Made by Tlaitmass, in Tangier
A small studio in North Africa, making crochet and candles by hand, with stitches learned at home.
Tangier, North Africa
TITIN is what my family calls me
TITIN started as a nickname. It was what my family called me, and then it was what the people closest to me called me, until it stopped feeling like a nickname at all.
My name is Tlaitmass. It is Amazigh, like me. So the shop carries the name the people who know me best use, and the work carries the name I was given.
I learned to crochet from my mother
Not from a class or a video. From sitting beside her, watching her hands, and being handed a hook long before I could use it properly. That is how this kind of work usually passes between people here: slowly, in the same room, without anybody calling it a lesson.
Everything I make still carries that. The stitches I reach for first are the ones I learned at home.
Made in Tangier
Everything is made here, in North Africa, from the heart of Tangier. A city of sea light and wind, where the colours outside are the ones that end up in the yarn I choose: clay, sand, sage, the cream of old walls.
Small batches, made by hand, a few pieces at a time. Nothing sits in a warehouse waiting.
Why these materials
Cotton, wool, soy wax, cotton wicks. They are chosen for how they age and how they feel after a year of use, but honestly the reason runs deeper than that.
These materials mean childhood to me. They mean my culture, my Amazigh roots, and the love that gets passed down when someone teaches you to make something with your hands. That is what I am trying to put in a box when I send a piece to you.
How every piece is made
Choosing the materials
Cotton and wool yarns, clean soy wax and cotton wicks, picked for how they feel after a year of use rather than how they photograph.
Making it by hand
Every stitch is hooked and every candle is poured here in Tangier, a few pieces at a time, using the stitches I learned at home.
Wrapping it with care
Each order is packed plastic-free with tissue, twine and a short handwritten note before it leaves the studio.
Cozy updates, now and then
New pieces, seasonal scents and first dibs on small batches. No spam, just warm hellos.