Handwoven Action Blanket100% British Wool
Extremely limited run of 20 pieces. Beautifully crafted for us by hand in Yorkshire, from 100% British pure new wool: worsted spun (stronger and softer) and woven right here in Yorkshire. Wearable for moments of action or thrown down for lounge satisfaction. A genuine heirloom shaped by centuries of craftsmanship and industrial tradition, ready for you to treasure forever.
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The Action Blanket started as a bit of a laugh in lockdown. To our surprise it quickly became HebTroCo’s biggest selling product.
A wearable blanket with a daft name sounds like a joke but customers loved the quality of the Huddersfield mill woven blankets we chose to make that first batch. So simple and practical, people wore them in camper vans, working from home, in beer gardens, at barbecues – and just sat watching the telly.
Five years on and we decided it was time for the comeback. But this time we’d do it differently. Created in partnership with textile designer Rebecca Ough at Salt Weave Studio, each blanket has been handwoven on a vintage loom using all British sourced yarn right here. The inspiration is the landscape and the weaving heritage of where we’re from here in the Pennines. There’s a touch of camo and a hint of skeleton in the pattern and the colours are a nod to the beauty and wildness of the moors that we see every day. It’s very HebTroCo.
It's in the details
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100% British pure new wool.
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Worsted spun yarn from Shepley Yarns in Diggle, West Riding of Yorkshire
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Pattern woven using a deflective double weave method
Woven on Rebecca’s AVL handloom. In total Rebecca wove 68 metres of cloth. On a good day she would be able to weave 3-4 metres. Slow and steady wins this race -
Blanket stitched edges
Sewn by Rebecca on her Merrow blanket stitcher -
Measures 70" (178cm) in length, 58" (147cm) in width when unfolded
The Story of the Action Blanket
Watch the weaving, hear the story.
Product Care
It’s wool, it will rarely need a wash.
If you absolutely have to, cool hand wash only.
Avoid putting it in a washing machine, if you must, do not spin it.
Dry flat on a table, do not hang on the line, the wool fibres will hate you for it.
Our Wool care Guide
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