Woven from clouds — luxury cashmere and silk for the discerning few
"The lightest things carry the deepest weight."
NIMBUS was born from an obsession with weightlessness. We source the finest Grade A cashmere from Mongolian Highland goats, paired with cultured Bombyx silk from Yunnan province — both materials that seem to float rather than drape.
We work only with fibres that achieve a micron count of 14–16. At this fineness, cashmere and silk are indistinguishable from woven air.
All NIMBUS textiles are woven by hand on traditional floor looms in our Perthshire studio. We maintain a team of six master weavers, each with decades of experience.
Our signature palette is derived from natural dyes — lichen, bog myrtle, weld, and woad — gathered from the Highland landscape surrounding our studio.
We visit our Mongolian cashmere source each spring and select only the finest combed belly fleece — never clipped. Each bale is tested to 14–16 microns before purchase.
Our master dyer prepares natural dye baths from seasonal Highland botanicals. Each colour is unique to its batch — no two NIMBUS pieces are ever identical.
Weaving takes place on traditional floor looms that have woven Highland textiles for over 100 years. A single stole requires two to three days of continuous weaving.
Every NIMBUS piece is hand-finished — wet-blocked, inspected, and hand-knotted at the fringe. No mechanical finishing at any stage.
Combed annually from Highland goats grazing above 2,400m. The finest fleece on Earth.
Cultivated in subtropical highland forests. The thread is continuous, uniform, and extraordinarily lustrous.
Sourced from farms within 20 miles of our studio. Used for structured weaves that require body alongside softness.
The undercoat of the Arctic musk ox — the warmest natural fibre known to science. Used for our rarest limited commissions.
Our studio occupies a converted Victorian mill on the River Tay, eight miles north of Perth. The building has housed weaving looms since 1887. We have restored and maintained the original Hattersley floor looms alongside our handlooms.
Visits are available by appointment. We welcome collectors who wish to see their commission in progress — an experience that deepens the connection to the finished piece.
All bespoke commissions begin with a personal consultation. Production: 8–12 weeks.