Cloth heavy enough to sit across a chair or the foot of a bed, woven from handspun cotton and coloured with plant dye. A handwoven throw is the loom's most patient work — wide, dense, and built to be pulled around you on a cool evening. Naturally-dyed indigo grounds and quiet mudmee patterning make each one a piece you keep for years rather than a season.
Honest notes on natural dye, handwork and care — from people who know each maker.
Hand-wash cool with a mild soap, or use a gentle cold cycle in a mesh bag if the piece allows — check its care note. Never bleach, and dry flat in the shade to keep the weave true. Naturally-dyed throws are best washed separately, especially early on.
A throw takes far more thread, more time at the loom and more dye than a scarf, so most are woven to order and ship in roughly three to four weeks. The guide price reflects days of a single artisan's handwork, not a factory run.
Look for a slightly uneven selvedge, natural variation in the indigo, the soft blur of hand-tied mudmee, and a named maker behind the cloth. Machine blankets are flawlessly uniform; a handwoven throw carries the honest marks of the loom.
Made to order, ships in three to four weeks. Behind that simple line is the rhythm of real handwork — dye that must ferment, thread that must be tied, and hands that can only move so fast.
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