This is our wool skirt.
If you’re thinking it looks a bit out of place on my website among the Indian fabrics and floral cottons, here is how it happened…
Whenever the big brands makes a line of clothing, the fabric can be from anywhere in the world, including Scotland.
Much of it is stitched in India, and all the leftover fabric is sent to the excess fabric markets in the ramshackle streets of Old Delhi.
You never know what you’ll find wandering round there.
Absolutely anything is possible!
It’s totally chaotic though – the shops are crowded together in a maze of little streets and the narrow roads get blocked with bicycles, scooters and carts carrying tottering piles of fabric. It still has open sewage and it’s next to the dirtiest river I’ve ever seen, (don’t go in mosquito season) and it’s incredibly crowded, difficult to walk along and there are pickpockets. I’m not really sure why I love it so much….but I’ve got to know some of the shopkeepers from years and years of going, and they’re warmhearted, resourceful, funny and kind.
I admire the way the men can measure fabric without a tape measure by stretching out one arm and knowing the exact place on their body that one metre reaches to, the vast knowledge of fabrics they have, and the way the fabric is piled up so high, yet they can still climb up to the top to get something for you, and also the way know where everything is in the chaos.
And of course the main reason is the treasures that I find. I’ll take some photos for you next time I go. Anyway, I just couldn’t resist this wool. It’s beautiful.
The skirts are incredibly warm and can be worn over a pair of leggings or tights. They look elegant too and the wide waistband is flattering and stretches at the back to fit. I made them in a few different colour ways and they work beautifully with our boxy pure wool sweaters (made in Nepal).
See the Wool skirts here… and our knitwear
