Kershaw 2
Grass Stain

If you have been hanging around on the good ship TRiCKETT for long enough you will know that we take making sweatshirts very seriously. In fact, the first one that we released with Anabela was at least three years in the making which only goes to show that we know our cotton. This year, we have decided to bring back the Kershaw from its brief hiatus and make a few adjustments to make the style even better!

The first thing that we always start with here at TRiCKETT is the fabric and we have given what was already an excellent cloth a bit of an upgrade. The fabric is knitted for us in Portugal using a super-secret recipe that is made just for us. Just because we like you, we will tell you that it is a SUPER hefty 560gsm knit that is truly market leading as regards comfort and quality. The face is super soft and the back of the fabric is brushed for extra comfort and warmth. The fabric is then sent to Filipe in Porto to make into these wonderful hooded sweatshirts and here is what goes into making the perfect TRiCKETT hoodie.

The tops are sewn together using a triple-needle machine which basically means that they are really well put together. The seams on the top are three needle flat-locked which means there is no irritation and it looks like those dead expensive Japanese sweatshirts. There are ribbed cuffs and hem with ribbed side panels for when you just can’t resist that extra pint or taco. The hood itself is double lined so that it won’t blow down in the gust of wind and there is a lovely cord with metal tips too, just for added excitement.
We have been working with this particular factory for over five years now and the quality of their work just seems to get better and better. So now you have a wonderfully made hoodie, manufactured in a beautiful fabric, now to get it dyed the right colour.

Once these hoodies have been made and embroidered, they make their way to the dye house. Each of them is piece-dyed, similar to how that expensive Italian brand with a compass dyes their garments. However, our hoodies are dyed using natural dyes and processes that don’t harm the environment. This particular dye reacts with the fabric and gives it a ‘shock’ which helps to show all the beautiful movement in the hoodie. This helps to create a unique item and a really great depth of colour.

Talking of the colour, this sweatshirt comes in our ‘Grass Stain’ colourway, which pays homage to the nostalgia of your mum telling you not to get grass stains on your new tracksuit bottoms… however those last ditch tackles won’t make themselves… This colour is a toned down green that has flecks of white and slightly darker greens running throughout. This is our favourite colour of the whole collection… it also goes well with our Aurora check workshirt… see, we do know what we are doing sometimes

The hoodie is then finished with herringbone twill at the back of the neck, a v-insert for extra ruggedness, a small TRiCKETT logo just above the pocket and then washed for a final time to reduce shrinkage. The fit of these is a little shorter than our original Kershaws, we have added a little bit of extra space across the tummy (so that you can get that extra slice of tiramisu) and we have also taken a little out of the length. If you have had any of our older Kershaws, we still recommend going for the size that you had in that. The head hole is just as snug as the original Kershaws so that no draft can get to your neck, it just makes it snugglier.

Beautiful fabrics, constructions, colours and embroidery. I don’t really know what else you could possibly want from a hoodie… well maybe apart from having it on your body.

100% Cotton

Made in Portugal