There is something wonderfully evocative about making a gift of a cashmere blanket to a newborn baby. An unspoken message of warmth, a whisper of shared protectiveness, a wish that the new arrival is cosily wrapped up and out of harms way – amazing that an inanimate object can convey such a wealth of sentiment […]
With Easter just around the corner, we have selected ten gift ideas for Baby’s first Easter. NUMBER 1. Starting off the gift search with Purl English’s favourite bunny,”Mr Rabbit”. Handmade from Pure Cashmere in the Cotswolds, England. Perfect to hop in as Baby’s first special friend for cuddles. Mr Rabbit is beautifully soft and has embroidered spots […]
The evenings are getting lighter and there is a little more warmth in the air. Aconites and snowdrops are carpeting the garden. New beginnings everywhere. With that thought in mind, we are working away in the Purl English studio, creating new ideas for the forthcoming season. Pictured above are a hand- knitted pair of cashmere baby slippers […]
Introducing our cashmere sale – for baby and child. As no doubt all our lovely friends and followers of Purl English are aware, here at Purl English central, we make all of our sumptuous cashmere baby collection by hand here in the Cotswolds, England. We are delighted to announce that we will be offering you […]
Welcome to our sparkly new Purl English Website. TA DA…! …We wanted to show you all the lovely things we have been adding to our collection of luxury Cashmere for baby & child this November and what better way than with our “all singing” & “all dancing” newly launched website. Great looking, and […]
…here comes the winter ! Here at Purl English, we have been very busy over the summer preparing for the launch of our new improved website, www.purlenglish.com We are but days away and very excited to have our new site up in the ether. We now have the perfect opportunity to show off some of […]
Here at Purl English, we have been busy behind the scenes making some fine adjustments to our online presence. We will be launching the new look website this Autumn, which will be featuring some of the new products that we have been hinting at over the past few weeks. Our much anticipated “Cashmere gift sets” […]
With all this glorious weather we have been having – summer holidays are well and truly on our minds. To many new mothers the prospect of packing up all the paraphernalia that we seem to accumulate with our little darlings, can seem daunting. Purl English Cashmere blankets were very originally designed to be the perfect […]
We have new babies…our brand new niece – the beautiful Mara, new cashmere designs and a brand new year to get busy in. Featured in this picture and available in 2014, is a hooded cashmere blanket – perfect to scoop up the little ones and encapsulate them in a cosy cashmere cocoon. Bliss.
Our second gift collection of three luxury cashmere toys lovely produced, especially for the youngest of children. Made with the luxuriously soft pure cashmere, and backed with pure silk to comfort, soothe and delight. Scaled to be the perfect size for developing hands. The set includes ; a little fish, a star and a penguin, […]
There is a distinct chill in the air and here on the river Windrush there is a mist that sits above the water lending a sense of magic to the surrounding cotswold hills. I for one, have been unpacking my woollies and putting my sheepskin boots on standby for the chilly days to come. The Purl […]
From inspiration to completion… What makes the perfect unique baby gift? A day in the life of a Purl English cashmere blanket. The marvels of movie bring to you the myriad of processes involved in bringing our Purl English blankets to a small baby near you – now you can see what we get up […]
You are never too young for cashmere comforts. What makes cashmere such an ideal material to wrap your little bundle of joy up in? Well top of the list – cashmere is natural, 100{8ca9040c0c3de58f368474e9cb3f583151c369ac86b9b2c482339a737672bbb7} the real deal, as natural as natural comes… Naturally hypoallergenic. It has excellent thermal properties, without getting technical it will keep you […]
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We have been busy in the boots department coming up with some variations on our baby pompom cashmere slipper. Each pair of baby slippers is knitted from pure cashmere and then made by hand individually in our cotswold studio. One thing we have noticed particularly about babies feet are that they are super wriggly. We invest […]