February 2012
4 posts
... Parrot hood!?
This week, for the fun of it we made Monkey hoods ...
Bag one here:
http://www.merrimaking.co.uk/#/made-for-fun/4554167330
Liked this:
“Its hard to skid over in the snow discreetly whilst wearing a bright orange coat and a Merrimaking Arctic Fox hood.”
- a status we spotted on Facebook
Cloud Jumper with a [literal] Silver Lining. Available online through the website.Here.
(We’ve another photoshoot booked for next weekend with this chap and another friend of ours, Charlie. Enter Spring/Summer….)
January 2012
10 posts
Brightoning up our Merri life.... We're moving...
…So now very much on the look out for a new studio (and also a house!) in Brighton. Can anyone point us in any interesting directions for studios/houses? If so would you email us? hello@merrimaking.co.uk
M & H x
We've been shopping!...
2 brand new linings for all customised hoods, ‘Picnic Blue’ and ‘Fluorescent tropical’
1 tag
It's time for another party with Lomography!
This time in honour of some wild surprises. @ the gallery store in Soho, London. 6-9pm tonight… X x
(photos from the last Lomography Walk:)
This weeks favourite commission
A new kind of Fawn for our friend...
..and a trio of embellished Highland Cows..
We’ve made three of these guys. With a silky cordoy lining, and for the first time a pair of ornate horns…
Find them on the ‘limited editions’ page here.
Made for the fun of it - Red Pandas. Sewn and...
The Red Panda is one of our most popular commissions, and happens to be the hood worn by some of our favourite friends.
We’ve made a bunch of these, each with our new favourite lining. Get one here.
December 2011
8 posts
Merri Christmas!
May the festivities commence!
(Found this photo on the floor in France, and I LOVE it!)
THERE'S STILL TIME TO GET A HOOD FOR CHRISTMAS
Another day left to order a Snow Leopard (Christmas exclusive), and any of our Lucky dip hoods in time for Christmas - we’re posting everything next-day delivery! Bag one Here
Anyone in London tomorrow?!
Find us at the Secret Emporium’s Christmas Market! Lots more one-off pieces sewn, and probably a puppy in tow.
Village Underground 11am - 10pm
MORE HOODS IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
If you’d like a hood in time for christmas, we’ve a collection of hoods that are sewn and ready to go. Some one-offs, some real classics. Nothing too unusual.
We’ve 4 of our most popular animals: Bear. Arctic Fox. Wolf.Leopard. All with a random selection of linings.
Or for something more surprising, choose one of these descriptions and we’ll choose you an animal hood...
T-SHIRTS JUST LAUNCHED!
Our first brand T-Shirt, and an interactive t-shirt developed with illustrator and friend, Jennie Webber.
Be the first, here
CONGRATULATIONS AND SALUTATIONS!! The Winner of...
Robyn! Who embellished this leaf and left it attached to the plant at Reading festival.
We invited our friend Tess, the creative wonder in charge of art at SGP, to judge… and just KNEW she’d be bang on! Here’s the short-list we gave her, and the points she awarded them each.
“Julia’s pumpkin was beautiful, it takes a lot of skill and the whole think didn’t...
A very Merri shelving unit
17 wooden boxes, 7 spray cans and an eventual pair of masks
November 2011
8 posts
2 days left to enter and WIN the Gorilla hood!
Here.
The hoods have started taking us by surprise!
A friend spotted one of our hoods in the gift guide of this months issue of ‘Fabulous Mag’..!? Where do we get a copy?
p.s the hood is a Husky designed for Selfridges Christmas/winter range. It’s all Harri’s handiwork this one!
We want to make it fair, so we can think of no...
So here goes, 2 weeks left to enter and the entries are getting increasingly more amazing! Keep them coming… the Gorilla hood is still technically up for grabs
Check out some past entries here
If you’re up to the challenge, we’re inviting you to help us spread the Merri word and write our web address somewhere where it will be seen… Be creative, make it curious and...
A Lynx
Possibly my favourite commission to date..!?
The white-trimmed Fox. Another range of limited...
Harriet and the wonderful Beth, who did work experience with us last week, made a bunch of these! Each lined with striped jersey.
Bag one here:
http://www.merrimaking.co.uk/#/limited-editions/4554167330
A belated, but very happy halloween! - we just got...
Love this!
An entry for our guerilla marketing competition! Keep them coming and you might just win a Gorilla hood… (as well as help us our massively with spreading the Merri word!)
Snow leopard exclusive for christmas. Pre-order...
One of our lushest and warmest fur fabrics, each lined with an blue cotton. If you’re having this sent to a friend, tell us their name and we’ll write a message on the tag.
Bag one here
PRE ORDER NOW, RELEASE DATE 7TH NOV
October 2011
19 posts
We're relaunching the Guerilla competition for...
Help us spread the Merri word!
We’ve been giving limited edition Gorilla hoods away to people who write our website in inventive places. The competition is open again for November and above is the Gorilla hood that is up for grabs! We’ll choose the winner early December.
HOW TO PLAY: 1/ just write ‘www.merrimaking.co.uk’ in a place that will be seen 2/ Take a photo 3/...
State Of Craft
A couple of months ago we put a contribution together for a book called The State Of Craft. (Ours was a how-to for making animal ears for bike helmets).
We saw a copy of it for the first time today and it’s great! Haven’t had time to properly read through it yet, but included also is a friend we made this summer, Chloe who runs ‘Dot Your T’s & Cross Your...
Ring-tailed Lemur (with a tail that doubles as a...
This was our favourite commission this week!
1 tag
The Selfridges Christmas window display
The Selfridges Christmas window displays were unveiled today and here’s our Stag and Polar Bear hoods!
And on the subject, we’re releasing a limited edition Snow Leopard for Chrismas this year - pre-order as of 1st Nov!
Craft Off photos on their way!
I like a challenge, but we gave in to the offer of...
Craft off - TONIGHT, Malt Cross Nottingham from...
Bring your friends and lovers, form a team and get crafty…
Tickets available in advance here.
A sneak peak at some of the Craft Off deco...
A night of competitive crafting, hosted by Spinsters Emporium & Merrimaking. With live afro funk, kizomba rhythms from KAMBASEMBA. (and no prizes for guessing what the prizes will be…!)
Bring your friends and lovers to the Malt Cross, Nottingham on the 23rd October.
Buy tickets here.
HURRAY
We’ve had a few spray cans knocking around because of the Craft Off, and Harri must have done this without me looking last night - I found it this morning! It’s right where we cut fabric :)
1 tag
The Foxes are back!
Hand-made to order, with your choice lining. Commission one here.
1 tag
Yesterdays commission - a Gizmo hood...
More hoods 'made for the fun of it' - 5 Secret...
Made these for the fun of it - 5 Leopards (of a fluffier kind), each longer at the front than our classic pattern and harbouring a secret pocket…
Bag one Here
1 tag
NEW! Cloud jumper with a silver lining
Designed to bring a little ‘Merriness’ to any winter wardrobe: a cloud jumper with a silver lining. Hand-made to order, each cloud is unique from jumper to jumper. (and you can ask us if you’d like an especially cloudy sky!).
Buy it Here
A boy in the studio!
Let us introduce Stuart, our new and resident model! (And Narla)
We had a sing in the rain today with an umbrella and our new jumper… photos to follow soon!
1 tag
#RizzleKicks
One Meg made today...
A Snow Leopard
In-the-hood of the week!
Craft Off tickets on sale!
HERE
(hosted by us Merri folk and the most crafty Spinster we know….)
It's getting crafty