DIY Hot Water Bottle Cover
A step-by-step guide to making your own hot water bottle cover using wool fabric scraps or an old blanket. A much better solution than the synthetic options found in mega stores! We used offcuts from our Staple Blankets.
We use deadstock fabric for our Staple Blankets and some came from fabric that was a different dimension to our other colourways. This meant there was a leftover strip of fabric from each roll. Naturally, we didn’t want this to go to waste, so we’ve kept it aside and are now making plans…
Say Hello to the Zigzag Sleeping Bag!
Designed to meet The Nest Collective’s brief for natural, safe, snuggly sleepwear, our pilot run of Zigzag Sleeping Bags are now finding their way into the world, keeping pēpi in Aotearoa warm.
Baby sleep sacks were on the cards for us for a long time, but a conversation with The Nest Collective National Manager, Natalia Karacaoglu, inspired us to take the plunge and get stuck into it.
Winter Wellness Support from Manaaki Kapiti
Manaaki Kapiti was formed by Atiawa ki Whakarongotai iwi in December 2021, and is an inspiring example of a group of people getting stuck in and doing the mahi that needs to be done to support communities. We were lucky enough to be introduced to Manaaki Kapiti when they ordered 60 medium staple blankets through the Sustainability Trust Ecoshop in July.
Warming Up Wellington with Sustainability Trust
When we put our heads together with a local like-minded social enterprise, good things started happening. Seasoned social enterprise Sustainability Trust saw an opportunity to work together to provide woollen blankets to Wellingtonians through their Warm Fuzzies initiative - and we’re so glad they did!
In Conversation with a Children’s Nurse
When we started shaping together what CommonKind could be, we spoke to people who work with vulnerable children in our community. We chatted with Grace about her experience as a children’s nurse and how vulnerable under six-year-olds specifically are to the cold.
Common blankets for The Nest Collective!
The Nest Collective started in February 2021 with one common vision - to see all New Zealand babies given a great start in life. We spoke to Natalia from The Nest Collective about what they do and why they do it!