Sometimes the things we become or create are set in motion before we ever know. The name &Daughter comes from this idea, a love for something passed implicitly through generations.

Founded in 2013 by Buffy Reid, started the brand with her father coumba reid. Her Irish Granny was an amazing knitter, she passed that knowledge and passion onto her father. He began his career selling the Donegal tweeds and Arans of his birthplace and made his life’s work Irish and Scottish knitwear of the highest quality. Now she is lucky enough to work with many of the makers and mills that he did. It is a legacy of time, skill and knowledge passed on and to be cherished.

&Daughter works with five yarns and five makers from the Borders of Scotland and the West Coast of Donegal. Their yarns are 100% natural and spun in the UK & Ireland and their makers are based in the UK and Ireland too.

They believe in the beauty and strength of a local and specialist supply chain. It allows them to know our partners, who are small, independent businesses just like us. It allows them to support and be part of a unique and historic industry that dates back hundreds of years.

The factories make the knitwear by the traditional knitting technique called ‘fully fashioning’. This means that each piece of the jumper is knit individually and then linked together and finished by hand. This makes the garment as strong as possible, each piece attached intricately, by hand, to the other.

Over time, as we move in our clothes, the jumper withstands and supports our wear. It doesn’t stretch out of shape or tear. Hand-finishing each jumper is about taking care & time over all the details.

Both the object and the means by which it is made. For an object to sustain, it needs to be made well, from a quality raw material that is fit for purpose and made in a way that will withstand the life it's designed for.

For a business and livelihood to sustain it needs to support and be to the benefit of all the people & environments who are part of its making.

This means that from sheep to finished jumper we aspire to create the strongest, most supportive supply chain possible. To sustain and protect all the people who contribute to creating our jumpers, and the welfare of the animals and the land on which they graze.