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We’ve joined forces with the talented folks at Bill Baber to highlight even more businesses who are designing and creating in Scotland, just like us! This is part of our Meet the Maker blog series. This month’s spotlight is on The Crafty Kit Company.  Founded by Jo Lochhead in 2012, The Crafty Kit Company produces best-selling craft kits that are stocked by independent and national retailers such as John Lewis, including needle felting, knitting, sewing, and cross stitch kits. For each kit that The Crafty Kit Company sells, it is committed to donating one ‘impact’ to good causes worldwide, and also supports local...

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We make handmade up-cycled gifts in Scotland and wanted to feature some other makers and small businesses that are from Scotland too. This is our second small business to be featured in this blog series called Meet the Maker.  Bill Baber is a family run handcrafted knitwear business based in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh. We sat down to have a chat with Jack Baber about the story behind Bill Baber.  Jack Baber from Bill Baber Knitwear How did the Bill Baber business get started?  My parents started working together over 40 years ago. My Mum, Helen, had studied and worked in...

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We make handmade up-cycled gifts in Scotland and wanted to feature some other makers and small businesses that are from Scotland too. This is our first small business to be featured in this blog series called Meet the Maker.  Knightingale Crafts is owned and run by Jamie Andrews who is based in Fife.  How did your business get started?  I got started in my current business after moving back to Scotland from Canada where I was farming fresh-cut flowers. During the winters in Canada, when the farm was under three feet of snow, I got into pyrography (decorating wood &...

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