Neuenrade, Sauerland - four dresses, four sweaters
Wool weather, all winter.
Four dresses that go from an office to a dinner and four sweaters heavy enough to sit under a coat: shirred jersey, plaid, a red bodycon and a lace-trimmed midi, then stripes, a green textured knit and a white cable. Yarn weighed rather than described.
See the dress railDresses and knitwear
A rail of dresses on one side, the sweaters that go over them on the other. Every knit states its chest and sleeve length; every dress states whether the cloth has stretch and how much it recovers.
A sweater is chosen by hand first and by photograph second
Yarn weight tells you more about a sweater than any description of its blend, so every knit here is weighed, washed twice and checked for whether the cable still holds its line. Cuffs are pulled to see how quickly the rib recovers, and polyester blends are kept out of the knitwear because they pill at the sleeve where a coat rubs. On the dresses, the jersey is tested for whether it falls or clings, the lace for whether it scratches at the neck, and every shirred panel for whether it holds through an evening of sitting. A yarn that loses its shape is dropped rather than sold on a good photograph.
Worn together, in the cold
A dress, then the sweater that goes over it. Tap a card to read the chest, the sleeve length and how the cloth recovers.
Chest and sleeveV Neck Lace Bishop Sleeve A-Line Midi Dress
$57.99
Cable holds its lineRed Turtleneck Bell Sleeve Bodycon Tunic Mini Dress
$47.99
Wrapped flatCollared Plaid Button Ruched A-Line Mini Dress
$61.99
What we will not do to a yarn
Nothing sold on a photograph alone
A blend percentage can hide a yarn that pills by the second wear. Every knit on this rail was weighed, washed and pulled at the cuff before listing, and the text on this site describes what happened to the wool rather than what the spinner claimed on the cone.
The close-up: cable, rib, shirring
A cable knit is only as good as the yarn running through it, so the cable here is worked at a tight enough gauge that the panel keeps its line after washing, and the rib at the cuff is knitted in the same pass rather than sewn on. The shirring on the halter dress is stitched with a fine elastic thread in two passes, so it gathers evenly across the back instead of pulling into a single crease, and the bodice is lined so the stitching never touches skin. Seams on the jersey dresses are overlocked and pressed flat, which is why they fall rather than cling.
Before it goes in the parcel
Weighed and washed
Every knit is weighed and washed twice before listing, and the cable is checked for line.
Chest and sleeve, stated
Knitwear lists chest and sleeve length from the shoulder seam, so a loose cut is not a guess.
30 days, plus 14 by law
Unworn pieces can be returned within 30 days, on top of the 14-day right of withdrawal.