Pyrula Aqua Vortex embodies our enthusiasm for sunny days and sandy beaches. There is a certain light at the seaside in the North of England during the summer months that belies the comparative weakness of the sun’s rays up here on even the hottest days, and that influences our colour palette- we can’t help but hint at […]
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On paper, Rosecup Aqua Festival seems like a delicate little flower with her light aqua warp and coral/cream weft (her name is inspired by the pretty, paper thin pink shells that brighten up the beaches here). Despite her seemingly demure colouring, she really packs a visual punch! We like to combine colours that will blend […]
I have a confession to make- I am terrified of spiders!! I can’t even touch a picture of one in a book, the cartoon ones on my boys’ t-shirts makes me shudder (they chose them for this very reason). When Tamsin first proposed that we make a spiderweb design I inwardly groaned!! I have always […]
We’ve been working on a new design, with a working title of ‘Northern Lights’, for many months now. It was a difficult process because, like the ‘Winter Hill’ design, it has personal significance and that makes every single pencil mark so much more important. Sentiment can stir up a special level creative energy and sensitivity, but […]
Weaving is an incredibly old skill- we have been making textiles for many thousands of years, and cloth massively shaped the development of our modern society. We take it for granted, but it is a pretty amazing feat of engineering- taking fibres and turning them into a material that has a completely new set of properties. Individual threads […]
All babies seem to develop little habits in the sling/when nursing, some of these are sweet and entertaining, but others can be a real nuisance! I can’t really remember what my first baby did, because it seems so long ago now, but the second was (and still is) obsessed with my hair. He would twist […]
Brown can often be relegated to the ‘autumn’ box of colours, but actually it can be incredibly summery. We’ve gone for a cool shade reminiscent of the dry bare earth underneath tree canopies and the dancing heads of ribwort flowers under hawthorn hedges. It helps to bring out the blue tones in the glasto warp. […]
This copper weft is our spindrift hemp, grown and spun in Europe but dyed for us in Lancashire. It is grown using sustainable methods. Its natural mildew and microbial resistance means that it can be grown organically without reliance on chemicals. Our supplier uses traditional, mechanical methods rather than chemical processing to grow and process the hemp yarn […]
There is something about this wrap that makes me want to prance about in the fields by our house. I imagine that blue tits would braid my hair as I skipped in the sunlight. This elven fantasy may be in part fuelled by our current bedtime reading of Enid Blyton’s classic “The Enchanted Wood”, but I imagine […]
Undine Glasto Seafoam is an elements weave wrap woven in 100% combed cotton with dual coloured weft. The passes glide effortlessly for a snug, moulded carry and the elements weave makes it an incredibly hardwearing wrap. A medium weight wrap suitable for all ages. Available now in our shop, here