Half a year has passed like sand through fingers, working alongside a sourcing company who promised to help bring the Hans 100% linen hoodie into the world. Yet my hands remain empty, reaching for a creation that exists only in thought.
I have chosen to step away from this hollow partnership, seeking new makers on my own path. Where there was once a river of promises, I found only stones of delay at every bend in the journey. My heart burns with the heat of their empty words and their failure to accomplish even the simplest tasks in the time an honest day's work deserves. I could speak endlessly of their shortcomings, but wisdom calls me to look instead at what light has shone since breaking these chains.
Fibrst, the coins once given to them now remain in my keeping, allowing more threads to be bought and more garments to be created.
Second, I no longer walk with eyes half-closed, guided away from factories they did not wish me to find. The full horizon now spreads before my sight.
Third, the true cost of things reveals itself when nothing stands between maker and creator. These savings flow like water to those who will eventually purchase and wear what we create.
Fourth, in seven days alone, I have discovered the perfect manufacturing partner—one who meets our hopes for price, materials, and the quality our hands wish to touch. For six months, the sourcing company could not achieve this.
Fifth, within three weeks, I expect to hold the first real shape of our dream. One month of true seeking accomplishes what six months of guided wandering could not.
For any soul wishing to bring clothing or other created things into the world, hear this quiet wisdom: do not bind yourself to those who claim to know the path but never walk it. The truest way forward is often the one you find yourself.