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THE WOOL BLANKET PROJECT

We started with a question:
What happens to your clothes after you drop them in the charity bin ?

Some are given a second life - folded neatly into someone else’s wardrobe and worn with love.

But many - don’t make it that far.

Not trendy enough for vintage, the charity shops are already full. 

So they get sorted and packaged and eventually, they’re shredded, burned, or shipped halfway across the world.

Once we knew that, we couldn’t ignore it.

So we asked another question:

What could we do to start thinking differently about materials that already exist ?

Thats where the wool blanket project egan and we hope it will go far !

Check out the items we made here 

Read more aout it below

FROM LAB TO LIFE

The first idea to hatch from our new creative space, Palava Lab.

Based at the Hatchery, it’s where we’re exploring bold new ways of making—starting with what already exists.

Wool blankets seemed like a perfect place to begin.
They’re everywhere once you start looking - tucked at the back of airing cupboards, stacked in secondhand shops, handed in at textile banks. Strong. Warm. Beautiful in a quiet, often overlooked way.

We started gathering them in October 2024. Some were bedding blankets in delicious pastels. Others had bold checks, worn labels, and decades of use stitched into their fibers.

And we began to make.

Not by hiding the flaws, but by working with them.

Each mark, each patch, each careful stitch becomes part of the narrative. Personal, imperfect, and all the more beautiful for it.

When a blanket was too worn in places, we paired it with another—letting the contrast shape the design. And because they spread beautifully across our cutting tables, we could cut several pieces at once, keeping things efficient while using as much of the material as possible.

The result?
Jackets with character. Each one completely unique. Each one with a past - and now, a future.

A BETTER ONE

The first collection - our summer jackets, made from lighter-weight blankets - is here now. Tactile, joyful, and quietly bold, they’re the kind of pieces you don’t just wear- you connect with them.

But this is just the beginning.

Next, we’ll be inviting you to take part.
If you have a blanket tucked away-an heirloom, a hand-me-down, a forgotten favourite - we’d love to give it new life. To transform it into something you can wear, keep, and pass on. Something with your story woven in.

Because the world doesn’t need more stuff.
It needs more meaning.

Stay tuned - there’s more to come