The Journal
Notes from Navygrey.
Craft
HISTORY
To the ones who wore it first.
Dad wore V necks. Always wool. Usually navy. He didn’t think about clothes - he just wore what felt right.
The argyle golfing one pictured here was probably his jazziest. But really, it was the navy he lived in.
Photo Story
Nymph Pink
As seen on
Grandpa's Cardigan.
Every Sunday, my grandfather wore the same cardigan - softened at the elbows, shaped by the way he lived in it.
Over time, it became a lesson in ease, repetition, and the beauty of returning to the same well-loved layer.
Years later, that feeling became the reference point for our cardigan - familiar, effortless, and instantly right.
British Jersey: A memory, reworked.
Around 1993, there was a navy jersey.
Rolled into the back of the family Volvo. Worn without thinking. Soft, weighty, always ready.
It's odd, the small things that stay with you - not the big events, but the everyday pieces quietly carrying memory.
A chance conversation last year with Roy - a master jersey maker in Loughborough - brought that memory back.
Old cotton swatches. Knitted fabric from a rare 14-gauge machine you hardly see these days.
From there, Navygrey's British Jersey was born:
- Two striped tees, knitted with archive and newly-spun cotton.
- Two rugby jerseys - substantial, breathable, with a proper drill collar and ease across the arm and chest.
- Knitted, cut, and sewn in the British Isles.
Good things, made properly, still start close to home. Pieces made to feel instantly familiar - and to only get better with time.
We already have more ideas on the knitting machine. More from the archive, reworked. New pieces. Old roots.
HISTORY
DESIGN
NAVYGREY X FRANCLI
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