Strawberry Thief

In the kitchen garden of Kelmscott Manor, William Morris's home in Oxfordshire, thrushes slipped through the nets to steal the strawberries. The gardener wanted to chase them away. Morris drew them instead: two birds, head to head, each with a strawberry in its beak, among tulips, bluebells and curling leaves.

The fabric was made with indigo discharge printing, a slow technique Morris only mastered years later at his own works at Merton Abbey. In May 1883 he wrote to his daughter that he had spent the whole week there 'anxiously watching the first printing of the Strawberry Thief'. It became one of the most expensive fabrics Morris & Co. sold, and immediately one of the most popular.

We kept the rich indigo version: a dark blue base with the birds, strawberries and leaves knitted in. William Morris, 'Strawberry Thief', 1883.

• Knitted, not printed: the design is knitted stitch by stitch into the sock, so the colours stay sharp wash after wash.
• Soft and comfortable: combed organic cotton with a little stretch, a seamless toe and a reinforced heel and toe.
• Two sizes: EU 36-40 and EU 41-46.
• Materials and care: 80% organic cotton, 15% polyamide, 5% elastane. Machine wash at 40°C, do not tumble dry or iron.

• 80% organic combed cotton, 15% polyamide, 5% elastane
• Plastic-free packaging
• Machine washable and colourfast
• Wash at max. 40°C
• Do not iron or tumble dry

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