Scale is the thing to notice. The yoke is worked deep - it reaches almost to the underarm rather than stopping at the collarbone - and the body underneath is cut boxy and short, so the patterned section takes up a much larger share of the garment than it usually would.
That proportion is what stops it reading as traditional. The bands themselves are conventional enough, stacked rows of geometric knitting in muted tones, but a deep yoke on a cropped boxy body puts them somewhere closer to a modern piece. Small buttons run the front, and the cuffs and hem are plain ribbed.
It does what a printed piece would do, without any of the volume a print brings with it.
Details You'll Love
- Deep patterned yoke - reaches almost to the underarm rather than stopping at the collarbone.
- Boxy cropped body - the proportion that keeps a traditional pattern reading modern.
- Stacked geometric bands - conventional Fair Isle rows in muted, closely related tones.
- Small front buttons - run the full placket without drawing attention from the yoke.
- Plain ribbed cuffs and hem - left unpatterned so the yoke keeps the whole surface.
