The Company

As a company Jacksons of Hebden Bridge is the current form of a business that began around 80 years ago as a drapers shop in a small village called Luddenden near Halifax in West Yorkshire. Through several generations this small shop changed and developed into a mail order business producing needlework products based mainly on our range of cross stitch tapestry developed for making church kneelers.

What is so unique about our kits?

Our printed canvas

All our kits are produced with Zweigart canvas which is widely acknowledged to be the finest quality available and are hand printed in colour. Our 5 count and 7 count canvases are accurate to the stitch meaning that no guesswork is involved and the finished tapestry matches the design exactly. Whilst our 10 hole kits are not accurate to the stitch, as the cost would be too great, they are extremely close and provide an exceptional quality giving an excellant result for geometric designs .

Our exclusive pure wool yarn

A further unique feature of our products is our premium quality pure wool Tapestry and Tapisserie yarns. They are spun in Yorkshire from the finest whole fleece with a long staple, high lustre and pure white base. These qualities give a smooth, glossy yarn with clear colours, ideal for tapestry. The yarn is then dyed, treated with conditioners and gently dried in a flow of warm air to produce a full and soft finish.

 

Product development

Our roots

For twenty years our main product range was rug kits using yarn produced specifically for those kits and also recycled carpet yarn from the local carpet mills. This latter product was particularly popular with the Women's Institutes where it was used in classes encouraging individual design ideas. An offshoot of this contact with the Women's Institutes was a request to produce kits for making church kneelers in cross stitch tapestry. This quickly became the our main product as it filled a need for producing tapestry church kneelers quickly and easily for people with little or no experience of tapestry work.

The development of today's product

The church kneeler kits introduced volunteers to tapestry where they had no previous desire to stitch. By and large they enjoyed themselves so much that once they had completed their contribution to the church they wanted to continue with tapestry but could not find any kits with the unique features that we provide. This led to our next development, a range of cushions with accurate colour printed canvas, finest quality wool and good value for money. Over the years this range of easy kits developed into the Brigantia Needlework Collection suitable for all ranges of ability and styles to suite every taste.

Your Privacy

We value your privacy as much as our own. In all the time we have been a mail order business we have never sold or shared customer information. The information held on our database is just enough to enable us to fulfill your orders and contact you if there is a problem.