• Developed sweater from concept to finished product

• Created stitch chart and original pattern for intarsia sweater

• Made traditional technical packs, as well as digital renderings in CLO3D for manufacturing clarity

• Sourced unique extra-fine Merino wool from mill in Italy

• Sampled at factory in Italy

Initial Idea, Inspiration, and Knit Chart

• Idea for sweater is inspired by the alluring hills of Tuscany

• Knit chart was created in Photoshop assuming an 5 stitches per inch worsted weight yarn

• The design was formatted so the sweater could be scaled to S, M, L, XL without losing image quality

Inspiration

3D Render

• Created 3D render in CLO3D

• Developed two versions to scale, garter stitch and 1x1 rib stitch

• Selected traditional garter stitch to sample

Garter Stitch

1x1 Rib

Sweater Techpack and Sample

• Made traditional and digital technical pack

• Manufactured at a knitwear factory outside Milan

• The yarn is Merino wool by Zegna Baruffa - in order to get the measurements for each yarn and for any structural changes before making custom yarn for final production

On Shima Seiki Machine