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A pullover is a piece of clothing, also called a sweater, put on by being pulled over the wearer's head. Pullovers include pullover sweat tops and pullover jackets as well as knitted sweaters: basically, the clothing gets pulled over the head to put it onto the wearer's body, with no front opening to fasten. This page explains the pullover family, the necklines and fabrics its members use, and how a pullover differs from front-opening garments.
Pullovers can also be pullover sweat tops, pullover jackets etc. Basically the clothing gets pulled over the head to put onto the wearers body..
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The pullover sweater is a knitted garment, and knitting is what makes the over-the-head method comfortable: a knit stretches at the neck, shoulders and cuffs as the garment goes on and recovers afterward, where a woven cloth of the same fit could not be pulled on at all. Wool is the classic fibre, warm and elastic; cotton knits are cooler and crisper; acrylic and blended yarns lower the price and simplify washing. Construction details are few and standard: a body and two sleeves knitted flat and seamed, or knitted in the round, set-in or raglan sleeves, ribbed cuffs and hem to hold the garment at wrist and waist, and the neckband as the finishing piece. Gauge decides the garment's character, fine-gauge pullovers layer under jackets like shirts, while heavy, textured knits in cable and rib patterns are outerwear in themselves.
The sweat top applies the same closed-front pattern to fleece and jersey. A pullover sweatshirt has a crew neck, raglan or set-in sleeves and ribbed cuffs in brushed cotton or cotton-blend fleece; hooded versions add a drawstring hood and usually a kangaroo pocket, and pullover jackets in fleece and soft shell follow the pattern for sport and outdoor use, sometimes with a short neck zip that stops well short of a full front opening. In every case the definition holds at the dressing step: if it goes over the head, it is a pullover, whatever the fabric.
Sizing follows chest measure with an ease allowance by style, close for a layering sweater, relaxed for sweat tops, and length judged seated as well as standing, since a pullover hem cannot be adjusted like a fastened front. Care decides a knit pullover's lifespan more than wear does: wash cool on a gentle cycle or by hand, dry flat so the weight of wet yarn does not stretch the body, fold for storage rather than hanging, and keep wool pullovers clean and stored with moth protection in summer. Pilling is removed with a comb or fabric shaver rather than pulling, and the neckband, the hardest-worked part of the garment, should be checked when the pullover is put away, since its recovery is what keeps the neckline sitting flat.
A pullover is a garment that is put on by pulling it over the head, with no opening down the front to fasten. The word most often names a knitted sweater, and it also covers pullover sweat tops and pullover jackets made on the same principle.
The difference is the front. A pullover is closed at the front and goes over the head; a cardigan opens down the front and is fastened with buttons or a zip, so it can be worn open over another garment. Both are knitted sweaters, divided by how they are put on.
Pullover sweaters are made with round crew necks, V-necks that frame a shirt and tie, high polo or turtleneck collars that fold over, and cowl and boat necks. The neckline is finished with a ribbed or knitted band that stretches for the head and recovers its shape.