SHEILA | Long cardigan with a knitted hood

I put the hood up walking back to the car and did not feel like I was wearing a sweatshirt.

A hood is one of those things that gets ruled out on principle somewhere in your fifties, because every hooded thing in the shops is fleece with a drawstring and a logo. So you carry a scarf instead, and lose it, and get cold on the walk from the restaurant to the car anyway. Sheila puts a hood on a long knitted cardigan, which is a different garment altogether.

The knit is soft and substantial, cut long so it falls past the hip and keeps moving when you do. That length is what gives it the drape over whatever is underneath, and it means the cardigan covers the part of the back that a short one leaves exposed when you sit. The hood is knitted in the same yarn rather than added as a panel, so it lies flat against the shoulders when you are not using it. The fit is relaxed through the body.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• A hood that does not read as sportswear. Knitted in the same yarn as the body, so it sits like a collar when it is down instead of bunching at the neck.
• The length covers what a short cardigan does not. It falls past the hip, which matters when you are sitting for an evening rather than standing for a photograph.
• Warmth you can open. A long knit layer over a blouse handles a cool evening, and you can leave the front open when the room warms up.
• Four colors that go with everything already in the closet. Beige, Gray, Black and Yellow.

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How it fits

Relaxed and true to size, in S through 3XL. Take your usual size for the fit in the photos. If you are between two, take the larger one, since this is worn open over other things and the length hangs better with a little room. Worth knowing that the hood adds weight at the back of the neck, so the shoulders need to sit where they should rather than being pulled forward by a size that is too small. Returns are covered below.

30 days to change your mind

Try it over the clothes you would actually wear it with. If it is not right, send it back within 30 days for a full refund. No restocking fee and no conditions attached.

A few recent reviews

I am 68 and I would not have picked anything with a hood. My sister ordered it for me and she was right. Roseanne V., Mesa

The length is what sold me. It covers everything I want covered when I sit down. Etta J., Flagstaff

Wear the beige one nearly every evening on the patio now that it cools off. Mavis L., Sun City