Wool blanket Chevron – caramel

Chevron Wool Blanket – caramel. 100 percent lamb’s wool, herringbone pattern, 130 × 200 cm.

The Klippan Chevron Wool Blanket caramel is a woven wool blanket made from pure lamb’s wool, with a herringbone pattern and cream-colored fringe. Not a fleece blanket, not a cashmere blanket, and not intended as a light summer blanket.

The Klippan Chevron Wool Blanket caramel is a throw made from 100 percent lamb’s wool, woven in Klippan’s own weaving mill in Riga. Caramel and cream in a herringbone pattern, appearing from a distance as a warm, mottled brown. The blanket weighs 410 grams per square meter, heavy enough to keep you warm and light enough to drape over your shoulder.

Herringbone pattern woven from the first shear

The herringbone pattern is a zigzag of two yarn colors, originally derived from tweed weaving. In the Chevron, the colors are caramel and cream. Up close, the pattern looks graphic; from a distance, it appears as a mottled surface. Lamb’s wool comes from the first shear of a sheep under six months old. The fibers are finer than those from later shearings, so the blanket feels softer against the skin than the Gotland Wool Blanket with its Gotland wool content. Those expecting merino or cashmere will find lamb’s wool too coarse. It feels slightly coarse against bare skin, but this is not noticeable over a sweater. The blanket is not suitable for very sensitive skin.

410 grams per square meter is a medium weight for a wool blanket. Lightweight summer throws weigh between 250 and 300 grams, while heavy wool duvets weigh well over 500. The Chevron wool blanket therefore rests noticeably on the body without feeling heavy. The warmth does not come from its weight, but from the air trapped between the crimped fibers.

On the sofa, at the foot of the bed, or in the guest room

The Chevron wool blanket is a blanket for one person. Its 130 × 200 cm size, including the fringe, is enough to wrap yourself up completely on the sofa. Draped across the foot of a bed up to 140 cm wide, it does not hang over the sides. In the guest room, it can be folded and placed on the bed to replace the second duvet if guests are cold at night. Folded up, it fits in a travel bag, which is not a given with wool blankets of this density. Anyone wishing to combine the blanket with a cushion will find a matching companion in the Chevron Cushion Cover.

Good to know: Every new wool blanket will shed during the first few weeks. These are loose fibers from the weaving process, not a material defect. This stops after the first wash. Wash the blanket on a wool cycle at 30 °C with a mild wool detergent and no fabric softener. Then dry it flat or on a clothesline; never tumble dry. Usually, airing is enough: wool hardly absorbs odors. During the summer, the blanket should be washed and stored in a cotton bag with cedarwood or lavender. Moths seek out wool contaminated with body oils and food residue, not clean wool.

In Klippan since 1879, woven in Riga

Klippan Yllefabrik began in 1879 as a wool spinning mill in Klippan, a town in Scania, seventy kilometers north of Malmö. Jöns Petter Magnusson took over a small spinning mill that supplied yarn to the furniture industry. Today, the company is run by the fifth generation. The yarn is spun, dyed, and woven in its own factory in Riga, Latvia. This is rare: most suppliers buy ready-woven goods and only add labels. Klippan controls every step from raw fleece to fringe. The lamb’s wool for this blanket comes from New Zealand, from farms certified to the Standard Wool Integrity NZ standard, which excludes mulesing. The Chevron was added to the range in 2018, along with a cushion cover of the same name in the same pattern.

Caramel for wood and leather

The brown complements oak, leather, and brass. In the herringbone pattern, it looks like a tweed coat, only larger. As a gift, the Chevron wool blanket is suitable for people who would prefer something lasting rather than something soft. Anyone who generally dislikes wool will not find this blanket particularly warm.

A blanket from Sweden that you can wash, air out, and still use in twenty years.