Using traditional skills to create clothing and shelter from the materials of our landscape

We are makers, sharing our space, skills and creativity, with a passion for enduring design and soulful craftsmanship, inspired by the qualities of the materials we source and a connection to our environment

The Cambrian Gilet

Still the only gilet out there that’s quilted with a thermal layer of British wool - not even a whisper of polyester.
Our outer tweed is grown, washed, carded, spun and woven all within an hour of the Carpenter & Cloth studio.
**SHOP**

Blog

**Migrants, industrialisation and black gold...**
Our latest post tells the story of our new shirts and why an exquisite Italian merino cloth has a place in our Welsh clothing collection.
**Blog**

TIMBER FRAMING Repair, Restoration & New Build

JOINERY AND FURNITURE

WOODLAND CABIN

SHOP The Carpenter & Cloth Clothing Range

SUSTAINABILITY The materials we choose and why

COMMISSION Clothing, Repair & Alteration

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Yesterday Sam and I put the penultimate touches on this cabin.
It's a bespoke oak timber frame, with larch cladding, reclaimed aluminium doors @greendoorstore, and a green roof seeded with wildflowers
It's clad on the inside with spruce and insulate

Our first outing of the year - we're going to England!
On the 25th & 26th April we will be at the Compton Marbling Barns with @clemsfairs amongst over 50 other carefully curated stall holders.
So, if you are anywhere nearby #salisbury or #shafte

Ok, it's still pretty chilly (as it should be) but after another day of torrential sideways rain yesterday it was such a surprise to see blue sky peeping through today! And not only today; the forecast has little yellow sunshines on it for the next 7

I recently received back one of the first gilets I ever made.
It came in for repair.
I can't describe how wonderful it feels to see a garment that you've poured a lot of love into clearly having been such a vital companion in someone else's life.
It

RESTOCKED - our Italian Shirt, made with designer salvage 100% merino cloth from Italy

'Around 1890, the first Italian migrants arrived in the mining towns of South Wales …they found there an opportunity to flavour the atmosphere with a lit

We are proud supporters of The Campaign for Wool, contributing to the development of an environmentally responsible, sustainable, and commercially viable wool industry.

We are based on the Carmarthenshire / Powys border, near Llandovery, in easy reach of Brecon, Carmarthen, Abergavenny and beyond.

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