What ghazl means.
Ghazl is a small crochet label. The name is a small love letter to the craft itself. Ghazl in Arabic is both the yarn you spin and the love poetry you write. We like that the same word holds both.
Every piece in the shop is crocheted by Noha, in her own time, with her own hands. There is no factory behind us, no team of makers. Just one person, a hook, and a great deal of patience.
Each piece takes the time it takes. We don’t rush it to meet a calendar.
One pair of hands.
Because each piece passes through only Noha’s hands, no two are ever quite the same. The bag you receive is the bag she made for you, with its own small character, the small choices that come from working slowly and by feel.
We release pieces in small drops. When something is gone, it’s gone. Another will take its place soon, and it will not be the same piece.
Slow, on purpose.
We are unapologetically slow. A piece takes the hours it takes; the calendar comes second. We’d rather make a few pieces well than many in a hurry.
If that sounds romantic, it is. The word for what we make is ghazl, after all.