Knitferatu Kvlt · The Nosferatu Sweater
Our manifesto, in yarn: a Nosferatu sweater. The Count himself sits mid-stitch, needles crossed, yarn in claw, knitted in bone and grey into black jacquard above the KNITFERATU wordmark in blackletter. If you only own one piece of the Kvlt, it is this one.
In 80% wool, the colours are confirmed by email before we knit.
A finer yarn, on request (priced separately)| S | M | L | XL | 2XL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest (flat) | 52 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 64 |
| Length | 66 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 76 |
| Sleeve | 60 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 66 |
Measured on the finished garment: chest laid flat under the arms (double it for the full round), length from the back of the neck, sleeve from the shoulder seam.
Without your own measurements, we knit this standard size. Want it to your measurements? Write them in the commission form.
- TechniqueKnitted jacquard, never printed
- ColoursBlack, bone, grey
- Yarn100% acrylic, or 80% wool and 20% polyamide
- FitRelaxed unisex, S to 2XL
- MadeItalian atelier, 40 years of flat-bed knitwear
- Lead timeKnitted to order, 2 to 3 weeks
- CareInstructions for your yarn ship with the piece
Knitted, not printed
The motif is jacquard: bone-white and coloured yarns carried through the black acrylic or wool blend 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 or peel.
Fabric and fit
Two yarns, two prices: 100% acrylic, or 80% wool and 20% polyamide, the warmer of the two; in 80% wool, the colours are confirmed by email before we knit. A finer yarn is possible on request, priced separately. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 2XL: the standard measurements are in the table next to the sizes. 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 5 working days after dispatch, UK, US and the rest of the world 5 to 10. Fourteen days to change your mind, and the size exchange is free.
The Kvlt piece is the house manifesto worn on the body: Count Orlok himself, sitting mid-stitch, needles crossed, yarn in his claw, above the KNITFERATU wordmark in blackletter. It is a joke told seriously. The most famous vampire in cinema, doing the least vampiric thing imaginable, knitted rather than printed.
Faces are the hardest motif a flat-bed machine will accept. Orlok's skull, the hollows under the eyes and the long fingers all had to survive being redrawn as a grid of stitches, and every attempt that lost the expression went in the bin. What made it onto the machine is worked in bone and grey through heavyweight black acrylic or wool blend, with the wordmark charted in blackletter below it.
Heavyweight crew-neck, relaxed unisex cut, ribbed collar, cuffs and hem. True to size, S to 2XL, and the model is 180 cm in M. The motif sits high on the chest so it stays fully visible under an open jacket, which is where most of these get worn between October and March. The back is plain black.
Knitted to order in the atelier, two to three weeks, free tracked shipping worldwide, free size exchange if you call it wrong. If you only ever own one piece from this house, the Count is the one that explains all the others.
The photos on this page are AI renders made from the knitting file, so the pattern you see is the one the machine knits.
Is the motif printed or knitted?
Knitted. It is jacquard: the bone-white and coloured yarns are carried through the black acrylic or wool blend 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 or peel.
Which size should I take?
Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 2XL. The standard measurements in centimetres are in the table next to the sizes: check them before you order. 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 heavyweight knit in 100% acrylic or in 80% wool and 20% polyamide, the warmer of the two. 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 5 working days after dispatch, UK, US and the rest of the world 5 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: collection pieces are knitted, hand-finished and steamed in 2 to 3 weeks, commissions in 2 to 4.
Free worldwide shipping
Tracked and free everywhere. Collection pieces come with free size exchanges and 14-day returns.