Fresh Retro Love is now certified BUY New Zealand Made!
Now all NEW WOOL blankets will have a@buynzmadeswing tag making them even more identifiable as the beautiful homegrown and kiwi made products they are.
When 2022 rolled around we weren't expecting to find ourselves sharing the Fresh Retro Love story on the telly! As you can imagine we had a lot of activity following the Seven Sharp interview which aired the 9th February. If you are a new subscriber as a result, an extra special welcome to you!
In true stay at home style we are pleased to announce a fun competition to MAKE A BLANKET FORT! BE IN TO WIN your choice of one of our beautiful Winegum Collection blankets Berry or Grape valued at $299
Fresh Retro Love are pleased to be partnering with HUG Charity (Happiness Understanding Giving) this winter. Fresh Retro Love will be making our own contribution with wool blankets donation but we are also happy to assist YOU to be a virtual wool hugger by giving you FREE DELIVERY for any blanket sent to theHUG address purchased from our website.
This week I was lucky enough to chat with Becca Johanson in Canada, the very talented screenwriter behind A Love Yarn.In our conversation she shares her story of how this heartwarming movie, A Love Yarn came to be and her own real life colourful wool passion.
I purchased a copy of a Kaiapoi Woollen Mills receipt a while back and during an office tidy came across it again - the tidy got promptly put aside as I decided to poke about that rabbit hole, what I found was quite surprising...
Rug up! For May is the month to shelve the shorts and settle in for hibernation. In this blog update we feature ‘This NZ Life’s’ article about Fresh Retro, and give you an update on our growing business. And Sunday 9th is extra special, because while we celebrate the amazing mums out there, we will be bringing our newest wool release into the world!
Last night I was doing a bit of wool mill research (as you do on a Friday night) and I found something that stopped me in my tracks! It’s a historical Census for 1910.In it had some extremely specific numbers that made me so excited!
Burnview Station in Herbertville on New Zealand's East Coast, carved with the names of the shearers and wool hands of generations before. Sharing their story of wool.
Some of us like to enjoy a wee date on Valentine’s day. For those who do, have you got a plan? Perhaps a nice sunny picnic in the park… you know where I’m going with this don’t you? LOL SOOOO predictable - with a beautiful wool blanket of course!