Small order and custom hand-knits, from a single piece.
Built for capsule collections, runway showpieces and limited releases, with pattern writing and sampling included from your tech pack or sketch.
The piece you want is below the minimum a factory will run.
A design team will often want a single showpiece, a capsule of a dozen, or a limited drop that a machine-knitting factory will not quote. The minimum is not a negotiation point; it is the floor below which the machine setup is not worth recovering.
Because KOCO uses no machines, there is no setup to recover and no minimum to clear. The same written-pattern process that produces a commercial run produces one piece. Pattern writing and sampling are included, so you are not paying a separate development fee to test a small idea.
- No minimum order, from one piece up
- Pattern writing included from your tech pack or sketch
- Prototype swatches knitted before bulk work begins
- The same process and quality control as a full production run
What a small order includes.
- Translation of your tech pack or sketch into a written pattern for the size or sizes you need
- Prototype swatches knitted to confirm gauge, drape and hand feel before the piece is made
- Hand knitting by one named artisan, from first stitch to last
- Hand finishing, blocking and washing, with zero electricity
- A swing tag identifying the artisan who made the piece
- A four-phase quality check before dispatch
How a small order moves through the studio.
Brief and feasibility
Send your tech pack or sketch. We confirm the piece is feasible at the quantity you want and return an indicative costing.
Pattern and swatch
We write the pattern for your size or sizes and knit prototype swatches so you can confirm gauge and hand feel before committing.
Knit to order
One artisan knits the piece from first stitch to last. Because there is no machine, one piece and a small run cost the same per garment to set up.
Finish and dispatch
The piece is hand-finished, blocked, washed, tagged with the artisan's name and checked before it is sent.
How a small order is specified.
- Minimum order
- One piece. There is no minimum order at any quantity.
- Pattern writing
- Included. We write the pattern from your tech pack or sketch, one per size, with no abbreviations.
- Sampling
- Prototype swatches are knitted before the piece, to confirm gauge, drape and hand feel.
- Needles
- Bamboo and timber only. No machines at any stage.
- Finishing
- Hand joining, blocking and washing. Zero electricity in production.
- Traceability
- A swing tag identifies the named artisan who made the piece.
- Typical use
- Capsule collections, runway showpieces, limited releases and single prototypes.
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A short quote from a designer or production lead at an approved named client, evidencing that a small run was produced with no minimum and no separate development fee. Subject to written permission.
What sourcing directors ask us.
Correct. There is no minimum order at any quantity. Because no machine is set up, there is no setup cost to recover through volume, so one piece and a small run use the same process.
No. Pattern writing is included in the service. We translate your tech pack or sketch into a written pattern for the size or sizes you need.
Yes. Prototype swatches are knitted to confirm gauge, drape and hand feel before the piece is made.
Yes. The same written-pattern process handles one piece and a run of 1000 or more, so a successful small order can move to production without redeveloping the pattern.
Send your tech pack or sketch through the contact page. We respond with feasibility, an indicative costing and lead times.
Send us your tech pack.
We will come back with feasibility, indicative costing and lead times for your hand-knit project.