The ugly Christmas sweater tradition deserves a dark twin. Tombstones instead of reindeer, bats instead of snowflakes, inverted holly in blood red, knitted in proper fair-isle bands. Exactly like the festive knits your grandmother made, if your grandmother had been a witch.
A real goth Christmas sweater is a fair-isle jumper that swapped the reindeer for tombstones and the snowflakes for bats. Ours are knitted, not printed: proper banded jacquard in bone, black and blood red, exactly as warm and heavy as the festive knits your grandmother made, if your grandmother wore black. Order by early December: every jumper is knitted to order in Italy with a 2 to 3 week lead time, so earlier is safer.
Something of your own in mind? We take commissions: your motif, knitted the same way, sizes S to 7XL.
Yes. Real fair-isle style jacquard bands, knitted into the fabric. It is precisely as warm and heavy as a traditional Christmas jumper. Only the iconography disagrees.
Order by early December: every piece is knitted to order in Italy with a 2 to 3 week lead time. Earlier is safer. December is our busiest crypt.
Gentle wool cycle, cold, inside out. Full care notes ship with the garment.
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