Hats are back
I spent Black Friday searching for the sweaters to make a new batch of hats. Raw materials determine the final product, so it can be a real easter egg hunt- the right colors, weights, textile blends that will eventually get washed and dried and cut up. How long does it take to make a hat? Well, if you don’t count years of experience, trial and error, pattern development, etc. … and days of searching just to find the right raw materials… and hours of processing the fabrics, cutting them up, putting the pieces and parts together… I might get a […]
Happy New Year
As we launch into 2022, I want to take a moment to thank all of my customers for helping to make the past year- with all of the challenges that it had, a successful year. As I scroll through social media- it is the most gratifying thing to see images of friends and strangers wearing a Cimarrona hat! As I round this corner into the new year I am looking forward to bringing a whole new line of wearables and items for your home and garden. I am launching my new site and store where these item can be found […]
turning over a new leaf
At Cimarrona, we are using the opportunity this strange time has brought us to make changes to our line and our approach. For the last 14 years our goal has been to reduce, recycle and reuse whenever possible in all of the work we create, and we have used predominantly post consumer textiles as the main body of our line. Going forward, will still create using discarded, quality textiles. However…… Here in North Texas the abundance of post consumer (aka thrift store) wool sweaters has fallen. Where at one time a 60 mile wool sweater buying trip would result in […]