Historical Knitwear Consultancy & Bespoke Recreation
We are knitters of stories—lovers of the old, sea-salted tales where wool and weather and human hands shaped the world into something warmer. In every loop and twist lies a chronicle: of injustice and sorrow, of quiet courage, of voyages long and perilous, of hearthside comforts and storm-beaten decks. These are the threads that guide our work and whisper their way into everything we make.
Over the years, we have wandered through the worlds of television, film, theatre, museums, publishers, and heritage keepers, lending our needles and our knowledge to the long tide of history.
We have knitted pirates’ scarves for Disney, stitched cardigans fit for stage and screen, and fashioned Royal Navy officers’ blankets, scarves and gloves for stories told under bright lights and heavy curtains. We've even done the odd 1920s-1940s knit for helping to solve crimes, or recreations of the famous 'Pike's scarf' for modern adaptations.
Our hands and minds have also travelled through countless books and research projects, helping bring forgotten garments back into the waking world.
Every Stitch a Story, Every Row a Journey
To recreate a garment of the past is to step through time. From the choosing of the wool to the deciphering of ancient stitches, each project becomes its own small odyssey. Though our hearts beat strongest for the sea and its knitwear, our craft spans centuries, shores, and traditions. Here is how we shape these woollen echoes of history.
Yarn Sourcing
We begin with the fibres themselves—the raw poetry of the piece. We seek out the wool, the flax, the cashmere, the cotton that might have clothed a sailor, warmed a farmer, graced a lady’s shoulders. Weight, colour, texture: all must ring true to the era. And when the story demands hand-spun yarn, we answer with spindles and patience, as knitters once did beneath lamplight.
Sheep Breeds & Fibre Lore
We work with farms across the wild and windswept reaches of the UK, choosing wools from sheep whose very names ring with place and history. Each breed brings its own character—softness, resilience, warmth, a stubborn strength spun from hillside winds. We follow the clues the past leaves behind, selecting the fibres that belong to the time and tale we are recreating.
Knitting & Crochet Patterns
Research is our compass. We dive into archives, leaf through museum records, trace the shapes of garments captured in fading photographs and forgotten manuscripts. Stitch by stitch, we rebuild the patterns of old—adapting only where the present insists, so a performer may move, breathe, work beneath lights without losing the garment’s truth.
Reimagining the Past
Some pieces arrive as fragments, half-remembered shadows of what once was. Then we swatch and experiment, testing tension like tides, letting intuition walk hand in hand with scholarship. We knit not to copy but to conjure—to bring back the spirit of the original, wearable and whole, with as much authenticity as practical for the intended use.
Attention to Detail
It is in the small things that authenticity is found. The cast-on done as it was a century ago. The yarn dyed by hand in colours weathered by time. The fastening carved or stitched to match the trembling edge of an old photograph. These touches are quiet, but they are the heartbeat of our craft.
For re-enactment, museum display, theatre, screen, or private commission, we weave the past into the present, binding memory to material.