WOODEN SHIPS
The cozy sweater, done right.
Slouchy, lived-in knits from a small house that's been making them by hand in Bali since 1992 — and knits each one only once it's ordered.
COMFORT FOOD FOR YOUR WARDROBE
In stock now.
The Wooden Ships knits we keep on the shelf — ready to ship today.
Knit to order
Each piece is made only once you buy it — no overproduction, nothing dumped.
Relaxed from day one
The slouch is the point — soft, easy sweaters that feel broken-in the first time you wear them.
A knitwear house
One founder-designer, one focus, since 1992 — sweaters made properly, not quickly.
Made in Bali
Hand attention on every piece, and a return rate most brands would envy.
WOODEN SHIPS
The ones people reach for.
WHY WE CARRY WOODEN SHIPS
A real knitwear house.
Wooden Ships isn't a label with a sweater line — it's a thirty-year-old knitwear house, still run by the designer who founded it, working out of Bali.
Everything is made to order, so nothing is overproduced and nothing gets dumped. The pieces are slouchy, warm, and built to be kept — the wardrobe equivalent of comfort food.
- Founded 1992 Colombian-born designer Paola Buendía started it after a backpacking trip to Bali, where she still lives and works.
- Lean production Made-to-order, so the factory knits exactly what's been bought and no more.
- Knit properly No rush to build inventory means time to make each sweater carefully — and a very low return rate.
- Gives back A share of what the brand makes goes to the environmental and community causes its founder came from.