In Conversation With the Mill

"My grandfather started on a single loom," she tells us, running a length of yarn between her fingers. "Now we run forty. But the question is the same: does it feel right in the hand?"

Her family has supplied some of the most demanding houses in Europe. What drew us in wasn't the prestige — it was the patience. Nothing here is rushed.

We talked for hours about micron counts, twist and the difference a single degree of temperature makes in dyeing. It's the kind of detail nobody sees and everybody feels.

Aurora is built on her merino. We can't think of better hands to put it in.