Paalna
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Each shape on the mobile is a collection. Choose one to see what is in it — the count follows the age you have picked.
Twelve pieces, each with the age it is made for, what it is made of and how to wash it.
12pieces
0–3 months
Sleep
Set of three · 110 × 110 cm
Three airy muslin squares in cloud, blush and mint — for wrapping, shading the pram or a quick lie-down on the floor.
3–6 months
Sleep
Crocheted by hand · 90 cm across
A twelve-point star worked round by round in soft cotton yarn, blush on cream. It takes Lalitha four days.
6–12 months
Sleep
Waffle weave · 100 × 120 cm
A light, deep-textured weave that is warm without weight. Undyed, the colour of the cotton itself.
6–12 months
Wear
Fine knit · wooden buttons
A soft cardigan with wide-set buttons that small arms slide into easily. Cream, with a ribbed cuff to turn back.
0–3 months
Wear
Set of three · snaps down the front
Three rompers in soft rib, with snaps all the way down so changing is quick. Mint, cloud and oatmeal.
12–24 months
Wear
Rib knit · roll neck
A first proper jumper for cooler mornings, with a roll neck that stays soft and a little room to grow.
0–3 months
Play
Stitched by hand · beech ring
A seahorse, coral and little pearls of felt on cotton thread, hung from a beech ring. Something slow to watch.
12–24 months
Play
Set of two · knitted
A grey squirrel and a russet fox, knitted with embroidered faces and nothing that can come loose.
3–6 months
Play
Knitted by hand · 30 cm
A honey bear with a soft middle for holding and stitched eyes. Made to be carried around by one leg.
3–6 months
Nursery
Fits 60 × 120 cm mattresses
Smooth percale with elastic all the way round, so it stays put. Blush, cloud or plain white.
6–12 months
Nursery
2 metres · thirty felt balls
Thirty felt balls in every colour of the shop, threaded on cotton cord to drape over a window or shelf.
12–24 months
Nursery
Stitched by hand · 18 cm
One plump star on a loop of cotton cord, for a door handle, a hook or the corner of a shelf.
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What touches a baby all day should be simple to understand. Here is what our pieces are made of, and why.
Grown on farms in Madhya Pradesh and spun into yarn in Tamil Nadu. We buy it by the bale and know where each one came from.
Most pieces are left the colour of the cotton. The pastels are dyed in small batches and washed until the water runs clear.
The mobiles and stars are cut from dense wool felt and stitched with cotton thread, so nothing is glued.
Four steps, all of them in one room, by six people.
Fabric is washed first, then cut by hand from paper patterns on the long table.
Seams are finished flat or turned to the outside where little skin would rub.
Every snap, button and stitch is pulled and looked over by someone who did not sew it.
Folded into a cotton bag with its care card, and sent off from the workroom.
Sizes, fabrics, a gift for someone expecting, or a piece you would like in another colour — write and we will reply from the workroom.
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