The Story of JG Switzer Wool.    

Three easy steps to choosing the best wool or cashmere blanket. A decision tree for those who seek the perfect blanket.

At JG SWITZER, our painter’s palette is provided by local and Heritage breed sheep. See how we create our "painted" wool pieces. See the artistry behind the craft. We “paint with wool” using a locally farmed canvas of Dorset and Suffolk wool from Bodega Bay. 

Wool is nature's finest natural fiber, and while some have heard of Merino, from Merino sheep, few are aware of the MANY types of wool, from Blue Faced Leicesters, to Wensleydale, to Shetland, all sheep make different feeling fleeces, and JG Switzer sources from the Livestock Conservancy's "at risk" HERITAGE SHEEP list in order to create livelihood for small flocks and their farmers, and honor an ancient fiber and the people who cultivate these endangered domestic animals. We mill our own wool at our design workshop on a 7 1/2 ton needle loom we call "LUNA the LOOM."   Our...