IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE THAT EACH ITEM IS MADE TO ORDER IN VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES AND HAND KNIT BY ONE PERSON. PLEASE ALLOW 8-12 WEEKS FOR YOUR ITEM TO BE MANUFACTURED.
BLACK PLEXUS KNIT SWEATER
DESCRIPTION:
THE BLACK PLEXUS KNIT SWEATER IS REVERSIBLE, HAND KNIT IN THE US AND FEATURES A JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN A HALOED WOVEN YARN, AND DELICATE OPEN KNIT WEAVE.
OUR SIGNATURE ESTUARY MOTIF CASCADES AND FLOWS WITHIN THE OVERSIZED WOVEN KNIT, INTEGRATED THROUGH AN OPEN KNIT WE HAVE APPROPRIATELY NAMED THE PLEXUS KNITTING TECHNIQUE. THE TERM IS DERIVED FROM TWO DEFINITIONS; A PLEXUS STRUCTURE CAN REFER TO BOTH A NETWORK OF NERVES OR VESSELS IN THE BODY, OR AN INTERWOVEN COMBINATION OF PARTS OR ELEMENTS IN A STRUCTURE OR SYSTEM.
THE BLACK PLEXUS KNIT SWEATER IS LIGHTER IN WEIGHT, CLINGING TO THE WEARER IN A SOFT COMFORTING YARN. THIS PIECE WAS CREATED TO BE WORN 4 WAYS AND HAS NO DESIGNED FRONT, BACK, INSIDE, OR OUTSIDE.
IN THIS COLLECTION, WE INTEGRATED ELEMENTS SUCH AS HAND-PAINTED HARDWARE AND LOGOS DESIGNED TO ADORN EACH GARMENT IN FORMS REMINISCENT OF SHELLS AND BONES FOUND AMONG THE NATURAL WORLD THAT EMPHASIZE THE PASSAGE OF TIME, AND THE PERMANENCE OF TRANSFORMATION.
SUSTAINABILITY:
ALL KNIT SWEATERS ARE DESIGNED TO BE ZERO WASTE, AS WE INCORPORATE ALL SCRAP YARN INTO THE PIECES. ALL WOOL YARN IS BIODEGRADABLE, AND RENEWABLE. WE UTILIZE MULESING FREE YARN FOR ALL KNITWEAR. ALL SWEATERS ARE HAND KNIT IN THE UNITED STATES, ENSURING ETHICAL MANUFACTURING.
CONTENT:
THIN YARN FIBER CONTENT 41% Cotton/ 35% Baby Alpaca/ 24% Merino
LARGE YARN 80% ALPACA, 15% WOOL, 5% POLYAMIDE
CARE:
SPOT CLEAN ONLY, DRY FLAT, DO NOT WRING
MODEL IS 6’2”, 30” WAIST, 18” ACROSS SHOULDERS
WEARING: ONE SIZE
MANUFACTURING: THIS PIECE IS HAND KNIT BY A VERY SMALL TEAM OF SKILLED CRAFTS PEOPLE. AFTER THE GARMENT IS FULLY CONSTRUCTED IT IS THEN PACKAGED AND SHIPPED FROM OUR IN HOUSE STUDIO.
WE CREATE GARMENTS THAT SHIFT AND CHANGE WITH THE WAY THE WEARER IS FEELING. THIS GARMENT IS MEANT TO EVOLVE OVER TIME AND CREATE BEAUTIFUL AGE MARKINGS THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY UNIQUE TO YOU, THE WEARER.
WITH EVERY GARMENT WE PRODUCE, WE AIM TO CREATE A MORE GENUINE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WEARER AND THE OBJECTS THAT INFORMED THESE DESIGNS.