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Visible creative mending and ethical Scottish knitwear

Reducing textile waste by helping you mend your knitwear and make it last, and creating quality Scottish knitwear to cherish.

What’s the cost of replacing your knitwear every season?

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Choose to make the ultimate anti fast-fashion statement:

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Eco Friendly

Saving knitwear from landfill through visible mending

Zero waste

Natural and biodegradable fibres

Recyclable paper packaging

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Craftsmanship

Sharing traditional mending skills with style

Handmade in the studio, by me, Flora

Locally made in small batches

Attention to detail

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Timeless Design

Learning to mend is a lifetime investment

Helping you keep your favourite knitwear for longer

Transcends seasonal trends

Wear it again and again

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Colourful and Creative

Update and rejuvenate your sweaters creatively

Sustainable doesn’t have to mean beige!

More colour = more joy

I know it can feel overwhelming at times, but whatever stage you’re at in your sustainable journey, there are ways I can help you.

 

Learn to Mend

Ethical Knitwear

 

Knowing about the human and environmental impact of the fashion industry, combined with over a decade spent working in knitwear with clients including Christopher Kane, Jasper Conran and House of Holland, I wanted to use my skills to create a business that values both people and planet.

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Having sustainable knitwear can be easy:

1.     Choose what you need: invest and mend

2.     Buy what only what you need, then learn to care for it and repair it

3.     Take pride in wearing your sustainable knitwear again and again

At Collingwood-Norris I know that you want to make a difference to the environment while looking great. In order to do that you need reduce consumption and make considered choices. The problem is you’re lost in a sea of greenwashing which makes you feel overwhelmed and distrustful. I believe everyone deserves to buy sustainably with confidence, and I understand that you might not know where to start. Collingwood-Norris can provide you with the mending skills you need to care for your knitwear to make it last with style, and handmade knitwear gives you the option to buy new when necessary knowing exactly where your knitwear is made, and by whom.

Here’s how to do it:

1.     Choose what you need: learn to mend or invest with care

2.     Buy only what you need: mending guides and materials, or knitwear made with love

3.     Take pride in wearing your sustainable colourful knitwear again and again.

 

Learn to Mend

Shop Ethical Knitwear

 

So explore this website, and shop for the designs and skills you need. Or in the meantime, explore my range of blogs about caring for your knitwear.

Stop stressing about the climate emergency and start taking positive action, by making your clothes last, one sweater at a time.