Custom Full-Zip Wavy Cable Cardigan

This full-zip cardigan takes the classic cable cardigan and loosens it up: a relaxed, dropped-shoulder body with a soft melange face, carrying a serpentine wavy cable that undulates down the front panels instead of the rigid rope columns of a traditional Aran. The wave is knitted, not printed or embossed — each wandering column is a genuine cable group that crosses on its own rhythm and spacing, so the surface catches light the way real structure does and keeps that relief through repeated home laundering. The ground is a fine-gauge jersey with a brushed finish, which is what makes this silhouette sit closer to tailored knitwear than to sportswear: texture you read from across the room, softness you read from the first touch.

The two places any zip cardigan is judged are the collar and the zip line, and both are engineered here rather than assembled. The collar is a fold-down polo collar knitted in high-density 1x1 rib as its own strip, with a folded back edge so the underside stays clean whether it is worn up or rolled open; it is linked to the neckline stitch for stitch, which is why it does not curl forward or grow after washing — the most common failure point on cut-and-sewn collar cardigans. The full-length metal zip is set into a knitted zip guard so the puller never catches the yarn face, the tape stops at the collar seam so nothing scratches the chin, and the puller can be laser-engraved with your logo at the sampling stage. Ribbed cuffs and hem are knitted in matching 1x1 rib with recovered stretch, holding the boxy silhouette through wear instead of bagging at the first elbow.

Weight sits around 620-760 g/pc at 5GG-7GG in a wool-nylon blend for that dry, brushed hand; lambswool blends for premium tiers, cotton-acrylic for transitional seasons and recycled wool for sustainability-led ranges are all settable on the same block. Every ground and cable tone is Pantone-matched before bulk with dye-lot control for repeat orders, and the trim programme runs as deep as the garment: woven main label, satin care and content label, size tabs, hang tags printed or foil-blocked to your artwork, plus polybag, kraft or recycled carton packing to your spec. Typical buyers are quiet-luxury and contemporary menswear labels, unisex and streetwear-adjacent brands that want texture without loud branding, and DTC programmes building a zip-up layer for autumn drops. MOQ 100 pieces per design, sampling 72 hours from yarn stock confirmation, bulk production 2-3 weeks after PPS approval, DDP door-to-door shipping to US, EU, UK, AU and JP.