How to wash merino wool socks
Posted by Phil Grant NZNC on 22nd Feb 2018
Kiwispondence: How to Wash Merino Wool Socks
Q: Who's the biggest killer of socks among our Merino wool-loving customers?
A: People who have someone else commercially wash their socks!
We have plenty of customers working in mining, forestry, farming and other outdoor industries where the whole kit gets washed en masse.
Unfortunately, this can involve hot water, hot dryers and a good old-fashioned
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The creation of the Legendary Norsewear Brand
Posted by Phil Grant on 28th Sep 2017
Norsewear: A Collection of Articles on Its History
Welcome to my little collection of gathered stories about the founding of Norsewear and the man who founded it and helped put Norsewood and NZ-made apparel on the map!
Enjoy!
NORSEWEAR HISTORY
Norsewear was created by Ola Rian in 1964 as a home-knitting business in Wellington, with 20 women making pompoms and caps.
Factory premises were the
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Hard Working Wool! Do you remember the Woolmark?
Posted by Phil Grant with copy from Woolmark 1970's on 3rd Mar 2017
I was scanning old catalogues and photos in preparation for our celebration in May, when “Norsewear Is 50 Years Old!”, and reading through the information, looking at the styles and times of five decades of New Zealand knitwear manufacturing. I was reminded of when I was a boy in Gore, NZ. Taken back to the ’60s and ’70s, standing by my dad in Wright Stephenson’s (cou
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