Wrist Warmers
Beautifully soft, 100% pure Cashmere
Upcycled from good quality cashmere, wrist warmers are perfect for controlling your temperature - indoors and out.
Fingerless Gloves
Beautifully soft, 100% pure Cashmere
These gloves are perfect for controlling your body temperature - indoors and out. They are great for anyone who feels the cold - but particularly great for people with conditions like arthritis and Raynaud's syndrome
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If you braved the weather in York on Saturday you might have seen our first ever electronic advert(!!!!)
It was so stormy apparently we forgot how to take a good picture and so the screens looked glitchy and odd but I would like to just confirm that they looked SO GOOD in person, it was honestly a bit of a pinch me moment for both of us
Trying to step out of our comfort zones a bit this winter and try businessy things we wouldn’t usually do… Funny that even after over a decade of Happy Pig Designs, we sometimes still need a reminder that we’re a legitimate business and not just two people with a hobby.
It’s too easy when you’re running your own business to downplay what you’ve achieved or how much you need to juggle to keep it moving, but something like this is such a cool reminder of what we’ve got here… getting to make things we enjoy making and sell them to people all over the world for over 10 years is kind of crazy.
On top of that, now being able to work with other creative talented people and try and build our brand in new ways even if we feel totally out of our depth or like this isn’t something “people like us” do is exactly what we need to do!! Not sure Carrie could’ve imagined she’d have ads up in York when she first started out making blankets at the kitchen table.
Just so chuffed and excited for the winter to come really!!! 💪🌟👯🏋🏻♀️❤️
Absolutely love these photos by @orlacphotos who we were lucky enough to have come along with @lauraatilimanphotography on the Scotland shoot.
Super moody and autumnal pictures which feels very fitting right now given the dreary windy weather we’ve got going on.
@skyeannageddes looking so fab in our wrist warmers, snoods and gloves 🍁🍂
Thank you Orla you are fantastic!! 🌟
Our york autumn pop up no.2 is just around the corner!! 🍁🍂
Our favourite pop ups are our heslington ones - we bring everything we’ve got so it’s always packed with repurposed, nearly new or handmade cashmere pieces 🧣🧦🧤
So please come on down to heslington and maybe have a piece of homemade cake and cup of coffee while you peruse the goods. Nom nom.
As always, expect plenty of one of a kind cashmere pieces, PLUS this time a stall of beautiful xmas inspired beeswax candles, handcrafted in fulford(we love local!!!)
We’ll be there as usual 11-5pm on Sunday the 1st of November, but also we will be back there AGAIN on the 6th December for an extra christmassy one so save the date/mark it on your advent calendar/do whatever you need to do to get there!!!
Another Cashmere GIVEAWAY 🤩
Fancy winning a pair of our recycled 100% cashmere fingerless gloves AND wrist warmers for you and a friend of your choice? We’re giving away 2 pairs of gloves and 2 pairs of wrist warmers to a lucky duo this October 🤞
To win:
- like this post
- follow us on instagram
- leave a comment below telling us what colour gloves you’d choose for you and your friend if you won!
Bonus entries for posting to your story, following us on FB, or tagging a friend 👯♀️👯♂️
Winner will be picked on Sunday the 18th October. GOOD LUCK ❤️🤞
We have been hanging onto these pictures until the weather got chilly again.. and after(finally) getting my gloves out this morning for the dog walk I decided I’m not waiting any longer to show them off.
We were so excited when earlier this year @lauraatilimanphotography took these stunning photos of @skyeannageddes in our cashmere. They turned out better than we ever could’ve hoped for(not a surprise as they’re both amazing at what they do) We had a blast picking out our favourite colours and products for Skye to model up in the dramatic Scottish highlands 🌲🍁 and looking through the final result felt like a proper pinch me moment for us. Over 13 years making fingerless gloves and to finally see them professionally photographed and modelled was something else.
Thank you again both of you for braving the wind and rain to get these beautiful shots. There’s more where these came from and I will be posting them as we move through into autumn and winter ❄️
First pop up of autumn is almost here!
