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Source
Cotton cord, measured and cut for each piece — the start of every knot.
The workshop · Spring catalogue
Authentically imperfect. Intentionally yours.
Hand-knotted in North Vietnam's workshops. Made to order, signed and dated on the reverse.
- 1 small
- North Vietnam workshop
- 10–14
- days, made to order
- 100%
- made to order
Free US shipping over $100
30-day returns
Crafted to order in Vietnam
Signed & dated by hand
Three doorways in
Start where the room calls you.
A laddered collection — from daily quiet pieces to numbered, one-of-one editions.
Essential$30–55
Essential
Daily, quiet, lived-with.
Small hangers and shelf accents for the everyday corner.
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Signature$60–110
Signature
The piece a room is built around.
Larger wall panels in natural and dyed colourways.
Explore Signature
Heirloom$120+
Heirloom
Numbered. One of one.
Statement work, signed, dated, and made to keep for decades.
Explore HeirloomLoved by imperfect homes
What our makers can't keep on the shelf.
New pieces are leaving the workshop soon. Choose a collection in the Theme Editor to feature them here.
Our philosophy
Why we celebrate the knots that aren't quite straight.
Factory macramé is precise because a machine has no breath. Hand-knotted macramé carries the tension of a Tuesday afternoon, the warmth of a body, the slow pull of a particular pair of hands.
We don't iron those things out. We sign them. Every Ketelier piece leaves the workshop signed and dated on the reverse — a small record of a particular afternoon in North Vietnam.
Every knot carries the weather of its making — the slight pull, the held breath, the moment of attention.
Where the cord meets the hand
Small workshops in North Vietnam.
A founder working with partner makers across a few small North Vietnam workshops. We don't publish individual names or portraits — the work is collective, the signature is on the reverse, and the privacy belongs to the makers.
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Knot
Ten to fourteen days at the workshop. Cord measured by feel, tension chosen before the first knot.
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Sign
Signed and dated on the reverse. Packed in unbleached paper. Sent.
Vietnamese hand-craft is pressed from two sides right now — cheap imports on one, a younger generation leaving for factory work on the other. Ketelier is a small partnership inside that bigger story, committed to fair compensation.
Why hand-knotting mattersInspiration
Rooms we keep looking at.
The mood we're tying for — rooms and corners we keep returning to. Follow along as new pieces leave the workshop.