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The Scottish Textiles Showcase

Name: The Scottish Textiles Showcase
Address: 20 St Mary's Street, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH11SU, GB
Telephone: +441315583881

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Sustainably made in Scotland by independent wool mills & artisans. Harris Tweed coats, wool blankets, Shetland Fair Isle, cashmere, knitting wool.

02/03/2026

Have you wanted to learn to knit or are you looking for a refresher course? Based at our Edinburgh store, come and join our knitting classes for beginners. Under the expert tuition of Samira Hill you’ll learn to make a gorgeous pair of mitts with Di Gilpin’s Aran yarn and this on-trend Triangle scarf, working with Birlinn yarn wool from sheep living in the Outer Hebrides!

Come and join like minded folk in a relaxed environment, surrounded by gorgeous textiles ! Course begins 11 March and lasts for 4 weeks. The total cost of £125 includes all patterns and wool. We encourage you to bring your own needles or speak to us beforehand about needle requirements.
Message us here for full details which are also on our website.

https://scottishtextilesshowcase.com/products/beginner-knitting-classes

We look forward to welcoming you ! 🧶🧶🐑🐑

25/07/2024

In July, the machair on the Isle of Lewis is bursting with red clover, yarrow, cowslip, orchids and many more wildflowers!

‘Machair’ is a Gaelic word meaning fertile, low-lying grassy plain. It is a rare habitat unique to the north-west coasts of Scotland and Ireland.

23/07/2024

Back on our shelves by popular demand…

Our best selling lamsbwool socks, in a choice of popular colours Furnace, Porcupine and Oribe. Designed in house and Knitted in the north of Scotland, exclusively for the Scottish Textiles Showcase.

Photographed here on Ellen on Uig beach on the Isle of Lewis.

19/07/2024

Sometimes there’s too much going on to post about important events at the time and Thursday 3 July is very much a case in point. We were delighted to take part in a celebration at Edinburgh Castle to mark the City of Edinburgh's 900th anniversary hosted by the Lord Lyon in the presence of their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

It was an honour for us to be included in the 900 years’ celebration and have the opportunity to talk briefly to the monarch about our work promoting Scottish craftsmanship and the wonders of wool.

The Royal Couple were presented with three gifts hand made by artisans we work with in wool and wood: John Isaacs carved a handsome royal spurtle in Scottish Oak based on a carving in Arbroath Abbey, Susan Anderson knitted a beautiful beret in Balmerino™ yarn and Kayleigh from our in-house team made a tweed clutch bag using Harris Tweed® woven by Donald John Mackay.

Knowing the King's role as the patron for we took this unique opportunity to showcase products made with Scottish and British wool, of which we have a growing number as can be seen from our stand. We invited Rachel Crawford from to join us with her Balmerino™lambs, bred for their soft fleece. Of course they stole the show and were much admired by everyone!

The event marked an important day in the short history of the Scottish Textiles Showcase
since we began in 2019 and I am very proud of what we have achieved in the five short years we’ve been operating.
Well done everyone for the excellent team work 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👑👑

16/07/2024

Seeing as summer is yet to arrive in Scotland, we thought we’d show off these super soft herringbone merino scarves from ANTA which are new in store this month.

Generous in width and length, they’ll keep the cool wind and drizzle away whilst we wait for the sun to shine!

20/06/2024

Introducing the latest design in the Araminta Campbell tartan range, the Autumn Woodland Walk, woven in an array of colours reflecting the autumn landscape surrounding Araminta’s home in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire.

The colours in this limited edition tartan took inspiration from plants harvested from her woodland walks. Araminta has meticulously colour matched each of the yarns in her autumnal tartan to reflect nature’s colour palette.

14/06/2024

LESS is most certainly MORE!!!

What an inspiring opening night for the Borders Book Festival as a packed audience listened to the one and only Patrick Grant talk about the background to his latest book LESS. Dressed from head to toe in British made attire, Patrick’s words were music to my ears as he engagingly explained why we should all buy less and even more importantly support our local economy and buy British!! Sponsored by , thank you Dawn and Leah for inviting me and my guest to join you for this very special evening hosted in true Scottish style in the company of and others. What a treat for us all!