We will be back in Heslington this Sunday for our first cashmere pop up of the season and we hope to see you there 🍁🍂
11-5pm on Sunday 27th September. Directions are on the next slide!
#yorkpopup #smallbusinessyorkshire #yorkshirebusiness #yorkbusiness #upcycledfashion
Hello again!
We have had a busy summer, and not in the way we expected.
What we planned: a summer full of making, designing, and planning for the winter season. This year we were going to be more prepared than ever.
What we got: all of this, plus the hugely exciting, distracting news that we are getting not one, but TWO new additions to the happy pig fam(coming winter 26/early 27!!!) 🐣🐣 nothing like both daughters announcing a pregnancy within 6 weeks of eachother to get us thinking about the winter season even earlier than usual 🤣 we are all very excited, and just to say- these babies will be the warmest most cashmere clad babies EVER as we have been collecting second hand cashmere baby clothes for YEARS now. My hoarding is finally coming in handy!!
Safe to say our plans have been slightly derailed(in the best way) but we are so ready for this winter and are no strangers to hitting the ground running when we need to.
As usual, the perfect end to the last few months was our annual trip down south which for us marks the end of summer and the beginning of our busy times. So here’s a few pics of our visit, incl our trip to our favourite @charlestontrust ❤️
The next few weeks are going to be busy 💫 3 events coming up and as we near the end of the cashmere season we want to make the most of it(lots of cashmere, lots of deals)
Starting off with @bishyroad Bazaar this sunday(19th), to our pop up in heslington(26th), to the Spring Fair at @yorksteinerschool on the 9th May.
Our pop up will be the last one of the season(next will most likely be September time) so we’ll be bringing as many jumpers as we can carry!
Can’t wait for this next one, bring on Sunday we’re so ready!!🤩🤩
A & Carrie
New Jumper Care & Repair Kits 🪡🧵
We are sooo excited to show off our kits after nearly a year in the making!
We have been mulling over these kits for months… deciding what items we have to include, what we want to include, what we can offer that makes this kit special and a bit more “happy pig.”
We feel like we’ve made and curated a wonderful mix of useful tools to both get you started with jumper care and step up your repairing game. 👩🔧
Use code “REPAIRKIT15” for 15% off (ends 31st March!)
Been a bit slow getting around to our goodbye 2025 post due to being tired and sick(got a cold boohoo to us😓), but that doesn’t matter because we ended last year feeling grateful and inspired for what’s to come🫡💪
2025 was a busy one!
4 new products, 5 of our own pop ups, nearly *2k* pairs of gloves and wrist warmers made… and to top it off countless 5 star reviews from new and returning customers.
After a slow(and frankly worrying at times) start to the season, nov/December turned out to be some of our best yet. By mid December we’d made up for the slow start- pretty sure there was a week where we didn’t cross the property line once, just back and forth from caravan to house. Couldve been a fever dream 💤
Big big THANK YOU to everyone who supported our shop in 2025 and every year before that tbh as you’ve kept us in a job and we love what we get to do every day!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Ps watch this space because 2026 is going to be another busy one xxxxx A & Carrie
Nothing to see here I’m afraid!! We’re skipping Black Friday again this year ⛔️ feeling the pressure as always to compete with businesses that are bigger than us but we’re not caving! We’ll keep doing what we do and appreciating our fab customers that keep us going all year round ❤️❤️ A & Carrie #blackfriday #supportsmall
December POP UP 🌟 and we’ve gone down the road for it! We’re doing our first indoor pop up and it’s down the road(Heslington)this time. Rest assured it will be just like our at-home pop ups, only warmer and more spacious.
The weather forecast did NOT look good so we decided to save ourselves the stress by finding somewhere inside, out of the possible wind and rain. It’s also a way bigger space so we’ll be bringing everything we’ve got…
Plus coffee and sweet bakes of some kind!
11-4pm Sunday 7th December, be there or be square 🌟🤓
#popupyork #yorkmarket #yorkchristmasmarket
🌟 Triangle scarf giveaway 🌟
We’re giving away one triangle scarf of your choice to one lucky winner 🤩 100% pure cashmere, upcycled and handmade in York by us!!
