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
27-28th June 2026
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
Talk with Q+A: Visible Creative Mending and Knitwear
Celebrating 10 years of Collingwood-Norris and almost 20 years in knitwear, Flora will share snippets of her freelance career, her path into starting and running her own business and working towards a better future.
Flora will also discuss her design journey into repairs, share examples of the different techniques she uses and her approach of design led mending. Often the garments she repairs have a lot of sentimental attachment for their owner, and she’ll share some of the stories behind them.
The talk will be followed by a Q+A, where you will have the chance to ask questions.
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.
