Quinton & Chadwick Graph Scarf

Last updated: 30 September 2026

What you are actually buying

A flat, wide, lightly felted lambswool scarf, 205cm long, with a windowpane grid running the length of it. The grid is knitted rather than printed, so the colours reverse on the back: pull it over and the red ground with pink lines becomes a pink ground with red lines. Quinton & Chadwick describe that as having two scarves in one, and it is a fair way to put it, because the two faces genuinely read as different objects at a distance.

It is a cut-edge scarf rather than a seamed one, which matters more than it sounds. Knitting to the edge and cutting means no yarn is left over at the end of the run, so the zero-waste claim is a consequence of how the thing is made rather than a line added afterwards.

Colourways, and where each one lives

Quinton & Chadwick make the Graph Scarf in three colourways. Winter Beach is the red and pink one, Forest is the darker green-based version, and Moorland is the third. The Southbank Centre Shop carries Winter Beach and Forest; the maker's own site carries all three.

The price is the same in both places, so pick on convenience. Southbank charges for delivery under £100 but will hold it at the shop on Belvedere Road for nothing, which is useful if you work anywhere near Waterloo. The Southbank listing does not publish the fibre or the country of manufacture, so those figures below come from the maker.

Specification

Who Quinton & Chadwick are

Jess Quinton and Jane Chadwick set the company up to knit only in small British mills. Quinton trained in knitwear at the Royal College of Art and worked for Missoni before this, which shows up in the colour rather than in the shapes: the range is plain knitwear in combinations most British brands would not risk.

The designing and the sampling happen in Quinton's studio in Suffolk, on the coast, and the swatches are knitted there before anything goes to a mill. Production is split across Scotland, Nottingham and Devon. Everything is natural and biodegradable, mostly lambswool or merino, with recycled cashmere used when it can be got. The company won the UK Fashion Export Council's award for small business not long after starting.

They are also stocked at Liberty and at Merci in Paris, which tells you where the brand sits without anyone having to say it.

How it compares to the two scarves already on the site

CoolCuration already lists the Harland Miller Oh No scarf and the Whistler Peacock Room silk. Both are museum scarves: silk, printed, and bought because of the artwork on them. This is the opposite purchase. It is wool, the pattern is structural rather than applied, and the reason to buy it is how and where it was made. One is a picture you wear; this is a piece of knitting.

Practically, that also means this one is warm and those two are not.

Frequently asked questions

How much is the Graph Scarf?

£80, both from Quinton & Chadwick directly and from the Southbank Centre Shop, checked 6 September 2026.

What is it made of?

100% lambswool, spun in Yorkshire and knitted in Scotland, then lightly felted.

How big is it?

20cm wide and 205cm long, so it wraps twice on most people with the ends still hanging.

Is it really reversible?

Yes. The grid is knitted in, and the two colours swap places on the reverse.

What colours does it come in?

Winter Beach, which is red and pink, plus Forest and Moorland. Southbank stocks the first two.

Where else is Quinton & Chadwick stocked?

Liberty in London and Merci in Paris, alongside the Southbank Centre Shop, Collen & Clare and The Longship.

Sources

• Quinton & Chadwick: price, composition, dimensions and finish, checked 6 September 2026.
• The company's own story page: the founders, the mills, the fibres and the UK Fashion Export Council award.
• Southbank Centre Shop: UK stock, colourways and click and collect.

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