All you have to do is:
- like this post
- tag 2 friends in the comments
- make sure to follow us
We’ll pick the winner next Sunday the 16th November. Good luck everyone! Carrie & A x
#giveawaytime #ukgiveaway #trianglescarf
Adding more neck warmers to the shop today and looking at the pile of them all freshly made got me thinking about the process of creating them.
1. Someone purchases a cashmere jumper brand new. They wear it, they spill tea down it, they donate it to a charity shop.
2. The charity shop says no one wants a jumper with tea stains, so they pass it on. We step in at this point 📌
3. The jumper that was at one time deemed “unwearable” is washed and steamed, with all seams removed.
4. Then we decide what we want to make with it. This time we set aside a lot of cable knit for neck warmers - cable knit makes the BEST textured snood.
5. Once decided, we cut the cashmere to size and choose complementary colours to complete the neck warmer. Scraps are set aside to make scrap bags.
6. Carrie sews the selected pieces together. What was once a few discarded cashmere jumpers is now a one of a kind, recycled neck warmer.
5. Neck warmer is steamed, debobbled, and photographed, then added to our etsy shop.
6. Neck warmer is purchased, posted, and worn for many seasons to come ❤️
…is it fingerless glove season now? Finally?
Had a warm start to autumn but we’re finally feeling a chill 🧤 I feel like I’ve said “I think it’s time for gloves” about 100494653 on here but I actually mean it this time.
admittedly there’s only a few months of the year when I don’t wear gloves anyway because I am a cold cold person but I’ll celebrate glove season all the same ❤️🧣🧤
This is Carrie/mum/maker wearing some lurrrvly mid grey gloves and her fav red and grey triangle scarf. 100% cashmere obv
#trianglescarf #fingerlessgloves
🌟 Another glove giveaway! 🌟
We’re giving away two pairs of our 100% cashmere fingerless gloves - one pair for you and one for a friend 👯♀️
To enter simply:
1. Like this video
2. Tag a friend with perpetually cold hands 🤧 or someone who you know who deserves a treat!
3. Follow us
Winner will be picked and announced Sunday after next(19th October)
In the meantime: get 20% off our shop with code FALLSALE20
Good luck everyone!
A & Carrie xx
#giveawaytime #cashmeregiveaway
🌟Cashmere Bed Socks🌟
100% recycled, 100% cashmere. They’re one size for now- when I say they fit most feet I mean it!! From a small size 4 women’s foot to a size 11 men’s, they fit everyone in our household 🤩
We’ve been doing the fun part(testing the product) the past few weeks and we love them. Perfect for days when you don’t plan on stepping a foot outside.
#bedsocks #upcycledcashmere #recycledfashion
September 🌅 our first trip back down south in I think three years and it was great. Got the best of the weather and didn’t do an OUNCE of work the entire week 😍
September brought a few big orders with it so we were happily occupied with those for a while, but possibly more exciting was the newest product Carrie’s been working on, which we’re busy taking pictures of and “testing out”(the fun bit) before we put it in the shop.
Absolutely ready for October and some colder days now… we’re gloved up and waiting 🥳
Part one of showing off our favourite things we had for sale at the pop up last Sunday… starting off with all the handmade things first.
All the products shown here were designed and made by Carrie(obvs) 🌟 including the latest product which went down soo well at the pop up. Can’t wait to get them listed on Etsy!
Ps this video is actually about a decade in the making because Carrie is “not about” being in front of the camera. she says no to filming a video every time, I have to really coax her into it, please tell her she’s done really well and is a natural x
Sale!?? Sale! 🎊🎉
Celebrating the beginning of our fav time of the year with 30% off everything when you spend £60.
That means if you got say a triangle scarf and pair of lucky dip wrist warmers, the wrist warmers would be free 🤩 Or maybe you just want 4 pairs of wrist warmers to stock up for the winter? Buy them now and save £22!
#etsysales #etsygiveaway #trianglescarf
💥we’re doing another one!!💥
Our next Cashmere Pop Up will be on Sunday the 28th September and YOU are invited!
