Organic Home Knits

The Gather shop has some beautiful new cushions in store; organic cotton, natural botanical dyes,  duck feather inserts.  Handknitted, hand-dyed, this cotton makes a soft, matte surface (almost like suede); Oh My! one can sink all their daydreams into these......

Gather Online Store

The Gather ONLINE SHOP is brimming with new goodies; pop in and have a look.....

Dried Flowers in the Shop Window

Natural Dye Lab

An integral part of my product selection at Gather is valuing the process of raw and natural materials; and that includes making colours from Nature.  Last year I ran some natural dye workshops and this is what I wrote: "Experience how to use dyes from the wildest of nature, trees and forests, derived from ancient recipes. Recipes made from berries, flowers, roots and insect resins that are steeped in history. Experience the stories of the Ancient Dyes; Stories of secret recipes coveted by spies, of cargo that traversed continents and created countries, colours which robed Vestal Virgins, clothed Robin Hood and his Gang, and uniformed Armies of Ancient Kingdoms. Once forbidden and still sacred Colours, Colours that are still grown, harvested, gathered, smoked by fire and blessed by ancient deities. Can it be any more enticing than this, even if its to just absorb the heady fragrances of this old, old world."  We have some new natural dyes in store, including beautiful books on dyeing.

Gift Guide Page Four.

Gather Gift Guide / From the top left: Rowan SUMMER TWEED Silk/Cotton yarn, HANDPRINTED TOTE by Harvest Textiles, Book MADE BY HAND by Lena Corwin, Handpainted KNITTING NEEDLES by Nikki Gabriel, TRAVEL JOURNALS by OCheck Graphics, HANDSPUN HANDYED WOOL & SILK skein by Woolwench, TRIANGLE KNITTED CUSHION by Gather, KNITTED CACTUS by Odds & Ends.

Gift Guide Page Three.

Gather Gift Guide from the top: Digital PRINT : PORTRAIT OF A BIRD by 'in my backyard', Merchant & Mills SHELL BUTTONS, Book WOODLAND KNITS pattern book by Tiny Owl Knits, MERINO & POSSUM yarn skein, HANDPAINTED ALPACA yarn skein, LE CAHIER NOTEBOOK by O-Check Graphics, raw MADDER ROOT PLANT DYE, CROCHET NECKLACE by Parisian designer, Sophie Digard,  Rimu DARNING MUSHROOM, naturally dyed bush twine BILUM from Papua New Guinea.

Gather Gift Guide Page Two.

Gather Gift Ideas / Products in store from the top: Hemp and Organic Cotton ZIPPER POUCH from 'in my backyard', Rowan CREATIVE LINEN knitting yarn, HUI TEATOWEL from Tofutree Art and Design, PAPER to PETAL hardcover book, '75 whimsical paper flowers to craft by hand', HOUSE AND GARDEN PRINT by 'in my backyard', MACRAME by Spoonful Design, POLKA DOT KNITTING NEEDLES, Handyed HANDSPUN MOHAIR by WoolWench, Applique and CROCHET SCARF by Parisian designer Sophie Digard.

Gather Gift Guide Page One.

From the top: 'Forage' WATERCOLOUR PRINT by 'in my backyard', TOTE BAG in 'tulip print' by 'in my backyard',  ECO recycled cotton yarn by Twilley's of Stamford, PETAL AND TWIG book 'seasonal bouquets with blossoms, twigs and grasses from your garden' by Valerie Easton, CROCHET SCARF by Parisian designer Sophie Digard, WRAPPING PAPER by OCheck Graphics, Merchant & Mills 25 FINEST NEEDLES, WIDE BOW SCISSORS, Rowan SUMMERSPUN COTTON/WOOL blend yarn, RIMU KNITTING NEEDLES.

My Veggie Patch at Gather

Anna from My Veggie Patch has installed an outdoor edible garden at Gather.  A great design of tiered pallets cascading with climbing beans, strawberries and nasturtiums, and is causing a sensation on the street being tourist photographed even more than the pink bike. We are also stocking My Veggie Patch product line of planted garden pallets, watering cans, plant flags & seed packets at Gather.

Our Free Shipping starts tonight.....

From midnight tonight, FREE SHIPPING on the Gather online shop to all New Zealand addresses with purchases over $55, and all overseas addresses for purchases over $100.  Have a browse.....

Free Shipping on the Gather ONLINE store...

This GLOBAL free shipping offer begins on 1 November and runs for 1 week only on the Gather online store.

Gather Online Shop

The Gather Online Shop is updated with new goodies: Hanging Macrame for Plants and Vases and Textiles from Paris designer Sophie Digard.

It's Spring again at GATHER

Kim from Lushka Flowers has created this 'wildflower installation' in our new hanging macrame at Gather.  She turned up with a big bucket of wild jasmine, roses, lavender, poppies, cornflower, grasses and other pretty stuff to conjure some Spring magic in the shop.  Imagine the scent in here - it's really wonderful.  The macrame will be on the Gather online shop soon, if you're inspired by this idea for yourself.

Merchant & Mills

We stock the product line of English Draper, Merchant & Mills at Gather.  Here is their beautiful story:

Merchant & Mills // English Drapers from We Are Shuffle on Vimeo.

Gatherers

Still a Gathering Culture / Bilums from Papua New Guinea from the remote Omie Artist Group.  We have a rare and collectable selection in store in Gather; and each bag has the name of the Artist on them.  They are truly amazing, each string bag requires the harvesting of bush twine, wet-spun knotting and netting by hand with a bone or wooden tool, and decoration with plant dyes.

SHOP ASSISTANT NEEDED

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Gather is looking to employ a casual, part-time helper with good self-management skills and a hard-working ethic.  If you have knowledge of yarns and fibres, and an interest and passion for design, please email me your details!  info@thegathershop.com

Our Gather Bird

I found this wrecked old mannequin at an auction house with a revamp in mind.  I had to call on a friend who's a bit of a master wood turner to construct a bird head like our Gather logo.  He sent me these pics of the process, I think to make me aware of how much work was actually involved.  Thanks Rog - you're a star!!  Then my multi-talented husband, who's a super star!, fitted the head, cleaned her up, resprayed it, and now she's finished and holding a space nicely in the shop.  Wearing the Triangle Construction Knit jumper for Cleckheaton and merino scarf knitted up in all the MillaMia colours.  The comments I've received so far; the Surrealists Exquisite Corpse, Anthropomorphic Creature, but nobody seems to be freaked out by it, well of course not - she's gorgeous!.

Viva Magazine Mother's Day Special

The NZ Herald newspaper magazine Viva, has published in their Mother's Day Special edition that they Love the Merchant&Mills Sewing Box.  Available online at the Gather shop, or instore.

Mother's Day Gift Guide

Our Gather shop is a haven for Mother's Day Gifts.  Here are some suggestions. A Gather Gift Voucher, or 1.Sewing Notions Gift Box from English Draper, Merchant & Mills.  2.Botanical Dyed Hand-Spun Silk.  3.Angora/Wool Gloves.  4.Book: with Bold Needle & Thread, Adventures in Vintage Needlecraft. 5.Needle Threader from Merchant & Mills. 6. Angora/Wool Gloves in a selection of hand-dyed colours   7.String Bags from the Omie Artist group in Papua New Guinea. 8.Hand-woven flax Kete. 9. The world's finest merino wool from MilaMia Sweden.