WHO MAKES OUR CLOTHES:
Kristine OF DECLARATIVE

Kristine Rodriguez is a cat mama of two and the artist/knitter/all hats person behind Declarative. Every piece is handcrafted by her out of her Seattle, WA studio. Your garment's entire creation happens here: from knitting its panels and seaming them together to sewing in tags and packaging for shipment.

Slow Fashion:
Quality over Quantity

With luxurious materials and polished design, Declarative knits are timeless and designed to serve you season after season. All garments are made-to-order just for you. Not only does this reduce waste, but also allows for your knits to be better tailored to you. You can include your measurements when you order so it can be knit to perfection.

Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose

We honor materials and let little go to waste. Because Declarative is a full-fashioned knitwear line, every panel is created to the exact shape and size needed. This means there’s minimal material waste in our manufacturing process. Only small amounts of yarn are discarded in the making of our pieces to aid in casting on and off the machine, called "waste yarn." However, this yarn is recycled many times, for many garments before being discarded. In addition, any yarn used in failed garments and patterns are reclaimed: unraveled, re-spun onto spools and saved for future use. 

Handcrafted:
Art Made IN AN ARTISAN WAY

Beginning with spools of yarn and her vintage knitting machine, Kristine meticulously knits each piece one row at a time. It’s a completely manual and engaged process. Each row is a push of the carriage. Every color change manually threaded. Shaping and textures are from stitch manipulations. Declarative knits are love letters. You cannot help be feel the time and love that went into each of these knits.

Our Yarns 

Declarative is produced with quality yarns of either natural or regenerated-natural fibers. Our natural fibers include cotton, wool, bamboo, mohair, silk and blends of these fibers. The only regenerated natural fiber we use is tencel, which is a man-made fiber with natural origins. We mainly source yarn from mills in the United States, Canada, Uruguay and South Africa. However, we also source yarn from Peru and Italy.

Carbon Footprint:
Shipping details

We sell directly to you, which has two benefits. First, it keeps our prices down. With no middleman between you and us, we can sell our handmade knits at wholesale cost. And secondly, this keeping shipping to a minimum, which reduces our carbon footprint. Our knits ship in 100% recycled, compostable paper mailers with 100% recycled paper tags and a thank you card. And we offer a packaging option at check out, so customers can chose to skip the protective plastic sleeve and use paper tissue instead.

Optimal sustainability and transparency is our ultimate destination. Right now, we are on our way, working hard towards this goal. If there is anything more you want to know about our process, pricing or materials, please just ask!
Contact the studio here.