Pisgah Blanket
Description
In 2021, with grant support from The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Local Cloth began gathering fiber across the Blue Ridge Mountains with a vision in mind: to make local blankets.
The Blue Ridge Blankets Project is intended to unite farmers and weavers and create the foundation for a new fiber economy in the region. Last fall, after three years of work, the first production run of these blankets went on sale. Made with fiber sourced from local farms within a hundred miles of Asheville, the patterns are named for the communities where the animals that contributed their fleece were raised.
The Pisgah Blanket features a trio of hand selected fibers in what is called the Blue Ridge Blend: 75% Fine Wool, 15% Mohair and 10% Alpaca. This blanket features the warm, earthy hue of locally sourced walnut, in a classic twill design. The pairing of walnut brown with undyed white yields a tone as soft to the eye as the blanket is to the hand. This Pisgah Blanket honors the iconic mountain by the same name just west of Asheville. Each blanket is handwoven by a local weaver in Western North Carolina.
- Artist: Local Cloth
- American-Made in Asheville, NC
- Fine Wool, Mohair, Alpaca
- Natural Dyes
- Average size: 39 x 56 inches (each size is unique due to the weaving process)
- Care: Hand wash gently with cold water. Hang to dry.
$495.00
1 in stock
