We are so proud to make all of our knitwear in Scotland & in 2020 we wanted to celebrate some of the other fabulous businesses out there who do the same. Our first featured business in this Made in Scotland series is Barrhead Leather, based in the West of Scotland near Glasgow. Barrhead Leather make […]
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Bill Baber Knitwear meets The Edinburgh Natural Skincare Company
Bill Baber Knitwear has a new neighbour in the Edinburgh Grassmarket: the fabulous Edinburgh Natural Skincare company have moved in to a new location on Victoria Street and we couldn’t be happier to see them here! They make a 100% natural skincare range that uses only the purest of ingredients. We are big fans […]
Continue readingTodd & Duncan, the World’s finest cashmere
Recently Jack went north to Kinross to visit Todd & Duncan, the world's finest producer of cashmere. We knows it's the world's finest, because Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh also visited Todd & Duncan back in the 1960's. Luckily, not on the same day as us or they'd have been confused about [...] Continue reading
How Bill Baber became a knitter
We talk a lot about being a family business here at Bill Baber Knitwear as it makes a big difference to us to be able to work together. While Jack, the second generation of knitters, joined the team 10 years ago, Bill and Helen have been a husband and wife team since the very beginning. […]
Continue readingCreating Colours
Ever wondered how we go about creating so many beautiful colourways here at Bill Baber Knitwear? Well, we thought we would take you behind the scenes at the Studio and show you how its done. Three or four times a year we pack up our finest styles and strongest colours and travel off to a [...] Continue reading




