Plus-Size Knitwear Manufacturing
Autumn and winter knitwear developed for curvy and mature womenswear collections, with OEM and ODM support from concept to production.
We are a source factory for plus-size women's knitwear, focused on autumn and winter collections in cashmere and wool blends developed for the European and North American markets.
Working closely with Italian fashion development partners, our collections combine contemporary European aesthetics with practical wearability. The design philosophy is deliberately conservative in the best sense: timeless elegance, superior comfort and exceptional value, rather than short-lived trends or exaggerated styling that dates within a season.
Clean, modern silhouettes inspired by European and American minimalism. Camel, coffee, grey and other low-saturation colours build a sophisticated, versatile wardrobe that carries across both business and casual dressing — and, in practice, lets a buyer repeat a colour across several seasons rather than restart each time.
Relaxed silhouettes, H-line cuts and modern oversized shapes are carefully developed to give comfort, confidence and a flattering fit across different body types. The collections are built for curvy and mature women from the first sample onward, not graded up from a straight-size block at the end.
We give equal attention to fabric quality and garment construction. A knitted garment is only as good as the weakest of the two, so yarn selection and the way panels are linked, finished and set are treated as one decision — which is what lets a style hold its shape and handle beyond the first season.
We believe great knitwear should not only look elegant, but also feel comfortable, fit beautifully, and deliver lasting value.
Photographs from our own floor, in the order a garment travels through it: yarn store and creel, the knitting hall, linking and assembly, hand finishing, steam pressing, packing, and the finished-goods store. No stock imagery — these are our machines, our benches and our people.
The blend is chosen against handle, weight and price target, then held in the yarn store on cone ready for knitting.
Panels are knitted on computerised flat knitting machines, with the yarn feed and tension set per style at the machine.
Knitted panels are joined on linking machines and sewn up, the step that decides how a shoulder and neckline sit.
Ends are trimmed, repairs are made and trims are attached by hand at the finishing tables.
Garments are steam-pressed to shape and set, which is where a knitted piece gets its final measurements.
Pieces are folded, polybagged and labelled, then held on racks in the finished-goods store until shipment.
You can start from our development library or from your own design package — either way the same floor makes it, and the same people answer for it. What that looks like in practice:
Our development is built around premium cashmere and wool blend knitwear for autumn and winter collections. Yarn is chosen for handle and weight alongside the price target for the style, and the blend that results is recorded on that style's technical sheet rather than assumed from the range.
We develop original styles in-house and work with Italian fashion development partners on silhouette and material direction. The result is a library you can buy from directly, adapt to your own labelling, or use as a starting point for a design of your own.
Every style goes through sampling before it goes into production, and nothing is cut in bulk until you have signed the sample off. Comments come back into the next round rather than into the finished order.
Trial orders are supported. Because minimums move with yarn, gauge and colourway, we confirm the quantity for your specific style case by case instead of publishing one figure that would be wrong for most projects.
Garments are checked as they move through linking, hand finishing, steam pressing and packing, so faults are caught at the step that caused them rather than at the end. Yarn can additionally be sent to accredited laboratories for fibre content, pilling and dimensional stability testing.
Capacity and the shipment schedule for a project are agreed and confirmed with you before an order is placed, not estimated afterwards and revised later. A date we have given you is one we have already checked against the floor.
Style H51853Australian Wool
Style H51856Australian Wool
Style H51860Australian Wool
Style H51861Australian Wool
Style H51862Australian Wool
Style H51863Australian Wool
Style H51867Australian Wool
Style H51868Australian Wool
Style 22861Autumn & Winter
Style 22863Autumn & Winter
Style 22866Autumn & Winter
Style 22881Autumn & Winter
Style 22888Autumn & Winter
Style 22889Autumn & Winter
Style 22897Autumn & Winter
Style 22905Autumn & Winter
Style 22937Chunky Knit
Style 22950Chunky Knit
Style 22951Chunky Knit
Style 22952Chunky Knit
Style 22962Chunky Knit
What a knitted garment feels like in the hand, and whether it still holds its shape a season later, is decided at the yarn before it is decided anywhere else. So this is where a project starts.
Yarn and material selection is part of every development project. The blend for a style is chosen with the customer against handle, weight and price target, then recorded on that style's technical sheet.
The label above, photographed on one of our samples, reads ecological cashmere 45.8%, wool 30%, anti-pilling fibre 15% and spandex 9.2%. It is one example — composition differs between styles and is confirmed on the technical sheet.
