We don't buy finished garments to resell them, nor do we buy the fabric. We start with the yarn. This page tells you how.
1. The yarn
Everything starts with the yarn. We choose cotton, wool, and blended fiber yarns depending on the model: they change the garment's weight, warmth, elasticity, and how the knit behaves after the first wash. The exact composition of each garment is written in its product sheet, piece by piece. We don't use generic terms like "wool blend" without saying what the rest is made of: if a garment is wool and acrylic, it says wool and acrylic, with the percentages.
2. The knitting
The yarn is processed on knitting machines according to the technique chosen for that model. The weaves we use most often are links, honeycomb, jacquard, herringbone, and half-cardigan stitch: these aren't decorations applied afterwards, they are different ways of constructing the stitch, and they change the thickness and durability of the fabric.
The gauge indicates how many needles are working in one inch of the machine: the lower the number, the coarser the knit. You can find it indicated in the technical sheet of each garment, along with the weight.
This is the step that sets us apart from most of the market: the fabric for our garments doesn't arrive in rolls from a supplier; we make it ourselves, and we decide how the knit should turn out.
3. Cutting
Knitted panels come out of the machine, not the garment. The panels are cut based on the paper pattern, which provides the shapes for the front, the back, the sleeves, and every other part. It is precision work: knit fabric moves under the hands much more than woven fabric, and an imprecise cut shows on the finished garment.
4. Assembly
Assembly joins the front, back, and sleeves, and defines how the garment will hang on the shoulder. It is the step that determines whether a garment fits well or not, and it is done piece by piece.
5. Finishing touches
Collars, cuffs, hems, buttons, small pockets, mandarin collars, and tailored double-breasted fronts: the finishing touches pass from hand to hand. They are the slowest part of the work and the most noticeable when missing.
6. Quality control
Each garment is checked before being folded and set aside. Small differences in measurement, within about a centimeter, are normal in knitwear: knitted yarn settles. What is not normal—a dropped stitch, a crooked seam, an off-center button—does not leave the workshop.
7. From the workshop to you
We sell directly, without distributors and without intermediate stores. This is the reason why a garment produced in Italy, with its composition declared, costs what it costs and not twice as much.
Since 1994
Pasquale Divittorio opened his first business in 1994, in Barletta. Since then, the knitwear has been crafted with the same techniques and the same care in cutting, assembly, and finishing. The brand combines his name with that of his dog, Jimmy.
Today, the catalog includes 86 models including cardigans, sweaters, pullovers, knitted jackets, polo shirts, and t-shirts. See the collection or read our story.