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The system

The system

One knit vest. Button on sleeves and it is a jumper; snap on a collar and it is a top. Here is how TAVRENOO pieces fit together.

A vest, two sleeves and a collar laid flat slightly apart, like an exploded diagram

Knit that comes apart

Most knitwear is soft and finished: you buy a jumper, and it stays a jumper. We wanted knit that behaves more like a set of parts. A TAVRENOO vest is complete on its own. Button a pair of sleeves onto its armholes and it becomes a jumper. Snap a collar onto the neckline and it becomes a smarter top. Take the parts off again when the day changes.

Every join is in plain sight

There are no hidden hooks or zips. Each armhole of a vest carries a knitted band with six 18 mm four-hole buttons; the top of every sleeve is a matching band with six buttonholes. Inside every vest and cardigan neckline sit four 12 mm metal press studs, and every collar has four studs on its underside that snap onto them. Because the spacing is the same on every piece, every pair of sleeves fits every vest, and every collar fits every vest and cardigan.

Structure you can see

We use stitches that give each part a shape of its own: raised rope cables, popcorn bobbles in diamonds, open pointelle eyelets, drop-stitch ladders, plush two-colour brioche. Each part should look finished on its own, not like half of something.

Eight series

Our pieces come in eight series, K01 to K08. A series shares one stitch, one colour and one button colour, so pieces from the same series always match. Mixing series works too: an oat vest with plum sleeves is one of our favourite combinations.

Sizes that line up

Vests and cardigans come in XS to XL. Sleeves come in S, M and L: S fits vests XS–S, M fits vest M and L fits vests L–XL. When you build a set on a vest page, we pick the matching sleeve size for you. Collars are one size. See the size guide for measurements.

Three states of one knit

  1. A woman wearing the plum cable crew vest over a white T-shirt
    1 Vest: on its own over a shirt or tee.
  2. The same woman with plum cable sleeves buttoned onto the vest, now a jumper
    2 Jumper: button a pair of sleeves onto the armholes.
  3. The same woman with a pointed collar snapped onto the jumper's neckline
    3 Top: snap a collar onto the neckline.
A woman buttoning a waffle sleeve onto her vest in front of a mirror

Button on, snap on

  1. Line up the band. Hold the sleeve so its buttonhole band meets the armhole, top buttonhole at the shoulder.
  2. Button from the shoulder down. Six buttons each side. It is easiest with the vest on a table, or already on.
  3. Snap the collar. Press the four studs on the collar onto the four inside the neckline, back ones first.
Start with a vest

K01–K08

Eight series, one button

  1. All the Oat Rib pieces laid out together

    K01

    Oat Rib

    Our plainest series and the easiest to wear every day: deep vertical ribs that hug without clinging.

    chunky 2×2 rib · 100% cotton · 7 pieces

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  2. All the Plum Cable pieces laid out together

    K02

    Plum Cable

    Rope cables that stand proud of the surface, in the deep plum that runs through everything we make.

    raised rope cables · 50% wool, 50% acrylic · 7 pieces

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  3. All the Ecru Waffle pieces laid out together

    K03

    Ecru Waffle

    A square waffle grid that holds its shape, in a warm ecru that makes the plum buttons stand out.

    waffle stitch · 100% cotton · 7 pieces

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  4. All the Thistle Pointelle pieces laid out together

    K04

    Thistle Pointelle

    Columns of small eyelets let light through the knit. Light enough for spring, layered for autumn.

    open pointelle · 80% cotton, 20% polyamide · 8 pieces

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  5. All the Mulberry Popcorn pieces laid out together

    K05

    Mulberry Popcorn

    Raised bobbles set in diamonds — the most sculptural knit we make, and the one people reach out to touch.

    raised popcorn bobbles · 50% wool, 50% acrylic · 7 pieces

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  6. All the Aubergine Ladder pieces laid out together

    K06

    Aubergine Ladder

    Open ladders run top to bottom, so whatever you wear underneath shows through in stripes.

    drop-stitch ladders · 55% cotton, 45% acrylic · 7 pieces

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  7. All the Two-tone Brioche pieces laid out together

    K07

    Two-tone Brioche

    Brioche knits two colours into one lofty rib: oat on the ridges, plum in the valleys.

    two-colour brioche · 50% wool, 50% acrylic · 6 pieces

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  8. All the Heather Moss pieces laid out together

    K08

    Heather Moss

    A fine, pebbly moss stitch in soft heather. The quiet one of the system, and the lightest on the budget.

    moss stitch · 100% cotton · 5 pieces

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