Jamieson's Meets Mohair - Charcoal

This classic sweater has a story like no other collaboration. Two worlds and two sweaters coming together.
Jamieson's of Shetland x Kota Gushiken

Kota explains "I was introduced to a knit factory by the same person who had previously introduced me to Jamieson’s. It’s a knit factory, but they can also do needle-punch, and they showed me their machines and all sorts of knitted fabrics.

One of the needle punched knitted materials they showed me had a pattern that immediately reminded me of a needle-punch piece made by Shaun Samson, who was a MA graduate student at the same university when I was in my first year on the foundation course. I hadn’ t thought about that work in a long time, but seeing this material brought it back to me instantly.

So when I started thinking about this new collaboration with Jamieson’s, that needle-punch idea came back to me, and a really interesting garment began to form in my head. It was still very much at the testing stage, but I had a chance to meet Peter, the owner of Jamieson’s, and his son Garry. When I showed them the trial swatch, they found it really exciting, which made me very happy.

This is a piece that came together because people in many different positions all engaged with it passionately truly a special garment."

Made in Japan and UK
Machine Knitting and Needle Punching