NATHALIE oversized two-tone knit alpaca cardigan - gray

NATHALIE – a long two-tone cardigan with pockets

NATHALIE is a long two-tone knit cardigan. The trim is worked in a contrasting shade: the front bands, the deep turned-back cuffs, the two patch pockets and the hem band, and a single stripe of the same shade running down the centre of the back, from the neck to the hem.

It is 100 cm long and measures 140 cm around, so it hangs loose and wraps well across the front. The pockets are real ones, set low enough to put your hands in and keep them there.

The yarn is thick and the knit is left lofty rather than packed tight, so the piece has real volume without the weight that usually comes with it.

It is one women's size, knitted generously wide – it is meant to hang rather than follow the figure.

The yarn is built around alpaca and merino. The full breakdown is below.

Every panel of this piece is knitted to shape on its own – fully-fashioned, never cut out of a length of knitted fabric. The panels are then hand-linked: a person feeds the open stitches onto the linking machine one loop at a time, so the seams stretch with the knit.

It is hand-finished – hand-steamed over a shaped pad and washed before it leaves the workshop, so it arrives at its true size and stays there. The yarn is spun in Italy.

I design every piece myself, and it is knitted in a small workshop here in Lithuania – a few at a time, never off a production line.

Every piece passes through my hands before it is packed – I check each one myself before it goes out.

It arrives in a plain brown box with the care card inside and nothing else – no filler paper, no leaflets. That is a choice, not a saving – I would rather use less than print something that is made to be thrown away.

Gray is the easiest of the four to put with what is already in the wardrobe.

Color – gray.

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One size.
EU 36 (S), 38 (M), 40 (L), 42 (L).
US / CAN 6 (S), 8, 10, 12 (M), 14, 16 (L).

Composition:
30% alpaca wool, 30% merino wool, 10% lamb wool, 30% polyacrylic.

Measurements (garment not stretched)*:
Length – 100 cm / 39.37";
Circumference – 140 cm / 55.12";
Sleeve length – 51 cm / 20.08".

*as with all knitted garments, the measurements may vary by a few centimeters.

CARE:
– hand wash;
– maximum washing temperature 30 °C;
– gently squeeze the excess water out of the washed garment, do not wring it;
– do not hang it wet on a hanger, as it will lose its shape;
– do not tumble dry;
– iron on the lowest setting with steam, or simply steam it.