Selvedge Stories

How to knit a ski hat with Mati Ventrillon
Fair Isle is renowned for its knitted textiles and for being a place of astonishing natural beauty. Mati Ventrillon is different from what you might imagine as a maker of Fair...
How to knit a ski hat with Mati Ventrillon
Fair Isle is renowned for its knitted textiles and for being a place of astonishing natural beauty. Mati Ventrillon is different from what you might imagine as a maker of Fair...

Selvedge New Year's Resolutions
Image: Detail of visible mending by knitwear designer Flora Collingwood-Norris With 2021 quickly approaching, the Selvedge staff members each shared their New Years resolution - and as you might expect, they all have something...
Selvedge New Year's Resolutions
Image: Detail of visible mending by knitwear designer Flora Collingwood-Norris With 2021 quickly approaching, the Selvedge staff members each shared their New Years resolution - and as you might expect, they all have something...

Selvedge World Fair 2021: Call for Exhibitors
Image: Shamji Vishram Vankar Valji dyeing cloth. Shamji is a master hand weaver who allowed fair visitors enjoy his studio space throughout the event via slow TV and was also...
Selvedge World Fair 2021: Call for Exhibitors
Image: Shamji Vishram Vankar Valji dyeing cloth. Shamji is a master hand weaver who allowed fair visitors enjoy his studio space throughout the event via slow TV and was also...

Lighting the Dark
Image: Anila Quayyum Agha (b. 1965), All the Flowers Are for Me (Red), laser-cut lacquered steel and lightbulb, Alice Bimel Endowment for Asian Art, 2017.7 (detail) The Cincinnati Art Museum...
Lighting the Dark
Image: Anila Quayyum Agha (b. 1965), All the Flowers Are for Me (Red), laser-cut lacquered steel and lightbulb, Alice Bimel Endowment for Asian Art, 2017.7 (detail) The Cincinnati Art Museum...

Making the Familiar New
Image: Fox / Searchlight. Over the Christmas holiday period, different members of the team are contributing personal blog posts. Today, Selvedge’s Brand Collaborations Consultant, Pamela Kelly recommends a new favourite...
Making the Familiar New
Image: Fox / Searchlight. Over the Christmas holiday period, different members of the team are contributing personal blog posts. Today, Selvedge’s Brand Collaborations Consultant, Pamela Kelly recommends a new favourite...

Kathryn Fa Hair-Sculpting
Image: Lena Headey as Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Hair by Kathryn Fa. (c) Jay Maidment/Sony. Laura Gray, features editor for Selvedge, talks to Kathryn...
Kathryn Fa Hair-Sculpting
Image: Lena Headey as Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Hair by Kathryn Fa. (c) Jay Maidment/Sony. Laura Gray, features editor for Selvedge, talks to Kathryn...