Merino Intarsia Cardigan - OEM

The Geese cardigan from The Tiny Big Sister in khaki, knitted in thick merino wool with intarsia artwork on the chest and sleeves showing geese in flight wearing their best caps, in a cropped boxy shape with dropped shoulders and ribbed trims, listed at 157 GBP with all five sizes in stock. It is worth beginning with the chart, because it is the most regular this run has read. The chest steps two centimetres at every step. The sleeve steps one. The total length steps one. There is no irregularity anywhere in it. It is worth then looking at the two length columns together, because they move in lockstep. The sleeve runs 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51. The total length runs 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52. So at every one of the five sizes the body is exactly one centimetre longer than the sleeve. It is worth then working out the fit, and this is where the interesting thing is, because this run has seen these numbers before. Doubled, the chest runs 96 to 112 centimetres around, or about 37 and three quarters to 44 inches. Against bodies of 31 to 39 inches, the ease runs 6.8 inches at a 34 down to 5.1 at a 42. It is worth then putting that beside the last garment this run read from this same house, because the comparison is exact. Two batches ago this run read a printed cotton blouse from this maker, and its chest ran 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56. This cardigan's chest runs 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56. The same five numbers to the centimetre, on the same five sizes, giving the same ease to the hundredth of an inch. It is worth then saying why that matters, because it is not a curiosity. A blouse is worn next to the skin and a cardigan is worn over things. Giving them the same chest gives the cardigan no more room than a garment that has nothing under it. It is worth then being fair about the fit word, or rather the absence of one, because the page does not claim a fit. The bullets say cropped silhouette and the description says cropped, boxy, with dropped shoulders. It is worth then closing on what those words need and do not get. Cropped and boxy are claims about proportion, and dropped shoulders are a claim about a seam, and the page publishes no measurement point for its sleeve, which on a dropped shoulder is the one number that would tell a reader where the cuff actually falls. The reference is the Geese cardigan. 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

• A chest grading 2 cm at every step and a sleeve and a length grading 1 cm at every step, the most regular chart in this run
• A total length exactly 1 cm longer than the sleeve on all five sizes. See the note below
• Intarsia artwork as stated, with the motif described in detail and no motif size given
• 100% Merino Wool as stated, hand wash only, with no micron and no gauge given. See the note below
• A cropped boxy silhouette with dropped shoulders as stated, and no measurement point for the sleeve. See the note below
• The same chest measurements to the centimetre as a blouse from the same house. See the note below
• About 5.1 to 6.8 in of ease, and no fit word claimed on the page. See the note below
• Ribbed trims as stated, with no rib composition given separately from the body

Customisable Options

• Cloth: a thick 100% merino wool knit to the reference, with the micron, the gauge and the weight in grams per square metre stated, or a merino and cotton blend, or a lambswool, or a cotton knit, or a recycled wool blend, each quoted separately
• Artwork: intarsia geese on the chest and sleeves to the reference, with the motif size, the placement and the colour count stated, or a different intarsia motif, or a jacquard, or a fairisle, or an embroidered motif, or a plain body, each quoted separately
• Shape: a cropped boxy silhouette to the reference, with the body width published and graded, or a regular length, or a longer hip length, or a fitted silhouette, each quoted separately
• Shoulder: dropped shoulders to the reference, with the shoulder width and the sleeve measurement point both stated, or a set in sleeve, or a raglan, 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 down front to the reference, with the count, the size and the spacing stated, or a zip, or a snap placket, or an open front with no fastening, each quoted separately
• Composition split by component with the body and the rib given separately, micron, gauge and cloth weight, chest, shoulder width, body width and hip measurements, sleeve length with its measurement point, motif size and placement, 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 cardigan laid down, doubling to 96, 100, 104, 108 and 112 cm around, or 37.80 to 44.09 in. Against bodies of roughly 31 to 39 in, the ease at the chest runs 6.8, 6.4, 5.9, 5.5 and 5.1 in, falling by about 0.43 in at every step. All three columns grade perfectly evenly: the chest by 2 cm and the sleeve and the length by 1 cm, and the total length is exactly 1 cm longer than the sleeve on every size. The same house publishes the same chest figures, 48 to 56 cm, on a printed cotton blouse this run read two batches ago, giving the same ease to the hundredth of an inch. No waist, no hip and no shoulder are published, no measurement point is given for the sleeve, and no stretch figure is given. Our proposal below grades all three columns and adds the shoulder width and the sleeve measurement point.

