Custom Pullover Sweaters: Design Your Own Pullover With Your Logo

Nine sweaters sit in this section, and two of them open down the front. The Devon & Jones DP465W lists a "draped open front," and the Boxercraft BW1103 an "open front" with front pockets, so those wear like cardigans. That leaves seven custom pullover sweaters, six V-necks and one crew neck. The five steps further down walk one of them from blank listing to finished logo. One sweater is enough to start.

Custom pullover sweaters here: six V-necks and one crew

Buyers after a crew neck sweater tend to expect a few to choose between. Here there is one: the Boxercraft BW1102, and only the BW1102. Its photos show it as a women's oversize pullover, and the listing backs that up with "oversized fit," a crew neckline, raglan sleeves, split side seams and a rounded bottom. It's 6.2 oz viscose, polyester and spandex (oz tells you what one square yard of this knit weighs in ounces, so the bigger figure is the heavier sweater), in 8 colors from XXS to 2XL.

The V-necks split up by what they're knit from:

• Harriton M420 and M420W. The heavy pair at 11.8 oz, 100% acrylic jersey knit (the plain, smooth-faced knit), 9 gauge. Both list Pilbloc anti-pill performance. Colors: Grey Heather, Black and Dark Navy.
• Devon & Jones DG445 and DG445W: 7 oz, 60/40 BCI cotton and recycled polyester, 12 gauge, active fit. Black, Graphite or Navy.
• Devon & Jones D475, 8 oz of 100% air spun cotton, 12 gauge.
• Boxercraft BM1201 - 6.2 oz viscose, polyester and elastane knit jersey with a high overlapping rib V-neck collar. Five colors.

Gauge tells you how many stitches sit in each inch of knit. So the 12 gauge Devon & Jones knits are finer than the 9 gauge Harritons.

D475 caveat: today the listing carries a single size and a single color, a 4XL in Grey Heather. Perfect if that's the person you're dressing. For anybody else, look at the DG445 instead.

And if you came here for custom fleece sweaters, words get slippery. The BW1102's short description does say "Fashion Fleece," but the fabric it lists is that 6.2 oz viscose blend. The listing doesn't say if the inside is brushed. If you want brushed-inside fleece, look at our crewneck sweatshirts.

Design your own pullover in five steps on the listing

Everything runs through the order box on each listing: color and size menus, five logo-spot boxes, a file upload and an Instructions field. We'd take it in this order.

1. Settle the knit

Weight is the quick sort. Heaviest: the Harriton pair at 11.8 oz. Lightest: the two Boxercraft pullovers at 6.2 oz, and they're the only pullovers here with stretch in the blend (spandex on the BW1102, elastane, another name for spandex, on the BM1201). The Devon & Jones styles sit in between at 7 and 8 oz.

For a uniform that men and women both wear, we'd start with the Harriton or the DG445 pair. Each pair splits into a men's and a women's cut that share one color list, so the whole team gets one look.

2. Measure before you pick sizes

Size runs, men's then women's: Harriton XS-6XL and XS-3XL, Devon & Jones S-4XL and XS-3XL. Inside these pairs, though, the same letter can be a different width. The size charts give the M420 L a 24-inch chest width, laid flat, and the M420W L 21 1/2. Same gap on the DG445 and DG445W.

So lay a sweater that already fits on a table, measure straight across the chest, and match it to the "Chest Width (Laid Flat)" row on the chart. Your own sweater makes the best chart.

3. Tick the logo spots

On the form, start with the chest boxes (one says Left Chest, the other Right Chest), the only two spots named in the listing text for these sweaters. Each takes embroidery or a print, up to 5 inches. Sleeve and full-back boxes show up there as well, but the listing text doesn't name those spots for these sweaters, so ask us before you tick one.

Where exactly on the chest? On a V-neck, the logo sits beside the V and stays off the rib trim around it. The BW1102's raglan sleeves and the BM1201's saddle raglan armhole seams bring a seam up from the underarm toward the collar, so keep the logo inside that seam line. The D475 lists saddle seam front and back armholes, so check where that seam falls on the chest before the logo size is set.

4. Upload the file

You'll find the Upload files box just below the logo spots, so the file rides along with the order.

Form tip: putting names on the right chest? List each name in the Instructions box next to its size. Then each name lands on the right sweater.

That upload box is also where our Artwork Acceptance Policy kicks in, so open the policy page before you attach anything.

5. Stitch or print?

Both are on the form. On knits, though, we'd embroider. The two Boxercraft pullovers are the lightest knits here at 6.2 oz, and both have stretch in them. On those, we add a backing (a firm under-layer for the stitches), so the finished chest doesn't show puckering: wavy, gathered knit around the edge of the logo. That backing step is part of how our embroidery services handle stretch knits like these two.

Make your own pullover for one person or a whole office

The quantity box on each listing starts at 1, and so does our MOQ (minimum order quantity). A self design pullover sweater can be a party of one.

Once your file is in (step 4), the mockup comes next, 2-3 working days later. That mockup is the gate. Nothing goes into production until you approve it, and a small order's production window is 7-10 working days. The same timing is printed just below the product details on each listing. For a company-wide run there's no figure printed, so ask for that date with your quote.

Your quote is built from four inputs: the sweater, the logo's stitch total (or, printed, its ink colors), the spots you tick and the quantity. Got a style picked? Our quote form turns it into a number, logo and all.

Open fronts, zippers and V-only styles live next door

The open-front DP465W and BW1103 also sit in our cardigans section, next to the other cardigan styles. Want a zipper at the neck? Go to zip-up sweaters. Only want the V? Our V-neck sweaters page sticks to that neckline, and you'll find every knit we carry in custom sweaters. For other garments, browse custom apparel.

Of the seven pullovers, the Harriton M420 carries the widest size run, XS through 6XL.