Products
Knit vests
Produksee manufactures knit vests and sleeveless knitwear in Indonesia — V-neck, crew and button-front styles in fine to mid gauge. Armhole and neckline finishing is linked rather than overlocked, keeping edges flat for layering, for export and domestic fashion brands.
The problem
A vest is mostly edge. Take the sleeves off a knitted garment and the armhole, the neckline and the front band become almost the whole thing — which is why a vest exposes bad finishing faster than any other knit in a range.
Construction
What we control on a vest
Armhole finish
Linked rib, set at a tension that holds the armhole open without gripping. An overlocked armhole rolls, and it rolls visibly under a jacket.
V-neck point
The point where the two sides of a V meet is the single most-inspected stitch in the garment. It is mitred, not folded.
Layering thickness
A vest is worn under or over something. We keep seam bulk down at the shoulder so it sits flat inside a jacket.
Trim weight
The metal buttons on samples like these pull a lightweight front out of line. Band tension is set against the actual button weight.
Specification
Production specification
Send a tech pack and we quote against it directly. The figures below are being confirmed with our production floor.
We quote gauge, minimum order per style and per colour, yarn options, sampling turnaround and production lead time against your specific style — not from a rate card. Send a tech pack and you get all six back, costed, on WhatsApp.
- Gauge range
- Minimum order, per style
- Minimum order, per colour
- Yarn compositions
- Sampling turnaround
- Production lead time
FAQ
Frequently asked
Are vests cheaper than a sweater to produce?
Less yarn, but not proportionally cheaper — the finishing time per garment barely drops, because the armhole and neckline work replaces the sleeve work.
Can you produce vests and matching cardigans as a set?
Yes, and it is worth doing in one run. Matching two knits across separate production runs means matching two different dye lots.
Do you offer sleeveless styles in heavier gauges?
Yes. Confirm the gauge range with us for your specific style — the figures on this page are being finalised.
Frequently asked
Related categories
Knit cardigans
A cardigan is judged at the button band. It carries the wearer's eye, it takes the most handling, and it is the first place a badly balanced knit shows itself — the band ripples, the fronts hang unevenly, and the garment looks cheap before anyone has read the label.
Sweaters & pullovers
An oversized sweater is not a fitted sweater cut larger. The drop shoulder moves the balance point off the shoulder seam, so the whole garment hangs from the neckline instead — and if the neck rib is knitted at the wrong tension, the body pulls the collar out of shape within a season.
Knit polos
A knit polo is where the factory's collar work is on public display. Tipping, striping, and placket alignment all have to land within a millimetre of each other on a piece the wearer sees in the mirror every time they put it on.
Knit tops
Pointelle and open-stitch fabrics are the hardest thing in a knitwear range to keep consistent. The holes are deliberate, which means every irregularity reads as a fault rather than as texture — and blocking, not knitting, is where they are won or lost.
Knit skirts
A knitted skirt has one job that a knitted top never has: it must not grow. Gravity works on a vertical panel all day, and a rib that recovers beautifully at the cuff of a sweater will let a skirt drop two centimetres by the afternoon.
Zip-up knit jackets
Putting a zip into a knitted garment is a structural problem, not a trim problem. A zip is rigid and the fabric around it is not, so unless the band is stabilised properly the front waves — and a waving zip is the single most common reason a knitted jacket gets rejected at inspection.
Custom & jacquard knitwear
In a jacquard, the pattern is not printed onto the garment — it is the garment. The colour changes are structural, which is why a jacquard cannot be corrected after knitting and why the swatch stage is where the money is actually spent.
Tell us what you are producing.
Send the style, the quantity and the delivery window — attach the tech pack on WhatsApp and we come back with a costed quote, not a brochure.