Here’s the thing about knitting (or sewing) your own clothes: You have the opportunity throw in any sort of details and accents you like, when you like, whether it’s a subtle finishing detail like a folded neckband or a pronounced design feature like elbow patches. In the past 24 hours, I’ve run across two different sweaters (top and bottom left) that reminded me of a third (bottom right), all of which employ an incredibly simple but wildly effective trick: a bold stripe of randomness that makes an otherwise simple sweater memorable. At the top is the new kit from Wool and the Gang, the Little Honey Pot Jumper, which poses a wide stripe of rust stockinette against a field of persimmon seed stitch. The origins of the bottom left image are unknown to me (it’s floating around the Internet without context; I happened to see it most recently here), and bottom right is the Chloé Resort 2013 sweater I fawned over back in 2012., both of which use a wide red stripe to make an impact. I particularly love that they all employ a change in texture as well as color, and how bold the size of the stripe is. This goes hand in hand with what I love so much about basic patterns — they’re excellent canvases for pulling fun tricks like this out of the bag and making any garment your own.
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These bold stripes are great. Right up my stripe loving, free-style happy alley. And so easy too. Nice Karen!
My favorite Statement Stripe pattern is the Hyannis Port Pullover:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hyannis-port-pullover-2
I’m making it right now, but as a cardigan, in black, with one wide stripe – in “mallard”, instead of three small ones.
Looks like the bottom left balcony photo is from a shoot with Kasia Struss for Vogue Espania: https://www.vogue.es/moda/tendencias/7-dias-7-looks/articulos/los-7-dias-7-looks-de-kasia-struss-vii/16962
According to the piece the sweater is Paule KA. Looks to me like it’s from the fall 2012 line.
(You know how I love a sweater quest)
Update! Here’s the collection it’s from: https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2012-ready-to-wear/paule-ka
Nice work!
I should learn how to knit if only to make this great large stitch sweater!
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wow that is so cool
Let’s be real. Statement stripes for me usually stem from “oh bugger, I wont have enough of this yarn!” And switching to another color to pad out the remainder and look planned