Dispatch No 4 – Printing Fabric at The Hatchery

It’s starting to feel like the Hatchery is properly beginning its journey.

We’ve now finished one room, and this summer we’ve started printing some of our own fabric in the space. Seeing those first lengths come off the printer and knowing they’ll soon become part of the collection feels quietly significant.

For us, this is about much more than printing.

It’s about learning the process from the inside. Understanding what goes into a fabric before it becomes clothing, and how that knowledge helps us make better decisions.

One of the things that feels most exciting is the ability to print only what we need. No overprinting, no overmaking. Just enough for what’s required, with the flexibility to make more if a piece really resonates.

That small shift could have a big impact on waste.

This is what the Hatchery is for. A space to test, learn, and slowly build better ways of making.

And in time, I hope it connects with our wool recycling project too. The thought of one day weaving our own recycled wool cloth and printing onto it in-house feels like the beginning of something very special.