LN Knits

Alpaca love

Not­hing warms your heart more than wool­len clot­hing. Ide­al for the chil­ly win­ter months or fresh sum­mer evenings. With wool you embrace yours­elf with love and espe­ci­al­ly if it is dura­ble wool from cuddly alpa­cas. For this you need to be at LN Knits, a brand that is com­ple­te­ly fair trade and pro­vi­des its cus­to­mers with the best wool qua­li­ty. LN Knits sells woo­len swea­ters, car­di­gans, trou­sers, skirts and win­ter access­ories for women and small child­ren. The brand also sells non-wool basics such as T‑shirts and their own LN Jeans. The lat­ter was desi­gned in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with HNST Jeans.

Sustainability

The wool LN Knits uses comes from the finest alpa­ca fur. The garm­ents do con­sist of a blend with poly­ami­de. This is a deli­be­ra­te choice, becau­se it will last much lon­ger than when knit­ted from 100% alpa­ca. ​“If the gar­ment were made enti­re­ly of the mate­ri­al, it would start to deform after a while and of cour­se we don’t want that to hap­pen.” Lien, mana­ger at LN Knits, says.

At LN Knits, a Zero Was­te poli­cy also appli­es. All the wool that the brand has on sur­plus is tur­ned into rea­dy-to-sell balls for their DIY coll­ec­tion. So you can also knit your own warm wool swea­ter at home! LN Knits works with biode­gra­da­ble bags in their stock for pack­a­ging and uses recy­cled bags for online sales. The bags also say: ​‘I’m a recy­cled bag, plea­se use me again’. This luxu­ry knit­ting brand encou­ra­ges its cus­to­mers to do the same as them and that means more con­scious living. LN Knits uses con­tai­ners that cross the oce­an by boat to trans­port the garm­ents. In this way, the brand choo­ses the smal­lest eco­lo­gi­cal foot­print for a long trans­port distance!

Fair trade

Crossing the oce­an? So whe­re do the­se swea­ters come from? From Peru! LN Knits works the­re for the pro­duc­tion with a Bel­gi­an NGO. This orga­ni­sa­ti­on helps dis­ad­van­ta­ged Peru­vi­an women to find work. By working with this NGO, LN Knits con­tri­bu­tes to social deve­lo­p­ments. And so will you when you buy your woo­len access­ories at LN Knits from now on!

Circular?

“Wool is one of the simp­lest fibres to recy­cle,” says Mar­got van de Put­te, daugh­ter of Val­van Baling sys­tems that builds tex­ti­le sort­ing machi­nes. ​“Howe­ver, due to the com­bi­na­ti­on with poly­ami­de, this can only be recy­cled che­mi­cal­ly, wher­eby the poly­ami­de dis­ap­pears and you the­r­e­fo­re have a 30% loss of raw mate­ri­als. Feedstock recy­cling is only pos­si­ble in small labo­ra­to­ries and litt­le is done yet,” says Jo from Creamoda. 

For­t­u­na­te­ly, the coll­ec­tions of LN knits are tim­e­l­ess and pie­ces to che­rish for years to come. Your new favou­ri­te will also sup­port women in Peru, how cool is that?

Short/​overall

Soft and warm, what more do you expect from a gar­ment. Take a look below whe­re you can find LN Knits or visit the flag­ship in Antwerp!