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About the artist 


Hello! My name is Ottilie and I run Moss! It is a one-woman show based in North Yorkshire. I first started to knit seriously almost two years ago, and have become increasingly consumed and obsessed by it ever since. I spend all of my time making clothes, whether it is designing, sewing, crocheting, or most often knitting! I hope you like what I make :) 



About the business 


One of my reasons for wanting to make my own clothes was so that I could avoid buying clothes from companies with bad business practices, this mentality is at the forefront of Moss' values. I am vegan and for a while, I struggled with what fibres to use. I did not want to buy first-hand wool but I also did not want to buy acrylic, plastic yarns. This just leaves cotton which is quite limiting. For this reason, I buy all of my materials second-hand or vintage. There are 96 million tonnes of yarn produced every year, so there is a vast surplus to be used! I strive to keep my business as environment and animal-friendly as possible. This all means that repetition of the same yarn is infrequent and the person buying one of my pieces truly is the only person in the world to own it!