KOCOKnitting
Hand-knitted chevron zigzag texture fabric in natural light
Stitch Family

Chevron

What This Family Is

Chevron, defined.

What it is

Stitches built from paired increases and decreases that force the fabric into rising and falling zigzag lines.

What it does to a garment

Chevrons move the eye. The directional lines give a garment rhythm and a sense of motion across the surface, pulling hemline shaping naturally.

When to specify it

Specify chevron where the design wants direction and movement on yokes, sleeve cuffs, or all-over panels.

The Swatches

Chevron samples, knitted to order.

Open any swatch for the stitch name, the family, a note on the effect, and a call to action to knit it for your collection. Use the density and yarn-weight companions to preview the stitch across tension and weight before sampling.

Swatch Density Preview

As knitted for the reference swatch. A visual preview only, to help you read how a stitch behaves at different tension/gauges before sampling.

Yarn Weight Companion

Medium-weight yarn. Balanced stitch definition, the industry reference weight. Pair with the density toggle to read how a stitch behaves across weight and tension before sampling.

From Swatch to Production

Take this family into a garment.

A swatch is the start of the conversation, not the end of it. We write a full pattern for your chosen stitch, knit an individual tension swatch before each garment, and produce from a single piece to 1000 or more, with one artisan per garment.

Sourcing & Sampling

How designers obtain physical swatches.

Screen images cannot convey the drape, weight, and hand-feel of genuine hand-knits. We knit and courier 20 × 20 cm physical swatches directly to your design studio.

Seeing Yarns Available in India: Swatches allow fashion designers to touch and evaluate the extensive range of yarns accessible directly through our Indian mills. Sourcing yarns locally in India avoids complex customs tariffs, import duties, and transit delays, keeping collection budgets and lead times predictable.

We source premium Indian fibres including organic cotton, handspun indigenous wools, silken blends, and fine natural animal fibres, as well as yarns imported from around the world and mohair spun or dyed to order.

Step 01

Select Stitches & Fibres

Browse our library or send reference imagery with target tension/gauge and fibre preferences (e.g. organic cotton, merino, silk, or mohair).

Step 02

We Invoice for Swatches

KOCO invoices at a nominal swatch fee plus express international courier. We always knit a full 20 × 20 cm tension sample on bamboo needles.

Step 03

Delivery in 1–2 Weeks

Plain swatches arrive in your studio within 1–2 weeks. Once you approve the swatch and yarn in hand, we check and confirm your production tension/gauge and pattern.

Knit a chevron sample for your collection.

Send an image or sketch with this stitch family in mind. We will come back with feasibility, a swatch and costing.