Hand-knit sweaters are luxury menswear's new status symbol, thanks to companies including Chamula, Ini + Ash and others, stocked at Drakes and more.

A thick blanket, known as a "skinnfell," is layered on top of hand-knitted sweaters which were made with patterns and styles traditionally used in Norwegian textiles and clothing. (Photo by Joshua ...

Around the time Emstad knitted her first mittens, the star appears on knit sweaters from western Norway that adapted Danish patterns, such as the famous Fana sweater from Bergen.