INTI Knitwear | Lifestyle Guide Winter '18/ '19

Lifestyle Guide Winter ‘18/’19

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Winter 2018 . 2019

4-5 INTI celebrates her 25th birthday!

The story of INTI Knitwear 7 Diana A dedicated knitter 22 - 23 It's all about teamwork About friendship and collaboration 32 Washing instructions How to take care of your woolen garment 36 - 37 Precious scarfs The story behind the scarf 44 - 45 Made by sisters Sisterhood and tight solidarity 46 Akcha cinta Colorful hair ribbons 50 Colophon Contact . Agents . Magazine 51 Summer collection 2019 New!

Sweater Roma My 4807 Girasol > 2

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INTI celebrates her 25th birthday!

Wow - INTI has been producing handmade knitwear for 25 years! We look back at the earliest stages, in which we adventurously went to the library and opened up an Atlas to a random page, to now: closely working together with over 700 different local Ecuadorian craftswomen who knit for INTI. After a quarter of a century of working both in South America and the Netherlands, today we’re mostly surrounded by familiar yet fascinating aromas, colours, vistas and faces.

The production process of your beloved knitwear is a huge team effort, in which we all benefit. We gather stories and translate these into beautiful garments – us bringing our big ideas and our knitting family throwing in their patience, technical eye and devoted skills. Sometimes people ask us whether we feel strange about life in two different countries, two different cultures. We’ll ponder for a second, then go, no. Because we share this experience together, every place feels like home!

Growing our business in Ecuador has brought us a close-knit society, full of family feasts, funerals, communions and everyday Otavalo life. We’ve seen the children of our friends grow up, and they have seen INTI flourish.

After 25 years, we’re similar to the people we were when we started – just a tad wiser (we hope), but as adventurous and caring. Somewhere between baby alpaca and windmill, INTI has grown up and settled itself comfortably.

Abrazo! and to unbelievable teamwork!

Anna Cales & Leon van den Broek

< Señora Delia Amada and Señora Gilda Melida Knitters from Zuleta 5

Sweater Roma MY4807 Girasol

Diana (still pregnant in this picture) is our savior in so many ways. Besides knitting, she checks the knitting samples, takes care of the studio and is a joy having around. In July she gave birth to her son Alexis.

Sweater Cordoba MY1829 Girasol 7

La vida no tiene que ser perfecta para ser hermosa.

Life does not have to be perfect to be beautiful

Cardigan Bora Bora MY 4813 Marfil

Sweater Milano MY4805 Caribe 10

Galapagos Islands Ecuador

Ser como todos es no ser nadie. ( To be like everyone is to be nobody )

Sweater Cartagena MY1834 Cemento

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Long Cardigan Hazael MY2812 Oliva Sweater Cordoba MY1829 Oliva 15

Curitba Brazil

Sweater Roma M4807 Ecru

Salta Argentina 18

Sweater Buenos Aires MY4806 Ecru 19

Cardigan Mistic MY4816 Laguna

El final de un camino, es el inicio de uno nuevo. ( The end of a road is the beginning of a new one )

It's all about teamwork.

The INTI work place in Ecuador proudly works with a big team of loyal craftswomen. Together with founders Anna and Leon, these driven ‘lead-knitters’ discuss the process, from pattern to button type.

Then, instructions are passed on to their more than 700 local knitters, who work from home. One of these knitting women will craft your INTI garment by hand, with the utmost care and precision. We provide a tag with the name of your knitter and the production number of the – sometimes limited item. So, who are these skilled ladies?

Our factory is located opposite a volcano – when it’s sunny, it’s hot in town! Still, the local women

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Esperanza | Narcisa | Mercedes | Leon | Anna | Elisa

prefer to wear their alpaca woollen sweaters on a daily basis, rain or sun. They work from the little villages in the region, wandering through the streets, always knitting. The men in their lives aren’t around much – they work in the big cities and only come home on the weekend. Social life in the small north-Ecuadorian town consists of knitting, calling, knitting, walking, calling, knitting, eating, knitting, laughing.

Cause these women, they love to laugh! On some days, they take the bus to INTI’s work place and arrive with bags full of garments, or to receive new wool. Everyone stays for lunch – arroz, pollo

y frijoles – and there’s no stopping the jokes and the chatter. Their short, characteristic appearances surrounded by small children, holding bags of fresh corn and clutching their telephones to always keep in touch: our knitters are the biggest familyoriented people we know! From the humour with which the women arrive to the workspace, to the joy they express when we ‘re all cooking together.

Life in these mountains is probably not always easy. We’re proud to have our Ecuadorian ‘knit-stars’ devoting their time and expertise to INTI!

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Short Jacket Chiloe MY4810 Ruby Scarf Medalin SMY1870 Ruby

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Cardigan Lita MY1854 Gris | Scarf Bufanda square SMY1809 Gris | Hat Medallin HM1867 Gris

Un objetivo es un sueno con fecha.

(A goal is a dream with a date | Salta Argentina

Long Cardigan Abrazo MY2810 Woods

ColibrĂ­ de garganta roja

Sweater Lanzarote MY1825 Multi Color

Washing instructions.

Wool is self-cleaning. After wearing, hang it out to air.

We wash wool at 0 degrees in the washing machine on the wool cycle, and we also use the wool spin cycle. (Of course it is possible to hand wash too, but why hand wash when the result is just as good when using the machine?)

