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Knitted by Hand, Worn All Winter
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items Winter is the season hand-knitting earns its keep. A beanie, a pair of mittens, or a sweater looped stitch by stitch by one knitter carries a different warmth from a factory run, and the small irregularities are part of the point. These fifteen piece...
Sections
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Around the Head and Neck
Hands and Feet
Sweaters and Cardigans
Around the Head and Neck
Two beanies, one merino headband, and two scarves, in fibres from extra-fine merino to Peruvian alpaca. Several are knitted to order in your colour, so the notes flag the ones that ask for a little patience.
Extra-fine merino, ribbed, with a cuff you can fold once or twice depending on the wind. The Riga family studio knits it to order in your pick of 45 colours for heads 54 to 59 cm around, and packs it without plastic, with a touch of lavender in the p...
Cuffed Merino Beanie, Hand Knitted Beanie Women's, Classic Rib Knit Hat, Wool Hat Men's, Slouchy Fisherman's Beanie, Long Trawler Beanie
Super-chunky is not a metaphor here: the Kyiv studio spins its own jumbo merino yarn, knits the hat from it, and felts it lightly so the surface pills less. Two sizes cover heads 55 to 60 cm, the colour chart runs past sixty shades, and dispatch take...
Super chunky knit hat - Thick hand knitted merino wool winter beanie
Pine trees march across this merino headband in stranded colourwork, knitted by the seller in Minnesota. It sits flat at 9 by 5.5 inches, stretches over heads from 19 to 23 inches, and leaves the top of your head free for a bun or a ponytail, which i...
Mid Weight Merino Wool Hand Knit Headband | Ear Warmer | Winter Accessory | Pine Trees
At 150 cm long and only 9 wide, this slim scarf ties once at the neck and behaves more like a collar than a wrap. The yarn is alpaca and silk with no synthetics, Oeko-Tex certified, and local knitters make each one by hand; the beige in the photos is...
Beige Sophie Knitted Alpaca Wool Scarf, Camel Handmade Neck Warmer
SONQO means heart in Quechua, and the scarf is knitted by hand in Peru in small batches. The fibre is 89 percent Peruvian alpaca with 11 percent polyamide for strength, whatever the listing's headline rounding says, looped into a chunky infinity shap...
Gift for Christmas Hand Knit Alpaca Infinity Scarf, Chunky Oversized Knit, Warm Winter Scarf for Women, Handmade Peruvian Alpaca - QASA
Hands and Feet
Mittens in Nordic patterns, a fleece-lined pair from Nepal, fingerless gloves for people who still need their fingers, and two pairs of wool socks. Palm and foot measurements matter more here than dress sizes, and the notes say where the sizing lives...
Traditional Norwegian patterns cover these mittens from cuff to fingertip, knitted in Latvia from pure wool. Sizing runs unusually wide, from S to XXXL by palm circumference, so measure your hand before choosing; shipping from Latvia takes one to two...
Hand Knitted Wool Nordic Mittens, Scandinavian Winter Gloves
Pure Himalayan wool on the outside, polar fleece on the inside: the lining takes the itch out of the wool and adds a second layer of warmth. Women artisans in Nepal knit them by hand, one size fits most adults, and the pair on the page was sitting in...
Hand Knitted Himalayan Wool Mittens with Fleece Lining, warm
Fair trade is the headline here as much as warmth: these striped wrist warmers are knitted in Nepal from pure new sheep's wool, lined with polyester fleece, and sold by a BAFTS member shop. One honest caution: the listing itself is new enough to carr...
Men's Hand Knitted Wool Fingerless Gloves: Fair Trade Striped Wrist Warmers
This exact pair, in rich brown, is already knitted and waiting: cable pattern, ribbed cuff, reinforced heel and toe, in a 75 percent wool and 25 percent polyamide yarn. It fits EU 40 to 41 feet only, which is either perfect or a reason to ask the sel...
Brown Wool Socks Hand Knitted Socks Cable Knit Socks Warm Handmade Socks Cozy Winter Socks Gift for Her
Superwash wool makes these the low-fuss pair of the section: 75 percent wool, 25 percent polyamide, and the seller says they tolerate a cold machine wash. Sizes run unisex from US 4 to 12 across three options, knitted in small batches by a family wor...
Snuggly Handmade Wool Socks – Cozy Knitted Winter Warmth, Soft, Durable & Easy Care
Sweaters and Cardigans
The slow pieces: three sweaters and two cardigans, each knitted by a single small shop over hours or days. One is a single ready-made piece; the rest are made to order, and the fibre blends differ enough that the notes spell them out one by one.
Already finished and ready to ship, this forest green cable-knit is a single piece in size M to L, knitted in Bulgaria. The wool's exact composition is not itemised on the page, and because there is only one, a sold banner on the listing means exactl...
Hand knit green wool sweater, ready to ship, SuperTanya designer knitwear Size M-L
An oversized turtleneck in a stated blend of 45 percent superfine alpaca, 25 percent Peruvian highland wool, and 30 percent polyamide. Grey, beige, and emerald versions carry slightly different measurements, all listed per colour, and the ready-made ...
Alpaca sweater turtleneck Oversized knit pullover Hand knitted wool jumper READY TO SHIP
Hooded, open-fronted, and genuinely oversized, this cardigan is knitted stitch by stitch over about ten days before it ships. The size range deserves its own sentence: S to 5XL with a full measurement table, a spread handmade knitwear almost never of...
Knit Wool Cardigan, Oversized Cardigan, Open Wool Oversized Sweater with buttons, Women’s Coat, Handmade Cardigan, Women’s gift, Thick Wool
Every flower on this chunky ecru pullover was crocheted separately and sewn on by hand, which is why the surface looks like a garden that wandered indoors. The yarn is 35 percent wool and 65 percent acrylic, the most synthetic blend in this list, it ...
Floret Hand-Knitted Sweater with 3D Flowers, Wool Acrylic Blend, Chunky Cozy Knit Pullover, Playful Girly Handmade Sweater – Ecru
Ivory, long, and soft enough that the maker counts ten hours of knitting in each one. The yarn is DROPS Melody, 71 percent alpaca, 25 percent merino, and 4 percent polyamide; it arrives in a gift box with a dedication card, and the shop photographs i...
Hand-Knitted Alpaca Merino Wool Cardigan: Bridal Bolero Shrug, Wedding Bolero Shrug, Bridal Cover Up,women sweater, long cardigan / SARAH