We’ll be celebrating the seasonal shift into autumn with a pop up full of lovely cosy pre-loved cashmere ❤️
We’re raring to go and C is making stuff like a mad woman. Also looking forward to the grand premier of a completely new product 👀
Come along, bring a friend(or 5 or more, and Carrie says if you don’t come she’s taking it personally) we’d love to have you 🤩
#popupshop #yorksmallbusiness #yorkshirebusiness
We are THRILLED to present to you: the perfect scarf for all year round. Some of them have been backed with superfine cashmere instead of our regular knit, making them even more lightweight and luxurious.
They can be worn and styled at least 4 different ways(sustainable - we ❤️ a versatile accessory)and go with just about anything. And they’re just really chic.
My fav way to wear it is with the triangle to the front like a bandana 🤠 or with the knot to the side like a classy french lady 😍
They’re timeless, they’re cashmere, they’re cute AND recycled….. if they didn’t need such big pieces of cashmere she’d have made a tonne of them.. instead, we have added a (very!!)limited drop of about 20 scarves to the Etsy shop NOW!
❤️🌟❤️
🚨 NEW PRODUCT ALERT 🚨 100% Cashmere elbow patches !!
Always thinking up more ways to use every inch of a sweater 🤓 they come in packs of 2 and are going to be available in sooo many colours(still working through listing all the shades!)
They’re backed with bi-stretch vilene which makes them REALLY easy to sew on, by hand or machine.
If you’ve had a look at our jumper collection you might’ve seen a few with patches on- these are what we use 😎
#repurposeclothing #recycleyourstyle♻️ #upcycledfashion #elbowpatches #handmadeclothing #fixityourself #makedoandmend
💥 POP UP GIVEAWAY 💥 doing another giveaway because we can, and because we’re excited to be doing our first @sparkyork pop up this weekend :)
All you need to do: follow us and comment on this post. Easy peasy 🫛 Then you’ll be entered into the giveaway for a chance to win a 100% cashmere sweater of your choice, up to the value of £50(or anything else from our shop up to that value). We have so many good deals atm you’d have loads to choose from!
Only a short giveaway this time- winner will be announced this SUNDAY at pop up closing time(ish) and I’ll message the winner privately.
If you entered at the pop up and know what you want to choose, fab- if not, we’ll send pictures of possible options and find you the perfect jumper :) Then we’ll post the item of choice to you for free 🤩
#giveawaytime #giveawayuk #giveawaycontest #sparkyork #popupgiveaway
We will be at @sparkyork this Friday - Sunday ‼️ we are sooo excited, currently steaming and depilling non stop 🥳 we have a HUGE selection of cashmere jumpers(when we say huge!!! Biggest selection yet) ready to bring. It’s going to be mega 💥🎆
#sparkyork #repurposedcashmere #repurposedfashion #upcycledfashion
Sewing new cuffs onto “old” jumpers. feels a bit cruel sometimes to chop up a whole jumper when it’s just the cuff that’s damaged… this jumper was perfect everywhere except where the moths got to it, so cutting it all up felt like overkill.
the world of clothes making still feels very new and scary but been thinking up new ways to revive jumpers before they get to the “gloves only” stage recently and it’s very very exciting 🤓 #repurposing #repurposedclothing #upcyclingfashion #makingclothing #sewingvideo #sewinghowto #sewingtips
Earth Day Giveaway ❕❕
Been a while since our last giveaway… doing a quick one because we(I) forgot it was earth day and it snuck up on me. Either way it’s as good an excuse as any to gift someone a free pair of gloves ❤️
To enter just follow us, like these pics and tag a friend in the comments. Each comment is 1 entry + extra entries if you share to your story/comment more than once 🤓
Winner will be announced 30th April ‼️ I’m thinking we’ll do some runner ups this time too :)
for those wondering, absolutely not too late in the season to be wearing fingerless gloves- I’ve had mine with me everywhere this week in case the weather turns again(which it has, thank u yorkshire)
Happy Earth Day everyone!
