Glove making

• Hand sewing – oversewn stitch, stab stitch/prix seam, zigzag, inseam
• Machine sewing – full pique, half pique, prixseam, inseam, brosser
• Table cutting

• Ageing workforce: Many glove makers are reaching retirement age
• Training and recruitment issues: A lack of willing local apprentices prepared to train in glove making
• Market issues: Competition from low cost countries
• Raw materials: A limited supply of local raw material suppliers
• Allied trades and services: Limited local maintenance services for machinery

• The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London
• The Glove Network

Short courses 

Riina Õun is a globally recognized lecturer who has been collaborating with academic institutions and organizations worldwide since 2017. Her diverse range of masterclasses varies from hand-crafting leather gloves, to material-making workshops introducing circular economy and alternative regenerative bio-materials.

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• Riina Oun
• Dents of England, Warminster, established 1777.
• Southcombe Gloves, Somerset and Dorset, established 1847.
• Cornelia James, East Sussex, established 1946.
• Bennett Safetywear

This craft uses products derived from animals – please read our ethical sourcing statement.

• Dents Museum, Warminster

Our thanks go to our 2025 reviewers:

• Riina Õun, Riina O
• Mike Dodd. Worshipful Company of Glovers

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