First launched in 2019, the endery grew out of Harkened, a knitwear manufacturer that works alongside artisans in Lima to scale craft for designer brands. 

Our roots in production define our entire approach - natural fibers, expert construction, and innovative techniques.

We didn't learn knitwear from the outside in, we built it from the ground up. 

led by creative director Lindsay Degen, our collections explore color, geometry, texture, and the unique possibilities of knitwear as a medium.

Degen’s relationship with knitwear began at age three, when she was taught to knit by her grandmother. After a childhood spent making by hand, she went on to study knitwear design at RISD and has been deeply rooted in the knitwear world ever since.

Her story embodies the tradition we aim to carry forward: knowledge learned by hand, refined over time, and passed from one generation to the next. The same story we see with the artisans we work with in Peru, where knitting is not just a skill but a vocation - a calling. 

While our pieces are mostly industrially knit, they are guided entirely by human hands - shaped by technical mastery and careful expertise.

more than fashion, i love bridging worlds, cultures and ideas that otherwise may not meet. creating rooms that people love to be in. The Endery is part of that journey.

in a way i never could have predicted, i ended up living in lima for 15 years - the longest i’ve lived anywhere in my life. it will always be one of my homes. i stumbled into knitwear, learned from people who had spent their lives in it and built relationships with artisans who shared their craft. we became a team. 

lima moves at a different rhythm, different pace. and it shaped my approach to business (and life, honestly): what becomes possible when we build around community, relationships and the long term rather than simply maximizing the outcome. we only get one life, the journey matters.

the endery is a product of all of this - an ongoing experiment of what’s possible. A conversation about what we want to put on our bodies and how we want to feel, what we want fashion to look like. how we can build better, more responsible systems in retail & manufacturing.

i personally built this supply chain one relationship at a time, without knowing where it would lead. i still know most of the people in it, even though i now call nyc home. because honestly, the best part of craft is the community that forms around it.

kelly phenicie