Boring Bedding Begone — wool blankets
How to Buy the BEST Wool or Cashmere Blend Blanket
Three easy steps to choosing the best wool or cashmere blanket. A decision tree for those who seek the perfect blanket.
Wool is like wine, no two fleeces alike.
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...
The Case for Wool Blankets
We celebrate wool as the glorious natural fiber it is. Here are just seven reasons to love a wool blanket.