LN Knits

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!