Traceable fibre
Cashmere combed by hand on the Mongolian plateau and bought direct from the herders, with the origin on every product page.
Complimentary de-pilling in a knit's first year
Est. 2009 · Larkhaven, Vermont
The studio
Halvard began with one hand frame in a converted wool store and a simple promise: make nothing we would not mend. Today we are a small studio of knitters, linkers and menders in Larkhaven, buying cashmere direct from herding cooperatives and knitting crews, roll-necks, cardigans and coats in small runs.
11knitters, linkers and menders
15.5microns, the finest fibre we use
2,400knits mended a year
0knits sent to landfill
Small runs
We knit each style in small numbers and re-knit the ones you ask for, instead of chasing a season.
Mended in-house
Our Care Studio darns, de-pills, re-blocks and re-knits every Halvard piece, however old.
How a knit is made
IComb
Every spring the herders comb the soft undercoat by hand as the goats moult.
IISpin
The fibre is dehaired and spun into two-ply yarn in our undyed oatmeal, camel and charcoal.
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Knit
Panels are knitted to shape on the frame, then linked by hand so every seam lies flat.
IVMend
Send it back for a darn, a new cuff or a re-block. Good knits outlast their first winter by decades.
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