A ❤️
#giveawayuk #ukgiveaway #recycledcashmere #upcycledcashmere #repurposedfashion #recycledfashion #uksmallbusinesses #earthday2025 #supportsustainable #smallbizgiveaway #prizegiveaway
New snoods going on Etsy today 🤓 my personal new fav(which I’m trying to convince Carrie to make into a regular design) is the grey printed one with the strip of buttons from the original sweater still attached 🤩 looks so fab under a jacket. A xx
#handmadeintheuk #yorkshiresmallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #supportsmallshops #supportsmallbusiness #repurposedclothing #recycledclothes #recycledclothing #dmtobuy
My new fav activity to unwind… unravelling cashmere jumpers for yarn 😴 if you’re like me and can’t stop picking at things(a loose thread hanging off the cuff of my jumper? Pulled!! Little bit of paint flaking off a wall? Just made it worse by picking it!!!) then this activity could be your new best friend 👯♀️
All you need is a seam ripper and a jumper you no longer want. The beauty of it is most jumpers are made the same way so once you get the hang of it it’s easy and SO so satisfying. And then at the end you’re left with yarn you can use to repair other jumpers! A xx
#handmadeclothing #unwindandrelax #relaxmode #repurposedclothing #unwinding #unraveled #knittinginspiration #knittinginstagram #knittingproject #sewingproject
Spring cashmere pop up!! 🥳 we did our first one-shop market before Christmas and loved it so much we’re doing another before the warm weather arrives.
We’ll have our usual gloves, wrist warmers and snoods but also a new product(!!!) and a lot of repurposed/rejuvenated/actually new cashmere sweaters and cardigans- for men AND women this time…
It would be absolutely FAB seeing you all and meeting those of you we haven’t met yet ❤️ So come see us and check out where Carrie makes all her lovely cashmere things!!
❤️DM for address details❤️
Carrie & A xx
#popupmarket #etsyshop #meetthemaker #openstudio #openstudios #yorkmarket #yorkshire #yorkshirelovers #yorkshirelove #supportlocal #supportsmallbusiness #supportartists #smallbusinessmum #womensupportingwomen #womenowned #thingstodoinyork #yorkshirebusiness
When we say we have every colour, we mean it 😍 a whole rainbow of short gloves to choose from… and they’re all listed on Etsy now! Plus they’re on sale, what’s not to love ❤️❤️ #etsysale #etsyseller #etsyfinds #handmadeclothing #recycledcashmere #rainbow #rainbowaesthetic #colourfulllife #wearmorecolour #colourfulstyle
Galentine’s Giveaway!! 🎁💖
We’re giving away two pairs of our 100% cashmere fingerless gloves- 1 for you, 1 for a friend(or both for you, I won’t tell you how to live your life👑) for Valentine’s Day.
Like this post, follow us, and tag a friend you’d gift the second pair to- every friend tagged is an extra entry.
Winner will be picked at random on the 14th. Thanks everyone!!
A & Carrie ❤️❤️💌 #instagiveaway #etsygiveaway #valentinesgiveaway #recycledfashion #upcycledcashmere #giveawayuk #giftingideas #galentinesday #valentinesdaygift
Doing this at-home market was out of my comfort zone(all of ours really!!) but it was SO. much. fun. We had the sewing caravan open so people could have a look inside, and some people picked through the unmade materials and designed their own custom gloves/snoods… it was a treat to show people where we do everything(one at a time, the caravan is a squeeze!!). Planning our next one already 🤓 #marketstalls #smallbusinessuk #smallbusinessideas #myworkspace #workspaceinspiration #diyworkspace #diystudio #mystudio #handmadegifts #smallbizowner
Doing our usual February sale a bit early this year because we want to!!😜 our Thank You for a fantastic winter doing what we love xxxxxxxx #etsysale #instasale #cashmeremittens #mittens #handmademittens #giftsforher #giftsforall #recycledfashion #upcycledclothing #handmadeclothes #repurposedclothing #repurposedmaterials #repurposedfabric
My lovely niece Ruby and her little girl have been trying out some newly designed products for us- toddler snoods, leg warmers and wrist warmers!! They are toooo cute and we’re desperate to get them on Etsy already but needed some youngsters to try them out for us(so Ruby and Maï have saved the day❤️🫶)
She’s right too- cashmere wrist warmers are essential to stay warm this winter!!
