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Cosplay Knitting: Demon Slayer Uniforms

 There's nothing like a show with uniforms to make you absolutely furious that no one seems to wear them according to regulation. Skirts at knee level, keep those shirts buttoned up and tucked in. (I'm not having flashbacks to school life from pre-school through my senior year of high school. Honest!) Anyway! While the basics of the Demon Slayer Corp uniforms are the same, everyone has to have a big personality and wear it differently. 

I don't want to even be seen near you!

Standard Uniform

So the standard uniform includes hakama (wide-legged trousers) and a long sleeve button-up shirt with a mandarin collar and the kanji for "destroy" on the back. Actually, I think it's two layers of shirts, one white and one black. (But this is costuming, so of course, it's easier to make it one piece!) The female variation of the uniform allows for a skirt instead of hakama. Hashira uniform tops have gold buttons while other ranks have white buttons. The number is based on torso height but it's usually 3 - 4 buttons. 

Deviations

There are a couple little deviants for the uniform, of course. Generally, it has to do with sleeves and how many buttons are used, and button color. The deviants include: Tengen, Sanemi, Mitsuri, Muichiro, and Gyomei. 

Tengen - no sleeves, but buttoned up properly. 

Gyomei - arms too big for sleeves so they're rolled up, halfway buttoned up

Sanemi - no sleeves and open shirt...very rude. 

Muichiro - Long billowing sleeves and loose hakama 

Mitsuri - falling out of her uniform. Unbuttoned and a short skirt

Knitting Suggestions

So my basic suggestions for knitting the uniforms are to knit wide legged pants, joggers, or a knit skirt, and either a mandarin collared cardigan sweater or a mock turtleneck pullover. The kanji on the back would look best with Intarsia or duplicate stitches. Any portions that are white would be a color change. For example, on a turtle neck, you might start in white then switch to black after a few rows. You would need all the basic skills for sweater knitting. 


For deviants you'd either not include sleeves or make them capped sleeves and just leave portions unbuttoned. Although for Mitsuri, if you'd prefer something slightly more secure, supportive and modest, you could make a keyhole sweater or have a window portion. (Or just give that sweet girl a uniform what fits. Although, I do enjoy the backstory of her first getting the uniform. Mitsuri embodies my vibe and I would also be in the corps to find a man. Priorities.) 

The yarn you would use will depend on how warm you want it to be. Also most of the patterns I will suggest have yarn types. Thankfully, everyone uses a mix of black and white on the uniforms. Although in the anime they use "artist's black" instead of a pure black. For this I would stick with black yarn. No need to stress about color...there will be plenty things to cry about. 

Patterns I Found

Here are some free and for sale patterns I suggest using for the black uniform.

Hakama Patterns

I mean male characters for this one, but yes many of these are men's sweater patterns.

Women's Shirts

Again mostly for the female characters but these are pretty much all women's patterns. 
Make your own chart from it.

And that should cover most things about the uniforms. Hope this was of use or at the very least interesting.
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