If hand washing, make sure that you are using a sufficient amount of water. Also, don’t rub the material in the water; this can be avoided by using the right amount of water.

Don’t spot clean; always wash the whole garment, not just the part that has the stain.

Use a pH neutral detergent, or preferably a special wool washing detergent.

Wash different colors separately.

Do not use bleach!

When rinsing, make sure that the temperature of the rinsing water is the same as the washing water.

Never hang or lay a wool garment to dry when it is saturated in water. Try to remove as much of the water as possible and don’t lay it out on anything that absorbs moisture (such as a towel).

Colors might run and the natural elasticity of the garment may deteriorate.

Never put wool in the tumble dryer! (Unless the object is to make it into felt).

When ironing, use a steam iron, or put a moist protective sheet between a regular iron and the woolen surface.

Pilling and balling of your purchase is perfectly normal. To remove pilling, and keep your item looking fresh and recently bought, we recommend using a wool comb or a product like the Sweater Stone. It is natural and uses no chemicals or batteries.

Cardigan Zipper Athena MY 7801 Girasol > 32

Simplifica simplifica.

Henry David Thoreau

Cardigan Zipper Bolita MY1845 Ecru

Weaver Fabian Recycled Shawl SM1701 36

Precious scarfs.

The multicolour scarf is the most sustainable item in our collection. The idea for this scarf arose from the wish to recycle our leftover wool. Remainders from all the colours of wool we have used in our past collections are incorporated in these scarves.

The wool is still hand-woven in a traditional manner that preserves its characteristic structure. Weaving is a labour-intensive process: INTIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weaving takes place at Fabian and Elsaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weaving shop in Ecuador. Fabian warps and weaves a wide range of colours on the loom. When the weaving is finished, he combs the scarf with a large teasel. This creates an astonishing effect: the resulting blend of colours is always a pleasant surprise.

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Aloe vera

Lake Moreno | Patagonia Argentina

Jacket Zipper Tokio My1841 Dk Brown 41

Knitter SeĂąora Sonia Carlosama Cardigan Jaipur MY4809 Mandarina 42

Sweater Roma MY4807 Mandarina

Made by sisters.

Sisterly love. Praised and described in all languages, its true strength can be sensed in the everyday life of South American existence. The more sisters a family has, the tighter the family bonds are.

Take these sisters Mercedes, Olga and Teresa, together with daughter Shyla. They epitomize INTI Knitwear, these sisters of the world. They are a symbol of sisterhood and tight solidarity. They are one another’s friends. But also one another’s colleagues, carers, mother and daughter. In groups from four to many they knit and embroider our collection. With heart and soul they are linked to nature, to each other, to their community and to us.

We now know them so well, these hermanas. We feel connected with them as they are with each other.

So considerate and helpful. It’s heart-warming every time when we eat together, work together, simply be together. We honour them and what they stand for, which is why their first names are on the labels of the garments they produce: made by Mercedes.

Shyla, Olga and Teresa

in the pick-up truck

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Akcha cinta.

These colorful, hand woven hair ribbons are typical to the Imbabura region. Combined with the traditional jewellery, bright colored dresses and the broad smiles the ladies at the Otavalo market look gorgeous.

Sweater San Jose MY1851 Mandarina 47

Knitting studio Ibarra La Florida 48

Cardigan Amanecer MY4815 Gris > Sweater Antiqua MY1824 Gris

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Contact.

INTI SHOWROOM Leon van den Broek | Anna Cales

Havenstraat 7h | 5211 WC | â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s-Hertogenbosch The Netherlands

info@intiknitwear.com | 0031 (0)73 - 612 44 14 INTI KNITWEAR intiknitwear.com instagram.com/intiknitwear facebook.com/intiknitwear pinterest.com/intiknitwear

Agents.

NETHERLANDS NORTH

Ana Luz anneloes@intiknitwear.com | 0031 (0)6 - 16 76 27 73

NETHERLANDS SOUTH- CENTRAL

Du Bois Labels marit@duboislabels.nl | 0031 (0)6 - 52 62 00 74

BELGIUM

Anne Fobe anne.fobe1@telenet.be | 0032 495 92 02 03 Sarah Schulze sas@goodluxagengy.com | 0049 172 4100 325

GERMANY

Magazine.

PHOTOGRAPHY FASHION

Lisa Klappe

Anna Cales | Leon van den Broek Joss de Groot | jossdegroot.nl Rod Long | Rodrigo Kugnharski Sergio Silva | Bill Williams | Guille Pozzi

HAIR & MAKE UP Ellen Kremers | purelle.nl Jacqueline Boselie PHOTOGRAPHY SOUTH AMERICA

MODELS Juliet Klaar Lauren-Silvie | modelsoffice.be Manouk Neyari | cachetmodels.nl

PRODUCTION Ana Luz DESIGN & CONCEPT Lilian van Stekelenburg | lily66.com COPY

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Imme Visser | immevisser.com Dekkers van Gerwen | dekkervangerwen.nl

SPECIAL THANKS TO Design Museum Den Bosch | designmuseum.nl Yoth | yoth.nl Westside | westside.nl 50

Summer collection 2019.

Next year we will launch a small summer softwear collection. The characteristics of baby alpaca wool (warm in winter, cool in summer) combined with a more loose, open knit and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soft touch to the skin will be your new must have for summer 2019.

Sweater Pina MY 1991 Ecru 51

Lo que miras no es importante, lo importante es lo que ves.

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