I have worked for several years with a third-generation family-run mill in Lancashire. Now headed by brothers Lance and Adrian, their ‘can-do’ approach, and belief in the importance of combining traditional know-how with new technology make this mill a joy to work with. The mill specializes in dobby weaving, and their fleet of beautiful Dornier power looms are operated by a highly skilled team of weavers.

After the blanket cloth is woven, it travels to the Scottish boarders to a specialist woollen finishers. Here it is washed and pressed - ready to make up into blankets.

The final stages of finishing - making-up, labeling and checking take place back in the studio - giving a nice circularity to the whole process.