NATHALIE two-tone long knit cardigan, pockets - dusty rose

NATHALIE is a long two-tone knit cardigan in dusty rose, worn open - there is no fastening. The body is plain knit, and 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. There are no cables here - the interest is in the colour. Dusty rose is the softest of the four, and the one the contrast trim reads most clearly against.

It falls to below the knee 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 size, cut generously - it is meant to hang rather than follow the figure.

The yarn is built around alpaca and merino. Alpaca fibre is hollow, so it traps warmth well, and it carries no lanolin at all; the merino keeps the surface from prickling at the neck and wrists. 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 and lie flat instead of pressing on you.

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.

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Colour – dusty rose, with contrast trim.

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

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Composition – 30% alpaca wool, 30% merino wool, 10% virgin wool, 30% polyacrylic.

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Dimensions, garment not stretched*:
Length 100 cm / 39,37".
Width around 140 cm / 55,12".
Sleeve length 51 cm / 20,08".
*as with all knitted garments, these may differ by a few cm.

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CARE:
- Hand wash;
- Maximum washing temperature 30 C;
- When washed, gently squeeze the excess water out of the garment;
- Do not hang the wet garment on a hanger, as it will/may lose it‛s original shape;
- Do not tumble dry;
- Cool iron with steam or other wet method.