The Red Reaper
Our hero piece, and the first to come off the machine. A bone-white grim reaper with a scythe, ribcage picked out in blood red, knitted stitch by stitch into a heavyweight black acrylic or wool blend crew-neck beneath the KNITFERATU wordmark in blackletter. Not a print: the reaper is made of yarn, worked into the fabric itself on Italian flat-bed machines with forty years of knitwear behind them. It cannot crack or peel. Knitted to order.
In 80% wool, the colours are confirmed by email before we knit.
A finer yarn, on request (priced separately)| S | M | L | XL | 2XL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest (flat) | 52 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 64 |
| Length | 66 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 76 |
| Sleeve | 60 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 66 |
Measured on the finished garment: chest laid flat under the arms (double it for the full round), length from the back of the neck, sleeve from the shoulder seam.
Without your own measurements, we knit this standard size. Want it to your measurements? Write them in the commission form.
- TechniqueKnitted jacquard, never printed
- ColoursBlack, bone, blood red
- Yarn100% acrylic, or 80% wool and 20% polyamide
- FitRelaxed unisex, S to 2XL
- MadeItalian atelier, 40 years of flat-bed knitwear
- Lead timeKnitted to order, 2 to 3 weeks
- CareInstructions for your yarn ship with the piece
Knitted, not printed
The motif is jacquard: bone-white and coloured yarns carried through the black acrylic or wool blend 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 or peel.
Fabric and fit
Two yarns, two prices: 100% acrylic, or 80% wool and 20% polyamide, the warmer of the two; in 80% wool, the colours are confirmed by email before we knit. A finer yarn is possible on request, priced separately. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 2XL: the standard measurements are in the table next to the sizes. 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 5 working days after dispatch, UK, US and the rest of the world 5 to 10. Fourteen days to change your mind, and the size exchange is free.
The Red Reaper was the first thing this brand ever put on a machine, and it decided everything that came after. A bone-white grim reaper, scythe raised, ribcage picked out in blood red, sitting under the KNITFERATU wordmark in blackletter. It exists because a printed reaper on a sweatshirt looked like merchandise, and we wanted something that looked like a garment.
The chart took longer than the knitting. A reaper reads at three metres or it does not read at all, and every bone had to survive being translated into stitches: the skull, the fingers wrapped around the shaft, the curve of the blade. Three colours carry through the black acrylic or wool blend, row by row, on a flat-bed machine that has been doing this for forty years. Nothing sits on the surface, because there is no surface layer.
It is a heavyweight crew-neck with a relaxed unisex cut, ribbed collar, cuffs and hem, and enough body that it holds its shape over a t-shirt or a hoodie. Take your usual size; between two, take the bigger one. The model is 183 cm and wears M.
It is knitted after you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse waiting for you. Two to three weeks from order to dispatch, then free tracked shipping worldwide. The reaper cannot crack or peel, because he is made of the same yarn as the sweater around him.
The photos on this page are AI renders made from the knitting file, so the pattern you see is the one the machine knits.
Is the motif printed or knitted?
Knitted. It is jacquard: the bone-white and coloured yarns are carried through the black acrylic or wool blend row by row on an industrial flat-bed machine, so the motif is the fabric. There is no ink, no transfer and no embroidery, and therefore nothing that can crack or peel.
Which size should I take?
Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 2XL. The standard measurements in centimetres are in the table next to the sizes: check them before you order. Between two sizes, take the bigger one, and if you still call it wrong the size exchange is free.
How warm is it really?
Properly warm: a heavyweight knit in 100% acrylic or in 80% wool and 20% polyamide, the warmer of the two. It works alone in autumn and as the only layer under a coat in winter.
How long until it arrives?
Your piece is knitted after you order it: two to three weeks in the atelier, then free tracked shipping worldwide. EU 2 to 5 working days after dispatch, UK, US and the rest of the world 5 to 10.
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: collection pieces are knitted, hand-finished and steamed in 2 to 3 weeks, commissions in 2 to 4.
Free worldwide shipping
Tracked and free everywhere. Collection pieces come with free size exchanges and 14-day returns.