Our seasonal gifting guide is live!
The chill has finally descended after a warm autumn and the nights are hardening with cold. It's time to cosy...
LOCAL HERO 'The entrepreneur keeping her knitwear supply chain close to home' By Charlie Gowans-Eglinton
A festive pop-up, Kings Road Chelsea
We are excited to announce that we are one of the brands participating in a beautiful pop-up on the Kings...
Here at HERD we have been glued to the updates coming in from COP26, the climate conference happening in Glasgow as we speak. So much so we thought it worth an additional newsletter this month to clarify what we want to hear from our leaders. Fashion is the most globally polluting industry after oil, above transportation including aviation. Fundamental changes in how we make and buy clothes are needed to reduce this impact. But it’s not all doom and gloom! There are simple things that could turn things around….
In August I was invited to the Rhug Estate in Wales to experience the wild harvesting processes behind their Organic...
This weekend HERD knit pieces will be featured in The Shop - a pop-up on South Molton Street by Stories...
A strong rooted plant with rich leafy greens and tiny yellow flowers, madder has been a staple source of dye colour for thousands of years. The plant contains alizarin - an organic compound that produces a prominent red known historically as one of the most valuable colours known to man.
These words reflect Herd's core values - Local, Natural and Regenerative. We make our yarn and garments from field to finishing within...
Herd: Rebuilding the British wool industry
By Jessica Owens, in the World Textile Information Network, 23rd April 2021 Herd is championing British wool and knitwear and...
Spotlight on natural dyes for Earth Day 2021 🌍
Our Earth Day initiative for this year is to spotlight our naturally dyed yarn - a process which we have...
Rosanna Falconer looks ahead to Sustainability in 2021 for Eco-Age
Ruth Rands advises on knitwear care in the Sunday Times Style magazine
In the good jumper guide this weekend in the Sunday Times Style, Ruth Rands founder of Herd gave some advice to Fashion Editor Jane McFarland on caring for knitwear.
She said: "I asked for tips from Ruth Rands, who last autumn launched Herd, a made-in-England label that uses 100 per cent traceable wool from sheep farmers in Lancashire and Yorkshire.
