"There is something very helpful about specifying this wool as Norwegian. It puts your mind in a completely different place than if you heard it was Italian, or French, or Scottish. But that shift of expectations is pointed, and something clicks. Yes! This heft, this unexpected but beautiful melange of yarns, this high, chunky, collar - I wouldn't quite know how to place it besides being vaguely Nordic. And like all good rustic knits, this one is just at home with outdoorsy styles as it is with the dressed-up interpretations of them."---Kyle