Weft Name: DryadWarp Name: SunsetDesign Name: SeafoamGSM: 360Weave Structure: AlchemyAverage Width: 68cmBlend: 56% cotton, 18% viscose, 16% hemp ,10% linen, Related Wraps: Dryad Cyano Seafoam is this wrap’s Sister Wrap (exactly the same weft), Dryad Dendron Birch Trees and Dryad Frost Birch Trees are the same blend, but a little thinner.Wrapping Qualities: Dense and blankety in hand, with a […]
The first cloth of 2019 has been woven, and we though that you would like to see the new warp colours that we’ve used! Putting our own coloured warp on the loom is a big undertaking so we have to weave several different designs on each one. This means that choosing the warp is the […]
All the technical terminology surrounding cloth and wrapping can sound confusing at first, but it is definitely worth learning about. Firstly, it is all pretty fascinating stuff in its own right; a technology with ancient roots that shaped the path of human development- both a science and an art form!Secondly, by understanding how cloth is […]
Weft Name: Verglas Warp Name: Midnight Design Name: Midwinter GSM: 300 Weave Structure: Alchemy Average Width: 68cm Blend: 70% Cotton, 25% Merino, 5% Linen Related Wraps: Whinlatter Midnight Birch Trees has the same warp. Crystalline Twilight Midwinter is a very similar looking wrap. Wrapping Qualities: Dense and blankety in hand, with a fluffy softness after a […]
Weft Name: Bifrost Warp Name: Midnight (1st release) Twilight (2nd release) Design Name: Starmap GSM: 320 Weave Structure: Synergy Average Width: 69cm Blend: 100% combed cotton Related Wraps: Has a very similar rainbow weft to Bifrost Obsidian Charters Moss (although they are not identical). Identical to Bifrost Seafoam and Mercury Bifrost Starmap Wrapping Qualities: Cloth […]
A review of Fantasia Obsidian Curves of Pursuit by Erna Who would’ve had guessed that this is me who is writing this review! I remember during the pregnancy when I was introduced to babywearing by my sister in law. All I was thinking was that I need to choose one carrier that will last through […]
Every wrap has a story in terms of its materials and how it came into existence, but Whinlatter Birch Trees has a particularly interesting history, and some unusual features that make it quite unique, and a very exciting wrap for us to make! The Weft Back in 2012 we started working with a small […]
Weft Name: Whinlatter Warp Name: Midnight Design Name: Birch Trees GSM: 345 Weave Structure: Alchemy Average Width: TBC Blend: 50% cotton, 50% linen Related Wraps: Woven on the same warp as Verglas Midnight Midwinter. Similar wrapping qualities to Sylvan Twilight Birch Trees and Sylvan Obsidian Birch Trees Wrapping Qualities: A heavyweight wrap at 345gsm. “Whinlatter is a beast […]
A quick overview Jacquard weaving is an intricate craft, and even with machine powered looms, it remains an organic skill, at mercy to the whims of chance! There are thousands of individual threads, moving and interlacing in complex ways, and if even one of those threads gets stuck or out of place, the cloth will […]
Weft Name: Fantasia Warp Name: Obsidian Design Name: Curves of Pursuit GSM: 295 Weave Structure: Alchemy Average Width: 63cm measured flat, 67cm measured under tension Blend: 39% lambswool merino, 61% combed cotton Related Wraps: Fantasia Aqua Curves of Pursuit has a very similar weft in terms of colour, and uses the same coloured merino wool in the […]
