Chunky knits for the coldest nights

As the mercury plummets and winter sets in, cosy up with the snuggliest of knitwear to keep the new year chills to a minimum, writes Amy Walters.

IT’S ALWAYS A STYLE STAPLE at this time of year, but the knitting needles have gone into overdrive this season. The AW15 catwalks were awash with beautiful Aran sweaters at Michael Kors, slouchy styles at Valentino and, for the cool girls, highly-worked knits – studded and threaded with silver chain, no less – at fashionista favourite Alexander Wang…