your correct size. Available as a
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About Possum Wool
The possum fur, Merino wool blend is 50% warmer than Merino wool on its own. The possum fibre is hollow which provides incredible warmth without weight. Being scale free, it’s smooth and soft against your skin. It will not freeze and the only other fibre in the world known to have this same characteristic is polar bear fur!
Superfine New Zealand Merino wool is renowned for its fineness, durability and breathable properties. It combines beautifully with possum fur to create garments of exceptional quality and incredibly good value.
Care Directions
Please follow those on care label attached to the garment. Warm hand wash with a gentle detergent. Warm rinse well. Lay flat to dry in the shade. Do not bleach. Do not tumble dry. Drycleanable.
Also available: Woolskin Sheepskin Shampoo/Woolwash, a gentle shampoo that is ideal for cleaning woollen garments, as well as sheepskin. It contains oils that condition the wool fibres at the same time as removing dirt and stains. Tea Tree Oil acts as an antibacterial and leaves a fresh, delicate fragrance. Suitable for machine or hand washing.
About the Brushtail Possum
The Australian Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) is a medium sized marsupial and was introduced into New Zealand in 1837. It is from a completely different family to that of the American Opossum, and has a fur quality similar to Mink. With no natural predators, numbers exploded to approximately 70 million in the 1980s, with possums chewing their way through 21 000 tons of native vegetation each night. As well as competing directly with native birds for food, possums eat birds’ eggs, chicks and insects. Their voracious appetite threatens the survival of many of our native plants, insects and birds, including the iconic flightless kiwi.
Animal health and conservation authorities spend many millions of dollars each year on trapping and controversial poisoning campaigns in attempts to control the pest. In addition, the possum fur industry helps to keep the possum numbers down.
Recent figures have shown that due to two decades of control, possum numbers have dropped to approximately 45 million. However, we must remain vigilant as with no natural predators, New Zealand conditions are so favourable for possums, they are often able to breed twice a year and could easily and rapidly increase in numbers once again.
New Zealand Nature believes in a market solution to the possum problem. Efforts to reduce the millions of possums in New Zealand’s forests have been boosted by companies that blend possum fur with merino wool to make luxurious garments.
So, by choosing to wear our luxurious Possum Wool knitwear from ‘NativeWorld’, you are helping to preserve the fragile and beautiful New Zealand environment – including New Zealand’s unique icon – the Kiwi, (‘NativeWorld’ supports the Kiwi Recovery Programme based in Rotorua). Become part of the solution and wrap up warm in Possum Wool.