Showing posts with label Wool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wool. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Monkstone Knitwear

Insanely cosy looking jumpers from this delicious, brand-new knitwear company, based on a farm in Pembrokeshire. The top jumper here has two little buttons on the back, and is £190; the second is knitted from undyed Dorset and Welsh Black Mountain wool, and is £180. They will see you through the coldest winter. Pictures: Monkstone Knitwear.

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

The Cloth Shop

These Indian wool shawls - herringbone wool with embroidery - are beautiful. From the amazing The Cloth Shop on Portobello Road. Picture: The Cloth Shop.

Friday, 24 June 2011

Sasha Gibb

Textile designer Sasha Gibb makes her work - cushions, throws and patchwork - from salvaged vintage British wool blankets, which she re-dyes and sews from her small workshop in Jersey. She also makes French hemp and linen sheets for hanging over windows as rudimentary (but great looking) curtains. The pieces are all one-offs and are hardwearing, washable and "designed with real living in mind", she says. Pictures: Sasha Gibb.

Thursday, 28 April 2011

Wood & Wool Stool

Dutch designer Ingrid Jansen is the queen of crochet, and under the name Wood and Wool Stool she makes charming blankets, reclaimed-wood stools with crochetted seat-covers, adorable knitted bunting and garlands, and these insanely sweet hangers for baby clothes. Pictures: Ingrid Jansen, used with permission.

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Black Sheep



I know it's the wrong time of year for them, but I do love these mittens from Black Sheep (although it's probably the packaging that sells it, if I'm honest). They're knitted from British wool by local folk in Norfolk. Black Sheep do seriously chunky jumpers and flannel nightshirts and bars of wool-fat soap, too. Pictures: Black Sheep.