Quiggleys and Bowmont Devon cashmere collaboration

I was touched to receive this e-mail this week from Chris of Quiggleys (whose made in Scotland knitwear has appeared before on Grey Fox):

"Hello David

Well I thought you might be interested in this as you are 100% responsible for it. 

Following my visit to Lesley [of Bowmont and Devon Fine Fibres] and her amazing goats you might remember you Tweeted asking what we were planning together. I replied we were going to make a hat which, as I typed, it made me realise that, of all the things we could do with this amazing yarn, a hat was hardly the most exciting. 

So thanks to your Tweet, we've made a jumper (as well as the hat) and here it is. This is just the first sample (sleeves need a bit of attention) and it’s only me, photographed by me in my back garden, but I thought you’d like to see what you had an accidental hand in. 

I'm heading to Ardnamurchan (as in Ardnamurchan Point on the shipping forecast) to shoot all the new styles for this Autumn, so will hopefully have some slightly more interesting photos of this soon and all the new styles on the website in 2-3 week time.

So thanks for your input and I hope you like it. 

Chris.

PS: It is softest best cashmere ever".

I will update you on this exciting collaboration when I have some more images. 

Meanwhile visit Quiggleys website to see their beautiful British-made knitwear and see Bowmont and Devon Fine Fibres for more information on her remarkable cashmere goats and merino sheep.

Click here for previous articles on Quiggleys on Grey Fox Blog.

Red cashmere for Christmas from M&S Best of British

I'm not doing a feature on Christmas jumpers this year, but thought I'd write about colourful knitwear that will brighten up our lives as the days shorten. We've looked at orange, today it's that seasonal colour, red. 

This cashmere jumper is made in Scotland and is part of the M&S Best of British collection. I have one in bright blue and it's superb quality, soft and thick cashmere. See M&S Best of British for information.