Collingwood-Norris is a small ethical knitwear and visible mending business based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Balancing ethical, colourful knitwear and visible mending, designer and mender Flora champions the use of natural fibres and the skills needed to make your clothing last.

Flora started Collingwood-Norris, in 2016 after years of working freelance, creating catwalk samples for the likes of Christopher Kane, Jasper Conran and House of Holland, as well as designing hand knit patterns and teaching.

With a strong emphasis on colour, often inspired by the Scottish landscapes around her, Flora creates many of her designs in her small studio, on vintage knitting machines, finishing each piece by hand. Working exclusively with natural fibres and creating pieces that will transcend seasonal trends, Flora has also worked with a local manufacturer in Hawick to utilise digital knitting technology for designs that aren’t possible to make on her own machinery.

Flora started exploring the possibilities of visible mending, as her large collection of second-hand sweaters needed some tender loving care.
During lockdown, she created digital workshops and mending guides, which have been very popular, and in the last 2 years her mending work has appeared in Vogue, Country Living Magazine, Harpers Bazaar Germany, The Times, Homes and Interiors Scotland and others.

In August 2021 Flora self-published her book ‘Visible creative mending for knitwear’ to share her repair knowledge, and encourage others to have a sustainable wardrobe that’s unique and personal. Flora now offers regular visible mending workshops, video tutorials, and materials.