Yarn is tested at CMA- and CNAS-accredited textile laboratories for fibre content, pilling and dimensional stability. The two reports we hold are published in full below, each scoped to the swatch it covers.
Two commissioned test reports from CMA- and CNAS-accredited textile laboratories. Each covers the single knitted swatch that was submitted for it — we publish what was tested rather than apply one report across the range.
Report Gw-2024-A00233
国家纺织服装产品质量检验检测中心（浙江桐乡） · CMA 210011349142 · CNAS L1872 · ilac-MRA
Sheep wool 100%
FZ/T 01057.3-2007, FZ/T 01057.4-2007
Grade 3–4
GB/T 4802.3-2008
Report ZFLJ2681562
佛山中纺联检验技术服务有限公司 · CMA · CNAS L1942
Nylon 49.1%, acrylic 40.3%, cashmere 10.6%
FZ/T 01057-2007, GB/T 16988-2013, GB/T 2910.4-2009
Length −7.4%, width +1.1%
FZ/T 70009-2012 (GB/T 8629-2001 method A, one wash, flat dry)
Grade 3
GB/T 4802.3-2008
Full scans of both reports, and testing on your own style or yarn, are arranged on request.
The questions buyers actually ask us first. Where an answer depends on your style — minimums, lead times, composition — we say so rather than publish a number that would not hold. Ask us anything else.
A manufacturer. We are Qiao An An Garment Co., Ltd. in Dongguan, Guangdong — a source factory for plus-size women's knitwear with over 22 years behind it, and the floor in the photographs and video on this page is our own. Registration documents are provided during supplier qualification.
Plus-size women's knitwear for autumn and winter collections, developed mainly in cashmere and wool blends for the European and North American markets. The shapes are relaxed silhouettes, H-line cuts and modern oversized styling, developed for curvy and mature women rather than graded up from a straight-size block.
Yarn store, knitting on computerised flat knitting machines, linking and assembly, hand finishing, steam pressing, packing and the finished-goods store are all on our own floor — they are the steps shown in the photography on this page. Where a project needs a process we do not run in-house, we say so at quotation rather than after the order.
Yes — that is what the OEM route is for. We produce to your specification and your labelling, and the label, care label, hangtag and packing requirements are confirmed on the technical sheet for the style before production starts.
Our development leans to earth tones — camel, coffee, grey and other low-saturation colours — chosen so a range works across business and casual wardrobes and so a colour can be repeated season to season. Custom colours are handled as part of yarn selection for the project.
24 of our 55 styles are photographed on the site, 90 photographs in all. The rest are listed by number without images — they exist, they are simply not shot yet. Photography or a sample of any style, listed or not, is arranged on request.
Send us the style number you are interested in — or your own design package — along with your target market, estimated quantity, preferred material, size range and delivery requirement. We come back with the development and production options that fit, rather than a single fixed offer.
55 styles, across four ranges: 13 in Australian wool, 21 autumn and winter, 11 base layers and 10 chunky knits. They are four different cuts of the same library rather than four separate catalogues — a style sits in the range that describes it best.
Yes, both, alongside our own original design and product development. Which route a project takes — our development library, or your design package — is agreed at the start rather than assumed.
We keep minimums flexible and take trial orders. The figure for a given style and colour depends on the yarn and the construction — a chunky knit and a fine base layer do not behave the same way — so we quote it against your style rather than publish one number that would be wrong for most projects.
Lead times depend on style, yarn availability and quantity. We confirm sampling and production schedules per project and agree them before an order is placed.
It varies by style, and there is no single house blend we can quote you. One of our samples carries a care label reading ecological cashmere 45.8%, wool 30%, anti-pilling fibre 15% and spandex 9.2% — that is one garment, not the range. The blend for any style you are looking at is on its technical sheet, which we send with the quote.
Yes. We hold two commissioned reports from CMA- and CNAS-accredited textile laboratories, both published in full on this page with their report numbers, methods and results. Read them as what they are: each was run on a single knitted swatch submitted for it, so neither certifies the range, and we do not present them that way. Testing on your own style or yarn is arranged on request.
Our collections are developed for the European and North American markets, and we work with brands, wholesalers, distributors and retailers.
Tell us the style number, target market, estimated quantity, preferred material, size range and delivery requirements. Our team will review the request and confirm the available development and production options. If a detail is still open on your side, send what you have — the quantity and the material usually decide the rest, and we would rather start the conversation than wait for a complete brief.
