Noughts & Crosses Knitted Wool Jacket

£330.00

Last chance 2XL only.

Extremely limited run of 25 pieces.

Knitted for us by hand in the Scottish Borders by one of the few remaining intarsia knitters.

100% wool, heavy, outerwear weight worthy of its jacket classification.

Big cardigan style made famous by the likes of Starsky, The Dude and Steve McQueen. All American influence transformed into a 100% British made garment.

Made from 100% British worsted Guernsey wool, spun and dyed in Yorkshire. Horn buttons made for us in the Cotswolds by Courtney & Co. Noughts and crosses pattern designed by Vic at our Calderdale cutting table. Intarsia knitted by Linda in the small town of Innerleithen. Linked and finished in Hawick at Teviot Knitwear.

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Last of the Knitters

The Scottish Borders have deep roots in hand-intarsia knitting. It’s a centuries old craft that allows beautiful and complex patterns to be hand-knitted seamlessly into a garment’s design.

The Noughts & Crosses Jacket is knitted for us by Linda Cox from her home in Innerleithen. In its heyday this small Borders town was a thriving hub for wool textiles, home to knitwear giants such as Ballantyne Bros & Co who employed hundreds of local people. The Innerleithen mills became globally renowned for the quality of their cashmere and intarsia knitwear, rivalling nearby hotspots like Hawick. By 2010 the 400 strong workforce had plummeted to just 40. The last working mill closed in 2013.

Linda started working in the mill at 16 and remained there until its closure. She took ownership of a number of the mill’s knitting machines and setup a workshop in her home. 

Today there are only a handful of intarsia knitters working in the Scottish borders. As Linda herself commented, it’s a dying trade.

The Story of Noughts & Crosses

We first experienced the hand intarsia knitting process through Kev at Teviot Knitwear, in Hawick. He’s also a master on the intarsia machine. During one of our visits (we were charmed by / Kev blew us away with) stories of its heritage and a demonstration of the dexterity and skill involved in knitting a complex piece. We were charmed by the romance of it all and immediately starting thinking about what a HebTroCo intarsia knitted garment would look like.

Ed came to Vic with the challenge of creating a pattern based around the classic noughts and crosses game. She doodled around for a bit then struck gold with the design you see. Amelia worked Vic’s pattern into the jacket’s design then sent everything off to Teviot. They commissioned Linda to interpret the design into chart and hand knit the garment panels and components. 

100% British Wool

It’s the wool of Texel sheep that make the 5-ply Guernsey yarn used to make the Noughts & Crosses jacket, spun and dyed in Yorkshire.

Their wool has a long staple which makes the yarn stronger, more durable and less prone to pilling. Guernsey yarn is used to make gansey jumpers, traditionally worn by fisherman who needed something substantial to stand up to wet and windy sea conditions. All these qualities make it the perfect yarn for the Noughts & Crosses jacket.

Care

It’s wool, it doesn’t need washing every time you wear it.

If you absolutely have to, cool hand wash only. Do not put it in a washing machine, do not spin it. Dry flat on a table, do not hang on the line, the wool fibres will hate you for it.

Sizing Guide

In the photos Ed wears a Medium. He is 5’8″ / 10.5 stone.

In the video Vic also wears our sample Medium. She is 5’6″ and a UK 8/10. Her actual size would be a Small.

Any questions at all please email us and we’ll do our best to guide you.

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  • INCHES
  • CM
SIZE S M L XL 2XL
Pit to Pit (A) 21.5 22.4 23.8 24.8 25.8
Back Length (B) 24.0 24.8 25.6 26.4 27.2
Sleeve Length (C) 26.8 27.6 28.3 29.1 29.9
SIZE S M L XL 2XL
Pit to Pit (A) 54.5 57.0 60.5 63.0 65.5
Back Length (B) 61.0 63.0 65.0 67.0 69.0
Sleeve Length (C) 68.0 70.0 72.0 74.0 76.0

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