The Knitwit Stable

The small team at Knitwit Sta­ble is pro­ud to deve­lop and knit every sin­gle pro­duct in the­ir own wor­k­shop in Baam­brug­ge.
The meri­no wool is mainly sour­ced from the com­pany’s own meri­no she­ep and sup­ple­men­ted by wool from other Dut­ch meri­no bre­eders, who are care­ful­ly chec­ked for more sus­ta­ina­ble prac­ti­ces and visi­ted in per­son at regu­lar inter­vals. The wool is mainly pro­du­ced in the Net­her­lan­ds and spun and dyed into yarn in Italy.

The com­pany uses high-quality mate­ri­als such as meri­no wool, moha­ir, alpa­ca and a small amo­unt of syn­t­he­tic fibres such as recy­cled nylon and elas­ta­ne to guaran­tee dura­bi­lity. A par­ti­cu­lar advan­ta­ge of the meri­no wool used is that it is not che­mi­cal­ly tre­ated. This pre­ser­ves the natu­ral appe­aran­ce and quality of the wool. The wool is usu­al­ly left in its natu­ral sta­te to mini­mi­se the envi­ron­men­tal impact. 
In some cases, the wool is dyed in accor­dan­ce with the Glo­bal Orga­nic Texti­le Stan­dard (GOTS). This emp­ha­si­ses the com­pany’s com­mit­ment to more sus­ta­ina­ble and envi­ron­men­tal­ly fri­end­ly pro­duc­ti­on prac­ti­ces.
The pac­ka­ging is plas­tic-free and con­sis­ts of recy­cled car­d­bo­ard, paper tape and jute. Tran­s­port to Italy takes pla­ce in lar­ge bales that are pre­ssed into jute.

Most pro­duc­ts are wool blen­ds, in rare cases with a small amo­unt of syn­t­he­tic fibres. Wool as such is biode­gra­da­ble, but as a mixed fibre the recy­cling pro­cess is more dif­fi­cult. The com­pany jus­ti­fi­es the syn­t­he­tic fibres with pro­per­ti­es such as stren­g­th or elas­ti­city. When the­se pro­duc­ts are recy­cled, care is taken to ensu­re that the fibre con­tent is cut out. The com­pany valu­es the renewa­ble mate­ri­al, which is ful­ly recy­cla­ble, and will also accept your unu­sed items for recy­cling if nece­ssary. 
If your item is bro­ken, you can hand it in to The Knitwit Sta­ble for repa­ir. You can also find well-pre­pa­red video ins­truc­ti­ons on the web­si­te.

The farm and stu­dio are loca­ted in Baam­brug­ge in the Net­her­lan­ds. The meri­no wool is mainly obta­ined from the com­pany’s own meri­no she­ep, which means that the sup­ply cha­in can be kept short. In addi­ti­on, care­ful­ly selec­ted wool is sour­ced from Dut­ch meri­no breeders.

Wool is a renewa­ble, biode­gra­da­ble fibre that must be pro­du­ced res­pon­si­bly. The Knitwit Sta­ble attac­hes gre­at impor­tan­ce to ani­mal wel­fa­re and ende­avo­urs to act in an ani­mal-fri­end­ly man­ner. As the wool comes mainly from the­ir own farm, the­re is gre­at tran­s­pa­ren­cy with regard to ani­mal wel­fa­re. The heal­th of the ani­mals is reflec­ted in the quality of the wool. The com­pany the­re­fo­re ensu­res that the she­ep and goats on its farm have suf­fi­ci­ent spa­ce and are tre­ated mule­sing-free. The Meri­no she­ep, Texel she­ep and Ango­ra goats gra­ze on 11 hec­ta­res of meadow. The far­mers that The Knitwit wor­ks with also use more sus­ta­ina­ble, mule­sing-free prac­ti­ces and guaran­tee ani­mal wel­fa­re. 
Did you know that Dut­ch she­ep pro­du­ce aro­und two mil­li­on kilos of wool every year? 

On the web­si­te, the label points out that time­less wool­len pro­duc­ts can last up to 80 years if cared for pro­per­ly. Use­ful tips on how to care for wool­len texti­les are also pro­vi­ded. This not only emp­ha­si­ses the lon­ge­vity of the mate­ri­al, but also the com­pany’s com­mit­ment to pro­du­cing high-quality texti­les that can be used for gene­ra­ti­ons. 
All pro­duc­ts are manu­fac­tu­red exclu­si­vely accor­ding to the made-to-order prin­ci­ple in order to avo­id over­pro­duc­ti­on.

The Knitwit Sta­ble offers insig­h­ts into the local pro­duc­ti­on of its tran­s­pa­rent, high-quality wool pro­duc­ts and makes the enti­re pro­duc­ti­on cha­in visi­ble. The label also bre­aks down the pri­ce of each pro­duct to make the value com­pre­hen­si­ble. The actu­al cos­ts inclu­de, for exam­ple, the main­te­nan­ce of the she­ep, the mate­ri­als and labo­ur costs.