Showing posts with label Blankets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blankets. Show all posts

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Woad Inc

These wool blankets are dyed in Norfolk using natural woad indigo pigment, which they grow organically on the farm there. They're part of a small organisation called Produced in Norfolk which works to protect rural skills from dying out, such as thatching and cider making and wild bee keeping. Picture: Woad Inc.

Thursday, 17 November 2011

Jess Brown

What a beautiful quilt by Jess Brown. I absolutely love it. She has a new collection cming out next year called Jess Brown for Woman and Home, which will be a small collection of dresses and workshirts, and is bound to be lovely. Pictures: Jess Brown.

Monday, 15 August 2011

Scholten & Baijings

Beautiful, amazingly colourful merino blankets by Dutch company Scholten & Baijings, available from Darkroom. They're £295 each. Pictures: Darkroom.

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

The Cloth Shop

These Indian wool shawls - herringbone wool with embroidery - are beautiful. From the amazing The Cloth Shop on Portobello Road. Picture: The Cloth Shop.

Friday, 24 June 2011

Sasha Gibb

Textile designer Sasha Gibb makes her work - cushions, throws and patchwork - from salvaged vintage British wool blankets, which she re-dyes and sews from her small workshop in Jersey. She also makes French hemp and linen sheets for hanging over windows as rudimentary (but great looking) curtains. The pieces are all one-offs and are hardwearing, washable and "designed with real living in mind", she says. Pictures: Sasha Gibb.

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Ocabini

Very sweet stripey cashmere baby blankets from Ocabini - they're hand-dyed, sun-dried and hand-spun in Nepal, and are £130 each. Picture: Ocabini.

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Odd Limited

Lovely things from Brigette Buchanan's beautiful company, Odd. Her "stripe dream" and "maud" cushions are on my wish list. I'd like to while away this afternoon on one of her rocking seats - in a shady spot, with a book. Pictures: Brigette Buchanan.

Friday, 21 January 2011

Runaway Coast

Pleasing striped things - including blankets and baskets - made in Suffolk by Runaway Coast.

Thursday, 9 December 2010

Klaus Haapaniemi

These exquisite, earthy-hued Scandinavian throws, with designs featuring rabbits, blueberries and acorns, are by Finnish designer Klaus Haapaniemi and Swedish artist Mia Walleniusto. I love them.

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

fforest

From Swedish fire-lighting kits and axes, to woodlander socks, Reindeer pelts and Welsh blankets there is an awful lot to be smitten by in this brand-new shop from the people who run fforest, the world's most romantic campsite.

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Oleana blankets

My obsession with blankets has only intensified now I know about these delicious ones, designed by Solveig Hisdal, and woven in Norway.

Friday, 29 October 2010

Green Grove Weavers

A really special and extremely cosy looking woollen blanket (made only from wool from sheep called Jacob!) woven in Scotland, and sold at SCP.

Thursday, 6 May 2010

Blankets

I don't think it's possible to have too many blankets in your life. I like to have one within reach at (almost) all times - especially if there is TV watching involved. Vintage Welsh ones are lovely, but I'm also quite partial to these lambswool ones from Johnstons, too.