The pattern
About Ar Men
Three colors share the sweater. The stripes of the body echo those of the sleeves, with a different contrasting color that carries on over the shoulders. It was this meeting that had charmed me, and that I wanted to find again in Ar Men. The colors are then yours to choose: blues to keep the seaside spirit, soft shades or bolder contrasts.
The sweater is knitted from the top down, seamlessly, starting with two saddles. The back and the front take shape from these, then are joined to continue the body in the round. The sleeves are then picked up around the armholes. Its straight cut and comfortable ease come with three neckline options: rounded and open, square and close to the neck, or V-shaped.
Like each of my Mariannières, Ar Men bears the name of a lighthouse. For this one, then, the story began with my feet in the sand, with a garment glimpsed at the turn of a walk and the wish to reinterpret it in my own way.
Two instruction sheets: AR MEN for the rounded or square neckline, shown in size 10 in La Fée Fil “Mérinos SW”, colorways “Ca passe crème”, “Mare Magnum” and “Bain H2O”; AR.V.MEN for the V-neck, shown in size 10 in La Bien Aimée “Twist Nouveau”, colorways “Blanc”, “Fluoro Morganite” and “La Bien Aimée Yellow”.
