It is made of pure lambswool sourced within the British Isles. The weave structure is known as a reversing 3 shaft twill which gives the throw a wonderful drape. It also means that one side is more colour dominant and the other more muted depending on whether the weft or warp is more dominant.

Working with three alternating shuttles I weave the linear grid pattern of pale blue, green and mid-grey, block by block.

The fringe is created on the loom by hem stitching along the edges, locking each group of threads into place. This provides a decorative and stable edge finish to each throw.

It will take a total of 1,460 throws of the shuttle to complete the weaving of each one of these heirloom throws.

Once the weaving is complete the throw is cut from the loom and the process of finishing begins. First I scour the cloth to remove the spinning oils present in the lambswool yarn. After this I full the cloth, which involves a lot of squeezing, turning over, and pounding in soapy water to transform the stiff loom-state material into a durable and integrated cloth that is wonderfully soft and cosy.

Finally, I put the throw through a machine wool wash to thoroughly rinse the detergent out of the cloth before hanging outside to dry.

Once this has been completed I give the throw a final steam press before I hand stitch its label.

Care Instructions

Your lambswool throw started life on a lamb that spent much of it's time outside in all weathers. The wind, sun and rain kept its fleece clean. You can do the same.

When you feel your throw is becoming a bit stale, give it a good shake outside, on a light wind day and hang it out for the wind to wick away any stale smells and let the dust drop out of it.

If you really need to deep clean it you can either send it off to be dry cleaned or, and this is what I do, put it through a gentle wool wash in your washing machine. (Most of the newer British washing machines now come with a wool wash option, however I know nothing of machines in other countries).

If you don't have a wool wash setting you could handwash your throw in a mild detergent, let as much water drain as possible and then hang to drip dry.

Either way, once your throw is dry you should steam iron it using the iron to stretch it back to its original dimensions, as wool is very amenable to being reshaped in this way.