Hiut Welsh Woollen Blanket
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The fit
Woven around 30 minutes from the Hiut factory, it features the traditional Caernarfon pattern in Hiut colours, finished with classic fringing.
Elvet Mill and Hiut share a belief in keeping places of manufacture working. Through skilled hands, restored machinery and continued making, the collaboration helps keep Welsh weaving skills and textile traditions alive.
For the first Workshop Wisdom Crefft piece, it felt like a natural place to begin: useful, beautiful, and shaped by the knowledge required to make it well.
The details
- Traditional Welsh tapestry blanket
- Caernarfon pattern
- Double-cloth woven / reversible
- 2.20m x 1.70m + 10cm of fringe
- Made in Cynwyl Elfed, Wales
- Finished in Scotland
- 1920's Hutchinson Hollingworth Dobcross loom
- Hand washed for softness.
- One size only
The Piece - Hiut Welsh Blanket
The Hiut Welsh Woollen Blanket is woven in 100% wool using the traditional Caernarfon pattern, a design closely associated with Welsh textile making. Its double-cloth construction gives the blanket two woven faces, allowing the pattern and Hiut colours to shift depending on which side is in use.
The wool has a substantial handle and is hand washed for softness, easing the cloth without losing the character of the weave. Finished with classic fringing, it has the warmth and structure of a traditional Welsh blanket.
At 2.18m x 1.70m, with a further 10cm of fringe, it is generously proportioned for a bed, sofa or colder evening. Made to be handled, lived with and returned to over time.
The Maker - Daniel Harris
Daniel Harris is the founder of The London Cloth Co. and owner of Elvet Woollen Mill.
A self-taught weaver, he began working with cloth after rescuing and restoring a Victorian shuttle loom from rural Wales. Since then, he has built a working mill around restored machinery, producing British wool tweeds, indigo cloth and bespoke fabrics for clients ranging from Ralph Lauren to film productions including Star Wars, as well as work connected with the International Space Station.
In 2022, Daniel took on Elvet Woollen Mill in Cynwyl Elfed, where he is restoring the historic mill and returning its looms to work. His approach is rooted in keeping skills, machinery and textile knowledge in active use.
The Place - Elvet Mill, Wales
The London Cloth Co. was founded by Daniel Harris in 2010–2011, growing from a single restored Victorian shuttle loom into a working mill producing British wool tweeds, indigo cloth and bespoke commissions. Daniel is self-taught, and much of the company has been shaped by his hands-on approach to weaving, restoring machinery and keeping older looms in active use.
In 2022, Daniel took ownership of Elvet Woollen Mill in Cynwyl Elfed. Dating from the 1840s, the mill is being restored as a working place of manufacture, with its looms, skills and textile knowledge brought back into daily use. The aim is not simply to preserve the building, but to give the mill a future through continued making.
