Our Story
Woven from
the mountain
The village sits high up, tucked between mountains in Türkiye. There is no city near. In winter the wind cuts cold and the snow lies long. For as far as anyone can remember, the women here have made their own warm clothes — by hand, from the wool of their own sheep.
This is not a craft we learned from a book. It is a tradition, passed from one woman to the next. We gather wool from sheep and goats raised on these mountains. We wash it, spin it, work it. And then, stitch by stitch, we knit.
Every cardigan in this shop was knit by a woman in our association. Not in a factory. Not by a machine. By hand, in a stone house, with wool from these mountains.— The Daly Village Association
The association
A few years ago, after my working life ended, I wanted to give something back to the village that raised me. With the women here — many of whom had been knitting professionally for years — we founded the Daly Village Women’s Solidarity Association.
The idea was simple: take the tradition we already know by heart, and pair it with designs the world wants. Big Lebowski Cowichan cardigans. Marilyn replicas. Starsky-style chunky knits. Pieces with a story and a soul.
Soft enough for skin. Warm enough for winter.
We use a blend of 70% wool and 30% acrylic — the result of years of refinement. Soft enough to wear next to the skin, warm enough for the coldest evenings, and durable enough to last for decades.
Every piece is made to order in your exact size. If you don’t see your measurements, write to us — we’ll knit one just for you.
Where the money goes
The income from every sale goes to the women who knit the cardigans, and to the running of the association. It is opportunity — for the village, for the craft, for the next generation.
— Daly & Hande, founders