A joyful combination of colour and pattern, our Marlet strippit scarves are now back in stock.
We have missed them!
Scroll on for new colours and an insight into how design and sustainability collide in these finely knitted, best-selling scarves.
Marlet strippit scarf in cerise mix.
Colour: more is more
Designing the strippit scarf, Niela combined her marlet pattern with a narrow stripe.
This gives even more scope for playing with colour.
Marlet strippit scarf in selkie mix.
In the design, high-contrast colour-pop sits alongside more subtle, tonal relationships.
There are seven different colours of yarn in each strippit scarf.
In addition, some of the yarns we knit with are a peerie bit tweedy (a blend of shades instead of flat colour).
Marlet strippit scarf in leaf mix.
The range of colour within each scarf makes for a versatile, hard-working piece.
Marlet strippit scarf in heather spice mix.
No-waste, sustainable knitwear
Yarn is a precious resource.
Making and designing in this way (creating a piece that works for small quantities of yarn) is one of the methods we use to cut out waste.
And, of course, choosing colours from our yarn library is such a pleasure!
A cerise mix Marlet strippit scarf drying in our workshop, alongside other pieces from the Marlet collection.
The strippit scarves are knitted in soft, extra-fine merino yarn.
Niela is our resident yarn connoisseur. She selected this yarn not only for the incredible range of colour but also its wonderful handle and wear.
Marlet strippit scarves just off the linker, in our workshop.
Making our knitwear
Amongst our best-selling pieces, Marlet strippit scarves were out of stock for some time.
Marlet strippit scarf in lemon mix.
We are very grateful to specialist knitters in the UK mainland who are helping us with part of the production of these scarves and on a selection of other pieces.
Shetland knitters continue to be a core, indispensible part of our production.
And, our in-house, Shetland-based team works on every single piece of Nielanell knitwear. Not just on design, but at various stages of making.
We are committed to sustaining and being part of UK knitwear manufacturing – and Shetland’s place in this.
Our strippit scarves are worn by lots of different people.
We were delighted when a local celebrity – Farhad, one of our posties at the time! – let us snap him wearing a Marlet scarf as he dropped off some parcels to us.
We really do make these in small batches. The scarf that Farhad is wearing here quickly sold out.
