This week has seen us start several orders and complete others.  Our specialised fabric we prepare for a US window treatment company requries several stages of different processes before it is ready to be dispatched.  In order to settle the fabric and keep it quite stiff we starch it and then make different sized openings [...]

As we have been concentrating on orders, mainly carpets, for much of 2011 the production of some of our smaller lines was interrupted.  As we begin this year we are concentrating on building up a decent stock of silk scarves and have been looking at new colours to use.  Our mulberry silk is spun by hand, [...]

We are starting this work year, as we usually do, towards the end of January.  We believe in rest and relaxation and always take an extended break which raises eyebrows and causes a mild outbreak of jealousy amongst others who got back to work earlier in the year.  The disadvantage of a late start is the [...]

We are nearing completion of an order that has required several large carpets, and it is exciting to see them all come together.  There are some shared colours throughout the order and some techniques that we have not tried before.  In 62 years of production, that really means something.  A chalk tufted mohair carpet is [...]