Merino Wool Knitted Vest - OEM

The Fall vest from The Tiny Big Sister in navy, knitted in merino wool with intarsia artwork on the body, ribbed trims and a button up front, listed at 147 GBP with four of five sizes in stock and the 42 closed. It is worth beginning with the fit word, because this is the second garment in this batch to say slim fit and the run's second ever, and this one holds more completely than the first. Doubled, the chest runs 78 to 94 centimetres around, or about 30 and three quarters to 37 inches. Against bodies of 31 to 39 inches, the ease runs minus 0.3 inches at a 34 down to minus 2.0 at a 42. Negative at every size. It is worth then putting that beside the cardigan in this same batch, because the two make a clean pair. Both say slim fit. The cardigan's ease runs from plus half an inch to minus 0.78, so it straddles the body. This vest's runs from minus 0.29 to minus 1.99, so it is under the body on every size and by nearly two inches at the largest. It is worth then saying the word is doing its job here, because it is. A vest measuring two inches under the chest is slim, and the page is not overselling anything. It is worth then asking what the description asks this garment to do, because that is where the numbers stop supporting the words, and it is the same problem the cardigan has. The description says to layer this vest over a long sleeve top or a shirt. This vest is up to two inches smaller than the body at the chest. A layer under it needs room that is not there. It is worth then turning to the length, because this chart does something this run has not seen before. The total length runs 49, 49, 49, 51 and 53 centimetres. The first three sizes share one length, and then it steps by two. It is worth then closing on the measurement that is missing and should not be, which is the shoulder. This is a sleeveless garment. Its chest and its length are published. Its shoulder width and its armhole are not, and on a vest the armhole is where the fit is won or lost. The reference is the Fall vest. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable knitwear on OEM and ODM terms, from yarn and intarsia development to retail or FBA ready packing. We publish this as a development reference and build your own version of it, and we do not supply the branded original or reproduce anyone else's label.

Key Features

• Slim fit as stated, and the ease is negative at every size, from minus 0.3 to minus 2.0 in. See the note below
• 100% Merino Wool as stated, hand wash only, with no micron and no gauge given. See the note below
• Intarsia artwork as stated, specific technique named, with no motif size given
• Recommended over a long sleeve top or a shirt, at a chest up to 2 in under the body. See the note below
• A total length of 49 cm on the first three sizes and then 51 and 53, grading 0, 0, 2 and 2. See the note below
• No shoulder width and no armhole published on a sleeveless garment. See the note below
• Ribbed trims as stated, with no rib composition given separately from the body
• Button up front as stated, with no button count, no size and no spacing given

Customisable Options

• Cloth: a 100% merino wool knit to the reference, with the micron and the gauge stated, or a merino and cotton blend, or a lambswool, or a cotton knit, or a recycled wool blend, each quoted separately
• Artwork: intarsia artwork on the body to the reference, with the motif size, the placement and the colour count stated, or a jacquard, or a fairisle, or an embroidered motif, or a plain body, each quoted separately
• Fit: a slim fit to the reference, with the ease held negative and even across the range, or a regular fit, or a relaxed fit, or a layering fit with ease allowed for a layer underneath, each quoted separately
• Trim: ribbed trims to the reference, with the rib composition given separately and the rib depth stated, or a plain hem, or a rolled edge, or a contrast rib, each quoted separately
• Closure: a button up front to the reference, with the count, the size and the spacing stated, or a half placket, or a zip, or a slip on style with no fastening, each quoted separately
• Length: a 49 to 53 cm length to the reference, with the length graded evenly from the smallest size, or a cropped length, or a longer hip length, each quoted separately
• Composition split by component with the body and the rib given separately, micron and gauge, cloth weight in grams per square metre, chest, shoulder width, armhole, waist and hip measurements, front and back length, button count, size and spacing, shrinkage figures, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling

Specifications

Size Chart as Published by the Reference

The pit to pit figures are flat half measures taken with the vest laid down, doubling to 78, 82, 86, 90 and 94 cm around, or 30.71 to 37.01 in. Against bodies of roughly 31 to 39 in, the ease at the chest runs minus 0.3, minus 0.7, minus 1.1, minus 1.6 and minus 2.0 in, so the vest is under the body at every size and the tension rises by about 0.43 in at every step. The chest steps 2 cm at every step. The total length runs 49, 49, 49, 51 and 53 cm, so the three smallest sizes share one length and the two largest then step by 2 cm. No shoulder width, no armhole, no waist and no hip are published, and no stretch figure is given despite every size measuring under the body. Our proposal below grades all columns evenly from the smallest size, holds the ease negative and even, and publishes the shoulder and the armhole.

