Beautiful recycled cashmere fingerless gloves. All our products are recycled… partly because, like most people, we are concerned about how we use the earth’s resources.  However, I have also always loved old things; I think that they have more character than new and I find the ‘worn in’ feel of pre-owned fabric irresistible.  Although we are not above being given donations (friends do pass on the odd jumper) we buy woollens from charity shops & textile merchants (who in turn buy their waste textiles from charity shops) so as a business we know that part of the money we are spending on fabric is going back into the charitable sector. 

Turtle Doves was born in December 2009 when I dreamt up the design for some unique wrist warmers which are also fingerless gloves.  Having made some for friends, who really liked them, I tested the idea at a local school fair. To my delight the fledgling Turtle Doves flew off the shelf (sorry, couldn’t resist that one).  I quickly copyrighted the design and before I knew it I had two regular markets in Shrewsbury and lots of repeat custom. 

It was at this point that we realised the product needed a name and my husband Graham suggested ‘Turtle Doves', because it’s Cockney rhyming-slang for gloves.’  Graham fondly recalls that moment as the first time I ever said ‘Yes Graham, good idea..’ without adding a ‘but’ after it…anyway, on with the story...