Marrowick Knit

Jumpers knitted on Marrowick, one band at a time.

A teal, white and tan Fair Isle yoke sleeve laid flat. A brown cardigan with a cream Nordic yoke hanging on an iron gate. A knitted jumper fading from green to lichen gold.

Harbour yoke jumper£245

Pick a colourway

A small knitwear shop and studio by the pier. Every yoke is charted, dyed and knitted here, from wool grown on the island.

Browse the shop Join a workshop Or design your own yoke
Your yokeHarbour

Design a yoke

Pick a colourway, then click squares on the chart. The jumper beside it re-knits with every click. The chart stays mirror-symmetric, the way island knitters draw it.

Colourway

Click squares on the chart

Use the arrow keys to move, Enter to change a square.

In the shop

A few pieces from this season. Most are made to order in the colourway you choose, so this is a selection rather than the full stock.

See the shop
  • A pink ribbed hat with a pompom on a fence post.

    Peat fire hat£48

  • A knitted hat with a diamond pattern and a fur pompom.

    Harbour hat£48

  • Grey knitted mittens with a dotted pattern held out in the snow.

    Lichen mitts£42

  • Grey yarn unwinding across a pale surface.

    Island 2-ply yarn, natural shades£9 a skein

Photos are from Unsplash and only show roughly what each piece looks like. They are not pictures of this fictional shop or these places.

From fleece to jumper

About a year passes between a sheep being clipped and a jumper leaving the shop. This is the order it happens in.

  1. Sheep grazing on a green hillside under a blue sky.Shearing in June

    Our neighbours’ sheep are clipped by hand on the hill.

  2. Rolls of undyed wool on a spinning machine.Spinning

    A small mill on the mainland spins the fleece into 2-ply jumper weight.

  3. Skeins of blue and brown wool in a basket.Dyeing

    Indigo, madder and a lichen gold, dyed in small pots behind the shop.

  4. Hands knitting with blue wool on fine needles.Knitting

    Bodies on a hand frame, yokes by hand. About 30 hours for a jumper.

  5. A neat stack of finished knitted jumpers in brown and orange.Finishing

    Washed, dried flat on a wooden board and checked stitch by stitch.

A grassy shore and lake beneath mountains, with small white houses in the distance.

Find us on Pier Road, Marrowick

Monday to Saturday
10:00–17:00
July and August
Also Sundays, 11:00–16:00
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