Grave Xmas
A gothic Christmas jumper in proper fair-isle style: rows of tombstones, bats, skulls and blood-red crosses banded across black wool. Wear it to the family dinner and watch the room divide. Every band is knitted into the fabric. This is a real patterned jumper, not a print on a sweatshirt.
- TechniqueKnitted jacquard, never printed
- Yarn50% wool, 50% acrylic
- Weight450 to 650 g depending on size
- FitRelaxed unisex, S to 2XL
- MadeItalian atelier, 40 years of flat-bed knitwear
- Lead timeKnitted to order, 2 to 3 weeks
- CareWool cycle 30 degrees, dry flat
Knitted, not printed
The motif is jacquard: bone-white and coloured yarns carried through the black wool row by row on an industrial flat-bed machine. There is no ink, no transfer and no embroidery on top. Pattern and garment are the same object, so nothing can crack, peel or fade.
Fabric and fit
Heavyweight knit in 50% wool and 50% acrylic: warm and substantial like pure wool, harder-wearing and easier to live with. A finished sweater weighs 450 to 650 g depending on size. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 2XL. Between sizes, take the bigger one.
Made to order
Your piece is knitted after you order it: the chart goes on the machine, the yarn is mounted, then it is linked, hand-finished and steamed. Two to three weeks, plus shipping. No dead stock, no warehouse.
Shipping and returns
Free tracked shipping worldwide. EU 2 to 3 working days after dispatch, UK and US 3 to 6, rest of the world up to 10. Fourteen days to change your mind, and the size exchange is free.
The goth answer to the ugly Christmas jumper: rows of tombstones, bats, skulls and blood-red crosses banded across black wool in proper fair-isle style. Wear it to the family dinner and watch the room divide neatly into the people who love it and the people who go quiet.
The trick was to make it structurally identical to a real Christmas jumper rather than a parody of one. Same banded jacquard construction, same weight, same three-colour rows, same festive rhythm of pattern and space. Only the iconography disagrees. Bone, black and blood red carry through the fabric, so the bands stay sharp instead of cracking the way a printed jumper does after one December.
Heavyweight relaxed unisex crew-neck, ribbed collar, cuffs and hem, S to 2XL, true to size. It is genuinely as warm as it looks, which matters in a room where someone always opens a window. The model is 180 cm and wears L for the oversized look.
Order by early December: every piece is knitted to order in Italy with a two to three week lead time, so earlier is safer and the last week is always the busiest in the crypt. Free tracked shipping worldwide. Wool cycle at 30 degrees inside out, dry flat, and it comes back out every year for the next decade.
Is the motif printed or knitted?
Knitted. It is jacquard: the bone-white and coloured yarns are carried through the black wool row by row on an industrial flat-bed machine, so the motif is the fabric. There is no ink, no transfer and no embroidery, and therefore nothing that can crack, peel or fade.
Which size should I take?
Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 2XL. Flat garment measurements in centimetres are on the size guide. Between two sizes take the bigger one, and if you still call it wrong the size exchange is free.
How warm is it really?
Properly warm. A finished sweater weighs 450 to 650 grams depending on size, roughly twice a printed sweatshirt, in a 50% wool and 50% acrylic heavyweight knit. It works alone in autumn and as the only layer under a coat in winter.
How long until it arrives?
Your piece is knitted after you order it: two to three weeks in the atelier, then free tracked shipping worldwide. EU 2 to 3 working days after dispatch, UK and US 3 to 6, rest of the world up to 10.
From the same crypt
Knitted, never printed
Every motif is jacquard worked into the fabric on flat-bed machines. Nothing to crack, nothing to peel.
Made to order in Italy
Your piece does not exist until you order it: knitted, hand-finished and steamed in 2 to 3 weeks.
Free worldwide shipping
Tracked and free everywhere, with free size exchanges and 14 day returns.