Balmoral

Balmoral is a knitwear range: knitted jumpers and cardigans of the kind worn over a uniform shirt, in school and corporate colours. The store already receives searches for balmoral knitwear, so the name is being looked for.

What the range covers

This page holds the Balmoral lines The Stitch Factory stocks: three knitted jumpers and two cardigans. It is a small collection and every garment on it does the same job — the layer that goes over a shirt and under a coat. Each product page gives the colour and the size range for that garment. If you are buying for a school, our sister site Stitch Factory Schools may be the easier place to order, because children's uniform is zero-rated for VAT there.

Knitted fabric and how to choose it

A knitted garment behaves differently from a woven one. The fabric stretches and recovers, so a jumper forgives a size either way where a shirt does not, and it keeps warmth without the bulk of a fleece. A finer knit sits more neatly under a blazer; a heavier knit is the warmer garment on its own. A cardigan is the choice where a jumper has to come off and on through the day, or where a school asks for one. Because the colours are the plain navies, greys and bottle greens a uniform is built from, a jumper here can be matched to a shirt and a tie you already have.

Embroidered in Sheffield

Every item can be embroidered with a school badge or company logo, done in-house at our Sheffield works. Knitwear is embroidered rather than printed, because a print will not hold on a stretching, open fabric, and a loose knit needs a backing to keep the badge flat and square. We will set the badge once, at the size the garment's chest panel allows, and hold it the same across the order so a class or a team looks the same. Browse the range below, or ask us through Request a Quote.