Our story

A family knitting since 1929.

Bosie was founded by Juliet, a textile designer born into a family of Scottish knitters. But its story starts long before her, with a fishing family on the North-East coast of Scotland that has been knitting here for generations.

Our founder, Juliet, with her dad in 1977.
He started out in Scottish knitwear in 1962, at just fifteen.

1929Our family knitting since

3Generations of makers

1stClass honours in textiles

Before 1929

Born of a fishing family

Long before anyone picked up knitting needles for a living, ours was a fishing family. In 1929 our founder's grandfather started a small cottage industry knitting for the fishing fleet, and the family has been in the North-East Scotland knitting business ever since.

The 1980s

Growing up among the wool

The next generation grew up surrounded by traditional Scottish textiles, fishermen's workwear and Fair Isle knitting. There were research trips to Shetland, Norway and Fair Isle itself, and teenage years spent working in the family's textile mill.

It has been a constant, happy thread through the family's life, made all the stronger for being shared.

2001 to 2005

Art school

Our founder, Juliet, followed a love of the creative arts to Gray's School of Art, specialising in knitting and printmaking, and graduated in 2005 with first class honours.

2015

Then came Bosie

In 2015, shortly after becoming a mother herself, Juliet started Bosie to sell her own designs: a range of knitwear, most of it knitted by the family, made with exacting standards, real pride, sustainability and close attention to detail. It is rooted firmly in Scottish heritage, with a fresh, varied style, pure new wool and honest provenance.

"Bosie is our Doric word for a hug. That's exactly how every jumper should feel."

Our founder, Juliet

Provenance & heritage

Made in Scotland, made to last.

We design and ethically produce luxury woollens here in Scotland, using fibres and techniques drawn from our own homeland. Style, warmth and comfort matter, but above all, Scottish authenticity in both design and craftsmanship.

A second skin

Mostly seam-free, so there are no seams to rub. Our knitwear moulds itself flatteringly to the wearer's frame, and is so comfortable it feels like a second skin.

The softest water

Our knitting home has some of the softest water in Scotland, which gives our wool its much-loved softness when it is first washed and finished.

Shaped by the sea

The marine industries that built our town still shape our clothing, from the materials and structure to the Fair Isle patterns.

Made to last

We keep an eye on silhouette, colour and pattern, but above all we make beautiful, classic staples that stand the test of time.

Shaped by the sea

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A Family Heritage

Our Story

Hi I’m Juliet, the founder of Bosie Knitwear.

My immediate family has been in the North East of Scotland knitting business since 1929, descending from a small cottage industry started by my Grandfather. Prior to that, our lineage were fisher folk, so me and my sisters always grew up around traditional Scottish textiles, Fishermen’s workwear and Fair Isle knitting heritage. From research trips with my Father to Shetland, Norway and the Fair Isle in the 1980’s, to working with my hands in his textile Mill in my teens and early twenties, it has been an ever present and enjoyable focus in my life, made all the stronger by my familial ties to it. Having a strong interest in the creative arts, In 2001 I embarked upon a degree in Textiles at Grays School of Art, where I specialized in Knitting and Printmaking, graduating in 2005 with 1st class honours.

I started Bosie to provide my own particular range of knitwear, knitted by our family, with extremely high standards, genuine pride in our product, sustainability and high attention to detail. Being robustly rooted in Scottish heritage, my hope is to provide garments with a fresh and varied style, committed to pure new wool, authentic provenance and the finest of quality.

Heirloom Knitting

Provenance and Heritage

Providing mainly seam free knitwear so comfortable it's like a second skin, Bosie Knitwear prides itself on designing, and ethically producing luxury woollens here n Scotland, in fibres and techniques drawn mainly from our own homeland. Providence and care in managing resources is of huge importance to us and our fortunate knitting location also accesses some of the softest water in Scotland, providing a much lauded softness during the process of wet-finishing, which is crucially formative during the first milling of the virgin yarn, and hard to replicate. The Heritage of our coastline is particularly important to us with regards to the Marine industries that shaped our town, influencing clothing in material, structure and fair isle pattern.

We prioritise style, warmth and comfort, but above all, Scottish authenticity in both design and craftsmanship. We are very aware to reflect trends in silhouette, colour and patterning, but above all we provide beautifully made, classic, staple pieces that stand the test of time.