mill Archives - Rosie Sugden

In the making | Star Beanies

by Rosie Sugden | Jun 8, 2017 | Uncategorized

Lately I’ve been taking you behind the scenes at the mill to show you our AW17 collection in the making. Today I’m putting one product in particular in the spotlight – the star beanie. It’s new for AW17 and I couldn’t be more excited...

The Mill | Behind the scenes pt3

by Rosie Sugden | May 31, 2017 | Behind-the-scenes

Whilst many of our products are knitted on high tech Shima machines, we remain committed to finishing everything by hand. All our products are linked and the ends finished by our experienced team in our mill in the Scottish Borders. A lot of these skills have been...

The Mill | Behind the scenes pt2

by Rosie Sugden | May 24, 2017 | Behind-the-scenes

For the second instalment of behind the scenes at the mill I wanted to show you some of the machinery we use. Our production is a mix of hand skills and also high tech Shima Seiki machines, the two combined mean we incorporate skills passed down from generations in...

The Mill | Behind the scenes pt1

by Rosie Sugden | May 17, 2017 | Behind-the-scenes

We recently paid a visit to the mill we work with in the Scottish Borders and I took along brilliant photographer Ciara Menzies to capture some of the behind-the-scenes action. I’ve worked with this mill since I started my business in 2011 and I love that it is...

Factory Visit : AW16 Production

by Rosie Sugden | May 12, 2016 | Behind-the-scenes, Forthcoming Collection

It’s always an exciting day when the yarn arrives and the machines start knitting up our new collection. So it was with baited breath that I set off this morning to the mill, having heard that the yarn had arrived and the machines were up and running. Although I...