#handmadeclothing #handmadegifts #giftsforher #giftsforbaby #toddlerfashion #toddlermomlife #toddlerlife #outdoorfashion #repurposedclothing #sustainablefashion #sustainableliving #sustainablelifestyle #etsyseller #etsyshop #mumanddaughter #matchingoutfits #matchingset
It’s that time again already ….. 🎄🧑🎄🎁 LAST DATES FOR XMAS POST!! 🎄🤶🏻🎁
- We will be making and posting as normal after these dates, but can no longer guarantee delivery in time for xmas after the 6th(international orders) and 12th(uk orders).
- Orders will be sent tracked 24 in the uk in the weeks leading up to Christmas, and as always international tracked everywhere else.
- We will be posting out orders up until *Friday 20th December,* and after that we hope to be resting until the new year!!
- We will also be listing separate stock that’s ready made so can be posted same day if ordered before 3pm mon-fri, so get in touch if you want to order something super quickly! Other than those specified pairs we have our usual winter timeline of 3-5 days processing time for all orders.
Thank you everyone who’s ordered gifts from us for their loved ones(or just a treat for yourself!) this year! We’re grateful for you all 🫶🥳❤️❤️
#xmasgiftideas #giftsforher #christmasshopping #smallbusinessnews #smallbusinessupport #shoplocal #shopsmallbusiness
Black Friday news! Some reasons why we’re not doing a Black Friday or Cyber Monday sale this year(reposting it from TikTok, go give us a follow!!)… I know so many small businesses like ours feel the pressure to participate, and it seems to get bigger and last longer every year, so the weird fear of “missing out” only grows as the days go by. The reality is, we are not Amazon! We are limited in numbers(there’s only two of us) and we don’t want to function like a factory, churning out as many pairs of gloves as Carrie can sew.
✨MULTIPACKS for Christmas✨ we’ve wanted to do this for AGES. The perfect stocking filler, now multiplied by 3!
Each set is a handpicked, handmade collection of cashmere wrist warmers, made up of colours and prints we think complement eachother.
These sets are largely a result of our customers lovely colour choices. After countless hours spent making and packing orders, we see what people choose to buy together, and we often mention how great the different chosen colours look when they’re in the box ready to be posted...
The sets are designed so that you don’t have to search through multiple listings for each pair, they are also ready to go, with immediate dispatch.
❤️
#stockingstuffers #stockingfillers #christmasgiftideas #giftingideas #giftbox #cashmerewristwarmers #wristwarmers #arthritisrelief #giftsforher #giftsforall #unisexgift
Make a pair of wrist warmers out of a cashmere jumper with me! Every year around this time I think about how this design was something that 8 or so years ago I thought “would anyone buy it though?” But now it has become my best selling product on Etsy. I love my wrist warmers and am so happy that others do too.
Ps we have tiktok! Same @ as we are everywhere ✨
#sewingproject #sewinginspiration #repurposedclothing #sewingtutorial #makeityours #rethinkfashion #recycledmaterials #sewingvideos
If your hands are bigger than a women’s S/M we can still make gloves for you!!❤️❤️ Our most popular size is the S/M because it is designed to fit *most* women’s hands, and they’re always stretchy… but we often get requests for larger or longer pairs. We do women’s and men’s Large in gloves and wrist warmers- they have their own listings on Etsy but we sell out of colours faster than we can relist them sometimes so check with me if you don’t see what you want :) A x
#plussizestyle #mensfashion #sustainablefashion #sustainableliving #repurposedclothing #upcycledclothing #ethicalfashion #ethicalclothing #arthritisrelief #arthritissucks
All bundled up in cashmere. The weather has been lovely but it has been WARM for October! Found myself looking forward to colder days. Word is they’re on their way…
Ps who’s been wearing their gloves/snoods/wristies through october? I’m wearing my snood every day but find the wrist warmers work so well I don’t need them on all day long yet.
Just need those frosty mornings waiting for the heater to warm up the caravan for them to really do their thing. C x
#handmadeintheuk #madeintheuk #autumnvibes #autumncolors #autumnstyle #fallfashion #fallstyle #cockerspaniel
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