THE CRAFT OF ART KNITTING
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The Andean knitters who create our designs are lifelong artisans who, like their mothers and grandmothers before them, are immersed in ancient Andean textile traditions. Unlike factory or even cottage industry employment, hand knitting blends seamlessly with daily life in the Andes. Skilled hand knitters can earn an income as they travel by train or bus, as they sell in the marketplace, between crop harvests or while watching over their children at home
This craft is not only an art form in the Andes, it contributes to the preservation of native culture.
We’ve spent years refining the collaborative process between our in-house design team and the skilled Peruvian knitters with whom we work. The first prototypes are developed in colors culled from our seasonal collection.
PRESERVING A CULTURAL TRADITION
For over twenty years, we’ve been privileged to help support this small but important art knitting industry in the Andes. And when you make a selection from one of our collections, not only are you choosing a beautiful piece of clothing, you are helping to preserve a remarkable way of life and a cultural treasure.
GREATER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
THROUGHOUT ALL THIS TIME WE HAVE SEEN HOW MANY OF THE EMBROIDERY MOTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ACHIEVE GREATER FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THEIR HOME, THUS ACHIEVING MANY OF THEIR DREAMS OF GROWING UP AND EDUCATING THEIR CHILDREN.
Our team of women embroiderers
WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN 25 MOTHER EMBROIDERY MACHINES ON HAND WHO HELP US WITH THEIR TALENT TO DEVELOP OUR PRODUCTS