Val de San Lorenzo Wool Blanket
This is a traditional woven "Maragata" classic bed blanket made with pure virgin sheep wool, the one San Lorenzo Valley's ancestors used. This bed blanket is made with 100% virgin sheep wool, all processed in one place and by one family making this a truly sustainable and local product. This was all designed and made - even the fringe is twisted by hand one by one - by Gaspar's family. The manufacturing processes create a light fabric that retains heat, while being perfectly breathable.
They always work with neutral colors that come originally from wool: white, brown and gray (which is the result of mixing white and brown).
- measurements: 180x245 cm or 220×245 cm.
- weight: 3Kg / 3.5 Kg.
Cleaning and care: Washing machine (wool programme) and neutral or special detergent for wool, avoiding spin.
WORLDWIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED
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Textile craft in Val de San Lorenzo, León (Spain) goes back to the XVII century when you could find up to 80 textile artisans in this village until the XIX century when there was a deep textile crisis in Spain. The maragato crafters had to mechanize their production to be able to compete with the rest of the world.
By 1858, maragata blankets were among the most appreciated blankets in Europe and these tiny village weavers still use the traditional wool combing technique they used back then known as “hollow-fiber”, which means that in the fiber there is trapped air that offers natural insulation resulting in extremely warm blankets. |
