About Patons Australia

Patons has a long history which began in the late 18th century when two enterprising men set up mills in the UK. Patons mill was in Scotland and Baldwin mill in England. They amalgamated in 1920 to form Patons & Baldwin. Australian merino wool was first shipped from Australia to the P&B Mill in 1890.

P&B shipped to many parts of the world including Australia before a mill was built in Tasmania in 1923.

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Patons established itself in Australia

as the premium hand knitting yarn spinner and held that position for decades. Due to the market contracting in the mid 1980's Patons felt the decline and eventually amalgamated in 1996 with Alliance Textiles in New Zealand.

In 2000 Patons Australia was acquired by Australian Country Spinners and this Icon Brand found a new exciting home to move forward into the new millennium. Patons Australia is based in Melbourne with its large mill in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. The mill exports yarn all over the world and especially Asia where Patons Australia is the sole supplier of the brand.

Patons Australia has a dynamic design and marketing team and has the strength of a first class spinner with a history of over 50 years of supplying hand knitting yarn to the world.

Patons new range has been rationalised over the past years to concentrate on known and trusted quality classics such as Totem and Bluebell and has developed new inspirational yarns offering a selection of fibres, textures, visual appeal, handle, colour and a pattern support for all segments of the market.

The yarn and design range is reaching out to the new knitter, the lapsed knitter and the experienced. Our brief is to market quality yarns to an audience who will find hand knitting a new and rewarding craft of today.

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Our standards are high and our focus is on quality, fashion, innovation and service.

We are200 years young with the responsibility of a prestige world renowned brand and the challenge to excite a new generation of knitters around the world.