Our Proposed Body Chart

Occasions and Styling

Suits everyday layering through autumn. A cropped intarsia cardigan sits well over a dress or a high waisted trouser, and the motif carries the outfit.

Production and Quality Control

The reference publishes three measurements for all five sizes and grades every column perfectly evenly, carries all five sizes in stock, publishes a size conversion from its numeric scale to letter sizes, states its fibre, names its artwork technique and describes the motif in detail, names its shape, its shoulders, 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 waist, no hip, no shoulder, no measurement point for the sleeve, no motif size, no rib composition, no button count, no shrinkage figure, no certification and no model, and its source chart is missing its opening marker. Three things follow: the most regular chart this run has read, a chest identical to the centimetre to a blouse from the same house, and proportion words with nothing behind them.

Forty eight, fifty, fifty two, fifty four, fifty six, and that is the first thing, and it is worth saying what this run has already met those numbers on before saying anything about this garment. Two batches ago this run read a printed cotton blouse from this same house. Its chest ran 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56 centimetres. This cardigan's chest runs 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56 centimetres. The same five numbers to the centimetre, on the same five sizes, and working them out gives the same ease to the hundredth of an inch: 6.8, 6.4, 5.9, 5.5 and 5.1. It is worth then saying why that is not merely a coincidence worth noting, because there is a consequence. A blouse is worn next to the skin. A cardigan is worn over a shirt, over a dress, over a tee. Giving a cardigan the same chest as a blouse gives it no more room than a garment that is never asked to hold anything. It is worth then noting that this is the second time this run has found a layering garment with no room for the layer, and the first time the cause is visible on the page rather than absent from it. It is worth then turning to the chart itself, because it is genuinely good and this run should say so. The chest steps two centimetres at every step, the sleeve one, the length one. There is no irregularity anywhere in it, and this run has read charts that grade five, five, one and one, and charts that hold a column still for five sizes, and charts whose length does not move until halfway up the range. This one is even from end to end. It is worth then noting the one oddity inside that regularity, which is that the sleeve and the length move in lockstep: 47 to 51 and 48 to 52, so the body is exactly one centimetre longer than the sleeve at every size. It is worth then closing on what the words ask for and do not get. The description says cropped, boxy, dropped shoulders. Cropped and boxy are claims about proportion, and the page publishes no body width and no hip, so neither can be checked. Dropped shoulders are a claim about where a seam sits, and the page publishes no shoulder width and no measurement point for its sleeve. On a dropped shoulder that point is everything, because the sleeve does not start at the shoulder joint, and without it a published sleeve length tells a reader nothing about where the cuff falls.

Thick, and that is the second thing, and it is worth setting it beside the other merino garment this run has read from this house, because the two are three batches apart and the omission is identical. That one was a knitted vest, described as made from navy merino wool, with no micron and no gauge. This one is described as made from a thick merino wool, with no micron and no gauge. It is worth then being precise about what is missing, because merino is bought by its fineness and a knit is specified by its gauge, and the word thick is not a substitute for either. A maker asked to reproduce this garment would be guessing at three numbers that decide almost everything about how it feels and how much it costs. It is worth then adding the composition point, which is the same shape of omission. One line reads 100 per cent merino wool. That line is covering the body, the ribbed trims and the intarsia. It is worth then putting that beside a sweatshirt this run will read later in this same batch, which gives its ribbing its own fibre line, and beside another that split body, rib and embroidery into three. So the run has now seen one, three and two lines, and this garment is at the thin end of its own house's range. It is worth then closing on the smaller things, which are small but consistent. The ribbed trims have no composition and no depth. The button down front has no count. There is no model, which is the sixth garment from this house in three batches without one. And the description contains a typo, depciting for depicting, in the sentence describing the artwork, which is worth noting because that sentence is the garment's whole character.

Optional upgrades include giving a cardigan more chest than a blouse so it can hold a layer, publishing the body width and the hip so cropped and boxy can be checked, publishing the shoulder width and the sleeve measurement point on a dropped shoulder, stating the micron, the gauge and the cloth weight, splitting the composition by component so the body and the rib are given separately and giving the rib depth, giving the motif size, placement and colour count, counting the buttons and giving the size and spacing, adding a stretch figure, shrinkage figures and a model reference, merino and cotton blends, lambswool, cotton and recycled wool knits, different intarsia motifs, jacquard, fairisle, embroidered and plain bodies, regular, hip length and fitted shapes, set in and raglan sleeves, plain, rolled and contrast ribs, zips, snap plackets and open fronts, 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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