Palette Prototype lookbook opening, knit cardigan in a tiled bathtub

A working diary

Swatches, machines, finished pieces. A collection, from the first loop of yarn to the last photograph.

Machines knit, hands finish

The machine does the knitting, but it doesn't finish a garment. Every piece is linked at the shoulders and collar by hand, stitch by stitch, then checked, trimmed and steamed by people who've done this for decades. If you look inside a collar seam, that's someone's handwork you're looking at.

Four colours, on purpose

In knitted jacquard, every colour is a real layer of yarn, add too many and a summer-weight piece turns into a winter one. That's why our knit tees are designed within a four-colour limit, and spend it carefully. Each one carries exactly four: look closely and you can count every yarn doing its share.

Knitted jacquard detail in four colours: yellow, blue, black and off-white

Same cotton, two characters

Both are 100% cotton, knitted from two very different yarns. Square Knit uses a 2/40 Nm combed cotton, a rounder yarn that knits up full and soft. Dash uses a 3/100 Nm yarn, three fine strands twisted together, each so fine that one gram stretches to a hundred metres. It knits up crisp, so the pattern edges stay sharp. Neither is better, they're two moods of the same fibre, and this collection deliberately keeps both.

Square Knit Cotton Tank detail, combed cotton, soft full surface
Square Knit · combed cotton, 2/40 Nm
Dash Stripe Logo Tank detail, fine-spun yarn, crisp sharp pattern edges
Dash · fine-spun cotton, 3/100 Nm

Play with the layers

The double collar is built for styling. Tuck a chain between the layers, stack two, or let the contrast colour do the work alone. Every neckline is a small playground.

Double collar polo in green and tan, pearl necklace tucked under the collar
Beads and pearls, tucked under the collar
Double collar polo in black and white, gold chains layered over
Gold on black, layered over
Studio work table with yarn swatches, jacquard samples and fabric folders

From our studio in London.

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