Moon Phases Cardigan
A whimsigoth staple: the full lunar cycle knitted in silver-grey across the chest of a black button-up cardigan, with scattered stars along the sleeves and pewter-tone buttons. Soft, heavy, and quietly witchy. The piece you reach for every single day of the cold season.
- TechniqueKnitted jacquard, never printed
- Yarn50% wool, 50% acrylic
- Weight500 to 700 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 full lunar cycle knitted in silver-grey across the chest of a black button-up cardigan, with scattered stars running down the sleeves and pewter-tone buttons holding it shut. It is the whimsigoth staple: soft, heavy, quietly witchy, and the piece most owners end up wearing every day of the cold season.
Circles are difficult in knitting. A stitch grid wants to make an octagon, so each phase had to be charted individually and eased until the crescents curve properly and the full moon reads as round rather than blocky. The silver-grey yarn is carried through the black, and the stars on the sleeves were placed by hand on the chart rather than repeated on a grid, so the scatter looks like a sky instead of a pattern.
Relaxed unisex fit with a button placket, ribbed cuffs and hem, S to 2XL, true to size. Heavier than most cardigans at 500 to 700 grams finished, which is what stops it from hanging limp by February. Wear it open over a t-shirt or closed as the only layer. The model is 170 cm and wears M.
Knitted to order in the atelier, two to three weeks, free tracked shipping worldwide. Wool cycle at 30 degrees inside out, dry flat, and never on a hanger while wet: heavy knit plus gravity is how cardigans lose their shape. Buttons are sewn on by hand and a spare travels in the box.
Is the motif printed or knitted?
Knitted. Every line of the pattern is yarn carried through the black wool on a flat-bed machine, not ink on the surface. That is why it survives the wash and why the back of the fabric shows the pattern in negative.
How heavy is this cardigan?
Between 500 and 700 grams finished, depending on size. That weight is deliberate: it is what stops a knitted cardigan from hanging limp after a season, and it is why we ask you to dry it flat rather than on a hanger.
Which size should I take?
Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 2XL, with flat measurements in centimetres on the size guide. Take your usual size to wear it open, one up if you want it to sit longer over the hip.
How do I wash it without ruining it?
Wool cycle at 30 degrees, inside out, in a laundry net. Never tumble dry, never wring, and dry it flat on a towel away from radiators and direct sun. Fold it to store it: heavy knit on a hanger stretches at the shoulders.
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.