saboori

Handmade for babies

Taught by generations, made for yours

Knitted, crocheted, stitched and embroidered by hand, one piece at a time.

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some of what we’ve made

These are pieces that have already been gifted to babies. Each one was made by our mother, by hand.

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A pink hand-knitted pinafore dress with button straps and a chevron eyelet pattern, folded over a white collared top on a wooden table

Petal Pinafore

Knitted · Clothes

Button straps and an eyelet pattern across the front. Shown over a white collared top.

Two red crocheted baby hats on a white quilt, one plain and one with a brimmed, ruffled edge, beside a ball of red yarn and a crochet hook

Poppy Hats

Crocheted · Hats

Two sizes in the same red yarn, one plain and one with a brim.

A grey-brown hand-knitted child’s hooded coat in garter stitch with four dark buttons, laid flat on cream fabric

Acorn Coat

Knitted · Clothes

Garter stitch, with a double row of buttons.

A pair of pale blue hand-knitted baby booties with folded cuffs

Dewdrop Booties

Knitted · Booties

With a folded cuff.

A round fabric play mat printed with trees, bears and deer, edged in a sage green border, laid on a carpet

Burrow Mat

Sewn · Play mats

Round, in a woodland print, finished with a sage border.

Two orange crocheted baby hats, each topped with a curled green pumpkin stem, laid on white fabric

Pumpkin Hats

Crocheted · Hats

Two sizes in rust orange, each finished with a curled green stem.

The corner of a granny stripe crocheted baby blanket in slate blue, rust, burgundy and cream, edged with a white scalloped border

Calico Blanket

Crocheted · Blankets

A ripple of slate blue, rust, burgundy and cream, finished with a scalloped white edge.

About

saboori
means patience

Saboori is close to our grandmother Sabira’s name,
and it is what she said whenever our hands got tangled learning to knit, crochet and embroider at her table.

She made things constantly and gave almost all of them away — blankets, hats, embroidered pieces — to her grandchildren, to her friends’ children, to any new baby in the community. She simply thought that a person arriving in the world should be handed something someone had spent hours pouring their love into.

We use Sabira’s method: one stitch at a time, no shortcuts, and it takes as long as it takes. We are bringing the warmth she gave other families into yours.

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Let us know if you have a question about a piece, need help with a repair, or anything else.

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how to wash it

washing & drying

  • Hand wash cold (preferred)
  • If you machine wash, put it in a zipped pillowcase on a gentle or wool cycle
  • A little mild detergent. No bleach, and no fabric softener — it coats the fibre and flattens the stitch
  • Dry flat. Never hang — wet knitting stretches under its own weight
  • Reshape while damp, laid flat on a white towel
  • Do not put it in the dryer

storing

  • Fold, don’t hang
  • Wash before long storage — moths are drawn to what a baby left behind, not to the yarn
  • A breathable cotton bag, not a sealed plastic box
  • Cedar is fine; mothballs will make it smell like mothballs for years

snags & pills

  • Never cut a snag. Pull the loop through to the wrong side with a needle and leave it there
  • A little pilling is normal at first. Lift it with a fabric comb or a sweater stone, not a razor
  • Small hole? Send us a photo. We’ll mend it, and we don’t charge for that