Multicolour Striped Jumper for Women

There is a particular lift in pulling on colour on a grey Irish morning. This multicolour striped jumper for women runs narrow bands of rust, teal, mustard, plum and green across the body, so from across the room it reads as one warm melange and up close every stripe shows. It is the piece that does the work while you are still half awake.

The stripes are narrow and there are many of them, which keeps the eye travelling upwards rather than across, so none of the widening you get from broad horizontal bands. A deep navy rib anchors the whole thing at the crew neck, the cuffs and the hem, giving all that colour something steady to sit against. The knit has a faint halo to it and a little give, so it stretches as you move and settles back into shape afterwards.

The cut is relaxed through the body with dropped shoulders, leaving room for a shirt underneath — a blue stripe collar showing at the neck and a cuff at the wrist is a pairing worth trying. Wear it with raw denim and ankle boots and nothing else is needed, no scarf and no necklace. It carries you from the first cold week of October right through to spring.

Some jumpers you simply wear, and some do something for you. This one brings colour to a grey week and asks nothing in return.

Care instructions: Hand wash cold, or machine wash on a wool cycle in a laundry bag. Do not bleach. Dry flat. Do not tumble dry. Do not hang wet.

• Narrow multicolour stripes in rust, teal, mustard, plum and green
• Deep navy ribbed crew neck, cuffs and hem
• Relaxed cut with dropped shoulders and room for a shirt underneath
• Knit with a little give that settles back into shape
• Available in sizes S to 2XL