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Classic Aran Sweater

Laxtons (byLaxtons)

£116.55

An easy long-sleeved sweater worked flat from the bottom up, in vertical sections of aran stitches with a central lattice cable, bramble stitch and long 9-stitch cables either side. Knitted in 3 shades of natural Sheepsoft in horizontal bands across the body and sleeves. The shoulders are joined with a three-needle cast-off on the outside to detail, the sleeves are picked up at the armhole and knitted flat down to the cuff, and the collar is picked up and knitted in 1x1 rib in the round. The hem and sleeves have a simple cast-off edge. 9 sizes 1(2:3:4:5:6:7:8:9) Yarns included A 3(3:3:3:3:4:4:

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The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as LAXTONS LIMITED, number 04368396. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "we have built a state-of-the-art new spinning mill not only increasing our capacity with new machinery but also our capability in being able to offer an even more diverse range of yarns for many different markets and end uses. We recently moved into our new premises" Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
Not established. Many companies file a statement rather than naming a controlling shareholder.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.