Our Proposed Body Chart

Occasions and Styling

Suits everyday layering through autumn. A merino vest over a shirt or a long sleeve tee is the classic use, and the intarsia gives it enough interest to wear on its own over a dress.

Production and Quality Control

The reference publishes two measurements for all five sizes, and correctly publishes no sleeve column because the garment is sleeveless. It grades the chest evenly, publishes a size conversion from its numeric scale to letter sizes, states its fibre, names its artwork technique, its trims and its closure, gives a hand wash instruction with no temperature, and names its country of manufacture. It gives no micron, no gauge, no cloth weight, no stretch figure, no shoulder width, no armhole, no waist, no hip, no rib composition, no motif size, no button count, no shrinkage figure, no certification and no model, its total length is the same on its three smallest sizes, the largest size is out of stock, and its chest is under the body at every size. Three things follow: a slim fit that genuinely holds, a layering recommendation the measurements cannot support, and a sleeveless garment with no shoulder and no armhole.

Minus two, and that is the first thing, and it is worth setting this beside the cardigan in this same batch before saying anything else, because the two are the only garments in this run to use the word slim and they make a clean pair. The cardigan's ease runs from plus half an inch at its smallest to minus 0.78 at its largest, so it sits above the body on two sizes and below it on two. This vest's runs from minus 0.29 at a 34 to minus 1.99 at a 42, so it is under the body on every single size and by two inches at the largest. It is worth then saying the word holds, because it does, and this run should say so when one does. A vest measuring two inches under the chest is slim. There is no overselling here. It is worth then noting the direction, which is the same on both garments and is worth watching. The ease falls by the same four tenths of an inch at every size that this run derives for any two centimetre grade, so the fit gets tighter as the sizes go up, steadily, and the largest size is the tightest. It is worth then asking what the description asks of it, and this is where it stops. The description says to layer this vest over a long sleeve top or a shirt. This vest is up to two inches smaller than the body at the chest. It is worth then being fair about the mechanism, as this run has been before: this is a knit, and knit gives. But there is no stretch figure anywhere on the page, and no relaxed and stretched pair of measurements, so a customer cannot know how far it goes, and neither can a maker. It is worth then adding that this is the second garment in one batch sold as a layering piece with no room for the layer, which makes it a pattern rather than a slip.

Forty nine, forty nine, forty nine, and that is the second thing, and it is worth reading it slowly because this run has not met this shape before. The total length runs 49, 49, 49, 51 and 53 centimetres. Three sizes share one length. Then it steps by two, twice. It is worth then saying what that means, because the run has met frozen columns before and this is not quite one. A dress two batches ago froze its length outright, at 129 centimetres on all five sizes, which is at least honest: one length, stated. This one grades, but it starts grading halfway up the range. So a 34, a 36 and a 38 get the same vest length, and a 40 and a 42 get two centimetres each. It is worth then turning to what is missing, and on this garment one omission matters more than all the others. This is a sleeveless vest. The two things that decide whether a sleeveless garment fits are the shoulder width and the armhole depth. This page publishes neither. It publishes the chest and the length, and it correctly publishes no sleeve column at all, which is right, and then it stops. It is worth then adding the usual ones, which are short. No micron, on a garment sold as merino, and merino is bought by its fineness. No gauge. No cloth weight. One composition line covering the body, the rib and the intarsia, where a sweatshirt this run read three batches ago split exactly those into three lines. No button count on a button up front. It is worth then closing on the one thing that would settle most of it, and it is the same thing as on the cardigan: publish the relaxed and the stretched chest side by side, and every negative number on this page becomes a choice instead of a guess.

Optional upgrades include publishing the shoulder width and the armhole depth, grading the length evenly from the smallest size, holding the ease negative and even across the range instead of letting it tighten with size, publishing a stretch figure with the relaxed and stretched chest measured, adding ease for a layer if the garment is to be sold as a layering piece, publishing the waist and the hip, stating the micron and the knit gauge, splitting the composition by component so the body and the rib are given separately, giving the rib depth, the motif size, placement and colour count, counting the buttons and giving the size and spacing, quoting the cloth weight in grams per square metre, adding shrinkage figures and a model reference, merino and cotton blends, lambswool, cotton and recycled wool knits, jacquard, fairisle, embroidered and plain bodies, regular, relaxed and layering fits, plain, rolled and contrast ribs, cropped and hip lengths, half plackets, zips and slip on styles, size set, colour development, private label, hangtag and care labelling.

Pre-production sample approval, in-line inspection during cutting and sewing, and a final AQL inspection before packing, with measurement reports and photos shared before shipment.

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