Knits that hold their line
Cable dresses, sculpted cardigans and a button front that closes cleanly over everything underneath.
The method
Blocked flat, then measured
A knit grows once it relaxes. We let it settle on a form, then measure the garment you will receive rather than the one that came off the machine.
4 / 5;
The button stance decides it
A cardigan is only useful if it closes over what you are already wearing. We set the button stance against a fine knit and a heavy knit in turn, then check that the front edge does not pull at the chest or gape at the hip. Ribs are worked at a tighter gauge than the body so that a hem keeps its grip, and every buttonhole is fastened and unfastened repeatedly before approval. The knit is blocked flat for a day and measured after it has relaxed, because the length that comes off the machine is not the length that arrives in a parcel. If a side seam twists, the panel is recut.
The dress and the cardigan
A cable sheath for the day, a button-front cardigan for the layer over it.
The cardigan rack
Soft Cozy Crew Neck Button Front Cardigan For Everyday Layering Wear$54.00
Military Inspired Button Detail Slim Fit Knit Cardigan Top$33.00
Ribbed Knit Collared Cardigan With Elegant Gold Button Front$36.00
Camel Scalloped Edge Contrast Button Knit Cardigan For Fall Winter$53.00
Three buttons, one line
The cardigan rail read close up: a scalloped edge, a gold button and a clean rib at the hem.
ScallopedMilitary Inspired Button Detail Slim Fit Knit Cardigan Top
$33.00
Gold buttonRibbed Knit Collared Cardigan With Elegant Gold Button Front
$36.00
The ribCamel Scalloped Edge Contrast Button Knit Cardigan For Fall Winter
$53.00
4 / 5;
The close-up: a rib that recovers
The difference between a cardigan that lasts and one that gives up is in the rib. We use a tighter gauge at the cuff and hem, then wash and dry the sample the way a customer would. If the recovery is not there, the gauge is changed before the style is released.
Before you order
Drafted over a knit
Armhole and button stance are set against a layer underneath, never a bare body.
Rib at a tighter gauge
Cuffs and hems are worked denser so they keep their grip through a season of wear.
30 days to return
Unworn with tags attached, by post or in person at our California address.