When I first saw the work of Sophie Digard, I was stunned. It was the above amazing necklace which captured me with its combination of velvet and crochet flowers in gorgeous colors. Beside the necklaces, her scarves are unique artwork created in her magical Madagascar workshop where she uses rustic linen, merino wool and cotton thread. Her extensive colour palette is out of this world – I learned from Selvedge - the site that sells her work - that each hue used in her creations is made up of…

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Learn about Sophie Digard's crochet scarves and other intricate accessories, made under fair trade conditions by hand in Madagascar.

Sophie Digard is a Parisian knitwear designer, and above all, a colorist. She began her enterprise in 1999. Fibers made and dyed to her specifications in France are shipped to her workshop in Madagascar where they are hand crocheted, knitted and embroidered into unique works of art. Sophie has hundreds of designs and a

Summer is blooming in London, and with it, our beautiful handmade Sophie Digard brooches are arriving too. These sell like hot cakes, because they look so pretty on a shawl. They would also be grea…