Visible Creative Mending & Ethical Scottish Knitwear
Welcome
Choose to make the ultimate anti-fast fashion statement.
Make your knitwear last. Repair with style. Reduce waste.
Love your sweaters but hate the cycle of replacing them every season?
Visible creative mending helps you repair, refresh and wear what you already own, turning wear and tear into design and extending the life of the pieces you love.
Why it Matters
Fast fashion encourages constant replacement, but small changes can make a real difference. By learning to mend and care for your knitwear, you reduce textile waste while building a wardrobe that reflects your values.
Ethical Scottish Knitwear
Creating quality Scottish knitwear to cherish.
Alongside mending, Collingwood-Norris creates quality Scottish knitwear designed to be cherished.
Pieces are handmade in the studio by Flora, produced locally in small batches, and crafted with the same commitment to longevity, transparency and care.
When you do need to buy new, you can do so knowing exactly where your knitwear is made and by whom.
Knitwear
Featured Collections
Hello
Meet Flora
I’m Flora Collingwood-Norris, a knitwear designer, maker and visible mender based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. I’ve been passionate about textiles, and knitwear in particular, all my life.
At Collingwood-Norris I know that you want to make a difference to the environment while looking great. In order to do that you need reduce consumption and make considered choices.
The problem is you’re lost in a sea of greenwashing which makes you feel overwhelmed and distrustful. I believe everyone deserves to buy sustainably with confidence, and I understand that you might not know where to start.
Collingwood-Norris can provide you with the mending skills you need to care for your knitwear to make it last with style, and handmade knitwear gives you the option to buy new when necessary knowing exactly where your knitwear is made, and by whom.
How I can help you
If you want to reduce consumption but feel overwhelmed or unsure where to begin, you’re not alone. Whatever stage you’re at in your sustainable journey, there are ways I can help you.
Events
Two day Invisible Mending for Knitwear: In-person Workshop
Immerse yourself in a two day visible mending workshop and learn all the skills you need to confidently repair your knitwear in style!
Learn new skills, make new friends, take time out for yourself.
Location: My studio in Galashiels! Heatheryett Office, Heatheryett Drive, Galashiels, TD1 2JT.
Time: 10am - 5pm
£385 per person
Events
West End Fair, Edinburgh 17th- 30th August
Collingwood-Norris will be taking part in the West End Fair in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.
There will be a full range of Collingwood-Norris scarves, in lambswool, merino and cashmere, as well as other accessories and copies of Flora’s book “Visible Creative Mending for Knitwear”
17-30th August 2026
Venue: St Johns Churchyard, on the corner of Princes Street and Lothian Road, Edinburgh
Time: 11am-6pm daily
Learn
Blog
Discover my knitwear fashion blog for posts on visible mending, embroidery, inspiration and design and making processes. Explore my blog to find tips for caring for your knitwear including washing and how to avoid moths, examples of visible mending projects from start to finish, mending tips and advice, and places I’ve taken inspiration from.
