Six steps from a paddock in Hamilton to the floorboards in your hallway. None of it complicated; most of it slow.
Hamilton, VIC — Western Districts
Our merino and sheepskin come from a 1,200-head farm cooperative in Hamilton. We visit twice a year, in shearing and in lambing. The classer who grades our pelts has been at it since 1974 and grades by hand, by smell, by the way a corner of the hide bends.
Geelong, VIC
Five named colours — Bark, Oat, Stone, Eucalypt, Charcoal — dyed in lots of about 60 kg by a small mill in Geelong. We refuse optical brighteners and bleach. The colours drift a little, season to season. Two pairs of "Bark" from different lots will be slightly different. That's the wool, doing its job.
Marche, Italy
Our wool felt is pressed in a small workshop near Pesaro, in the Marche region — the home of pressed felt in Europe since the 14th century. Forty pairs a day, by two felters who taught us. The Daintree Bootie comes from this workshop.
Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Our suede is closed and softened by friction and a small amount of beeswax in Almansa, a town that's made shoes for 700 years. The Yarra Slip-On is hand-finished there. The leather, the lining, the toe-shape are all decided across a wooden bench by people we know by name.
Central Victoria, Australia
The Halls Gap Bedside Mat is woven on a 1968 Schacht treadle loom near Castlemaine, two pieces a week. The Daylesford Throw is woven on a single-warp loom in Geelong. Both are made in lots of fewer than 50 a month.
Adelaide, South Australia
Every pair, every throw, every mat is inspected at our Adelaide workshop and packed in a recyclable wool-felt sleeve. Australia Post handles delivery. We aim for 2–4 working days within Australia. Repairs come back to the same workshop — return postage is the only thing we charge for.