11/06/2026
📢 A huge thank you to for choosing to showcase Miss She's Got Knits at the sustainability talk this year at .
Roxanne chose a piece I had been working on quietly over the last few months, styled alongside an MSGK hand-loomed side split dress and finished with this stunning coat in the same beautiful Bainin wool.
This feature piece came about from me simple desire: to honour the beauty in the rawness of the Bainin Wool, which sat for weeks on my desk begging to be given a moment in the spotlight.
The collar is hand-knit in a herringbone stitch - one of my favourite stitches for creating depth, texture and structure. The stitches overlap like scales or armour, creating a woven fabric that feels protective, enduring and deeply rooted. In Báinín wool, the stitch takes on a remarkable solidity, showcasing the fibre's resilience while celebrating its raw, natural character.
For me, the fringing is where the wool truly comes alive. The contrast between the earthy Báinín wool and the softness of alpaca creates something both rugged and delicate, a meeting of wildness and refinement that I find endlessly captivating.
It's all a bit punk, really. I mean real punk. Real 'of the land', warrior style, going into battle Tina Turner Mad Max heavy rock punk. I had trialed this feeling in another piece I knit in the same stitch around three years ago, again the armour like style in a kind of breastplate, but finished with a soft, ebbing shale stitch peplum. One of my personal faves. I'm sure it's saying something about how I'm feeling deep down 😅
I've discovered I enjoy making these unusual pieces from Irish Wool. It is such a beautiful fibre to work with, I even mentioned to Roxanne in a voicenote that it felt quite emotional at times to work with. I couldn't quite put it into words then, and I'm not sure I can now, but there is something about holding it on my needles that stirs something ancient and familiar deep within me.
