Peat Lambswool Ribbed Beanie

Deep-ribbed, double-thickness at the turn-up, and long enough to actually cover ears: the beanie the Brodie sisters knitted first and still argue is the best thing in the range. Spun from the Border fleece pool — six flocks within an afternoon’s drive — in peat, a warm near-black brown with the occasional paler fleck from the blend.

Knitted on hand-fed domestic machines and finished by hand: the crown is grafted rather than seamed, so there is no ridge, and the turn-up holds its shape because the rib does the work, not elastic. It is a honest one size that fits most heads, and the wool’s natural give does the rest.

Care is a fifteen-minute wool cycle in a mesh bag or a cool hand wash, dried flat — and if you get caught in rain, do not panic: lambswool shrugs off weather and recovers its shape as it dries. Each beanie carries the tag of the flock whose fleece grew it.