11/06/2024

The sun was shining in Fife last week when we visited our new wool supplier Balmerino™. Founder and farmer Rachel Crawford is pictured here with one of her sweet little lambs and Lass the sheepdog.

Choose from six lovely shades named after Scottish wildflowers, now available at Scottish Textiles Showcase.

01/06/2024

Enjoying the wonders of wool 🐏🧶

End of day 1 at yesterday and everyone is delighted after a very busy day in the second year of this hugely popular wool festival. Aptly located in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, once the beating heart of a thriving Scottish wool industry.

The festival runs through to the end of today and no doubt it will be even busier. The fleece market is a major attraction where you can pick up fleeces sources from local farms in the Scottish Borders and learn how to wash and spin your own yarn, keeping it all very local. This is a fantastic initiative led by Lara Armitage who works with local farmers in the Scottish Borders. We hope it spreads to other parts of the country.

Great to catch up with Marguerite at Westfield Croft, Susan and Carol at the Yarn Journal, Samira Hill and hear about exciting new developments from Emma at Creation Mill in Langholm. I definitely need to visit soon!

Do visit the market if you are in the area today ( though check tickets are still available before you go!)

15/05/2024

We’re delighted to introduce the first colour from our new range of super soft lambswool socks, knitted in the north of Scotland exclusively for Scottish Textiles Showcase.

This pair in furnace orange have already made their way to the stunning Traigh a Bhaigh beach on the Isle of Vatersay in Scotland’s Western Isles.

04/05/2024

Our pure wool jumpers are produced entirely in the Shetland Isles in the far north of Scotland with local wool, spun and dyed at the iconic Jamieson’s of Shetland mill. Sustainably made with pure wool natural fibres, their biggest journey outside the island was the trip to our Edinburgh store!

The Oatmeal is a marl of natural undyed shades, and the new Pine green shade is inspired by the beautiful greens in the Scottish landscape.

Also available in Lomond blue and Sunrise red.

28/04/2024

The smiles on their faces says it all! 😁Aptly named The Woolly Good Gathering and organised by a fantastic team of knitting enthusiasts who brought together producers from all over Scotland was always going to be an event not to be missed.
A very happy Saturday was spent Edinburgh talking all things wool and sheep with Scotland’s thriving knitting community.

A huge thank you to everyone involved in this wonderful event, organisers and vendors alike which had such a great atmosphere. We hope you will repeat next year! Susan and the team, many congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻🔥🔥🧶🧶🧶

Address

20 St Mary's Street, Royal Mile
Edinburgh
EH11SU

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	10am - 5:30pm
Thursday	10am - 5:30pm
Friday	10am - 5:30pm
Saturday	10am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+441315583881

Website

http://Scottishtextilesshowcase.com/

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The Scottish Textiles Showcase was founded in 2019 when it opened its first curated shop of Scottish textiles inside the historic Tron Kirk on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Since then the shop has developed a reputation as a best kept secret and treasure trove for discerning shoppers looking to buy authentic Scottish gifts and homeware.

Scotland's textiles are in a class of their own and have gained a world wide reputation for excellence. From the Scottish Borders in the south to the far flung islands of the Outer Hebrides in the west and Shetland in the north the Scottish textiles story is rich and varied and with beautiful linens and lace besides the celebrated tartans and tweed we all know. As a maker herself founder Director Kitty Bruce-Gardyne has been a long term champion of Scotland's rich textiles heritage and was keen to share her passion for a story which remains physically off the beaten track.

Kitty works with four members of staff at the Showcase and their mission at the shop is to celebrate the Scottish artisans and mills who make the products they sell. She says, "We take great pride in knowing not only where our products have come from but who made them and how. We want to pass this information on to our customers so they too can appreciate the craftsmanship skills required to make the beautiful products on our shelves."