Cricket Sweater in Cream Cashmere and Lambswool

##Handmade in Wales

Founded in 1892 by Rhys Jones, it remains family-run by the Jones family to this day. Corgi represents one of the rare cases of continuous British textile manufacturing surviving industrial contraction. The firm produces luxury socks and knitwear under its own label while also manufacturing for high-end fashion houses. It holds a Royal Warrant originally granted in 1989 by the then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, reflecting long-standing supply to the Royal Household. An impressive gesture of recognition for the consistent service, reliability, and product standard delivered over time

##Cashmere and lambswool.\nCorgi sources its premium yarn primarily from the United Kingdom and Italy. Italian mills are globally recognised for refining cashmere, merino wool, and long-staple cotton yarns, while UK sourcing aligns with Britain’s historic wool spinning infrastructure. Their sourcing model represents a process where fibre is processed and spun by specialist European mills before being delivered to Wales for knitting and finishing, becoming a garment. They prefer to work with long, fine individual hairs for cashmere and lambswool, which make for a product less prone to pilling and splitting than low-grade or imitation offerings. Medium ply garments, such as 4-ply, have a softer and slightly heavier feel to the garment as the number refers to the number of yarns twisted together to form one individual strand. A $3,000 Men’s Scarf for $575? A New Kind of Bargain by S. Christian (03/05/2017), The Wall Street Journal.

##Welsh production, performed by skilled craftspeople using traditional methods on the factory floor. Corgi operates as a specialist knitting and finishing factory rather than a vertically integrated spinning mill. The Ammanford facility focuses on knitting, linking, washing, pressing, and hand-finishing rather than raw fibre processing. Production combines traditional knitting machinery, including hand-framing techniques for certain knitwear lines, with modern knitting equipment. One of the company’s defining construction details is the use of hand-linked (hand-closed) toe seams in many socks, a labour-intensive finishing process that reduces the bulk at the seam and improves comfort. The factory is known for fine-gauge knitting, intricate intarsia work, and small-batch runs that allow for complex colour and pattern execution. In structural terms, Corgi’s value lies less in fibre transformation and more in knit precision, finishing control, and generational technical knowledge embedded within the Welsh workforce.