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These garments and accessories are produced on hand-powered knitting machines in England and Scotland. All the pieces are fully fashioned, which means that each panel is knitted into its correct shape before linking it on to the next panel (rather than knitting a standard sheet of fabric then cutting and sewing it like a T shirt). To do this, the knitter has to manually hook and unhook the yarn after each line of stitching. For example, one stitch is taken off the panel at every line to produce a curved shoulder seam.
Finished panels are hand linked: the two pieces to be joined are lined up stitch by stitch onto a circular drum of knitting hooks, and then knitted together using the same yarn as the panels. Finally the seams are hand-tacked at each end to keep them safe, and buttons and trims are sewn into place.
Knitted Pyjama Trousers are based on the long-running woven pyjama trousers, with no side seams, a single back pocket, cross-over fly and drawstring. The size label sewn onto the back of the waistband stops the draw cord from pulling through.
The String Pullover is a hand-framed fully fashioned knit interpretation of vernacular men's string underwear.
The String Vest is a hand-framed fully fashioned knit interpretation of vernacular men's string underwear.
The Tacuinum Pullover is named for long underwear depicted in the mediaeval Arabic medical treatise ةحصلا ميوقت, Taqwim as-Sinha, Latinised to Tacuinum Sanitatis.
The Tacuinum Pullover is named for long underwear depicted in the mediaeval Arabic medical treatise ةحصلا ميوقت, Taqwim as-Sinha, Latinised to Tacuinum Sanitatis.
This cardigan follows research into cable knitting, and moving the permutations of stitches around until the garment is all cable, with no plain fabric.
The neck binding of the Donegal Edge Ryeland Crew Neck Pullover is knitted from thick, soft Donegal yarn, while the body is fine undyed Ryeland wool. This gives the substance and softness of a much thicker garment around the neck, while being thin enough to wear comfortably under a jacket, or in warmer weather.
The neck binding of the Donegal Edge Ryeland V Neck Pullover is knitted from thick, soft Donegal yarn, while the body is fine undyed Ryeland wool. This gives the substance and softness of a much thicker garment around the neck, while being thin enough to wear comfortably under a jacket, or in warmer weather.
The placket and neck binding of the Donegal Edge Ryeland Cardigan is knitted from thick, soft Donegal yarn, while the body is fine undyed Ryeland wool. This gives the substance and softness of a much thicker garment around the neck, while being thin enough to wear comfortably under a jacket, or in warmer weather.
The collar and front placket of the Round Rib Cardigan are folded and linked on at full double thickness, forming a pillowy edge to the garment.
The neck hole of the Diving Pullover is cut round and unusually deep, inspired by the neck of an antique diving suit, attached to a helmet, but also recalling the scooped front of a formal shawl collar waistcoat.
The neck hole of the Crew Neck Pullover is cut is cut round as a wide crew neck, and the double thickness rolled collar fills this in forming a closer fitting neck.
