St. John’s and Newfoundland outports
Hand-knits connecting outport makers with a St. John’s shop.
NONIA is a Newfoundland nonprofit craft business with a network of home knitters and an official online shop. Its adult sweater and accessory collections offer practical clothing while preserving a distinct social-enterprise history.
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NONIA’s history begins in 1920 with a programme connecting women’s knitting work to nurses in Newfoundland outports. That health function later moved to government, while the craft business continued. The current nonprofit brings hand-knit clothing from Newfoundland home knitters to a St. John’s shop and online customers, preserving a specific regional making connection without claiming a current nursing programme.
Its adult sweater collection includes sweaters and cardigans, while the accessory collection offers smaller pieces such as hats and mitts. Start with the garment you need, then compare the actual measurements and fibre description of the selected piece. The knitting network does not make every design or size interchangeable. Use the official business form if you want to ask about a particular piece or a special-order arrangement. Yarn origins and other stocked products require their own checks.
A collection of sweaters and cardigans from NONIA’s Newfoundland knitting network.
Confirm the selected garment’s size, fibre blend and stock. Other sold-out designs do not prove the whole collection is unavailable.
Explore the collectionAn official collection including hats, mitts and other smaller hand-knit pieces.
Designs, sizes and availability vary. Ask about exact materials, care and any special-order arrangement.
Explore the collectionConfirm the selected size, fibre content, measurements, care and delivery before ordering. The online collections contain sold-out pieces. The shipping policy warns of postal delays; a special order requires direct confirmation.
Newfoundland nonprofit craft business with a St. John’s shop and hand-knitting by provincial makers. This family-level craft evidence does not establish the fibre origin or construction of every other stocked item.
From wool to a blanket, with a family mill behind it.
A Bloomfield wool mill whose own history names Alex and Monica as its current family operators. Its published process follows wool through washing, carding, spinning and blanket weaving on PEI.
Start with the garment label, then choose the layer.
Stanfield’s offers everyday underwear and wool layers from a long-running Truro manufacturing business. The two selected listings explicitly carry Made in Canada labels; that evidence does not cover every item in its catalogue.