Great British Makers: how a small town in rural Scotland became a byword for artisanal cashmere
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telegraph.co.ukNow more than ever, it's essential to support our heritage brands. Great British Makers is a series which highlights the incredible craftsmanship in our country.A neat, pebble-dashed housing estate in the Scottish Borders 40 miles from Edinburgh is not where you might expect to find a producer of what many consider a byword for luxury.
The sheep on the picturesque hills have no connection with the town’s most famous industry, either.Because Hawick is arguably the world capital of cashmere, and the yarn to make it comes from goats roaming thousands of miles to the east, on the Tibetan plateau.
And here, in Hawick, after decades of decline, fine knitwear company Scott & Charters – to whom London luxury emporium William & Son, among others,.
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