Warm, weighty lambswool Welsh blanket woven in a small white-washed mill in a remote wooded valley on the Pembrokeshire coast by Melin Tregwynt. A mill has stood on the site since the 17th century, and has now been owned by the same family company since 1912. The intricate, reversible Knot Garden weave from the Melin Tregwynt archives was created in the 1950s, and is reimagined in an exclusive colourway for TOAST. Finished with a simple hem, making it fully reversible.
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Hand wash. 100% lambswool.
Made in the United Kingdom.
120 x 200cm.
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Welsh Weaving with Melin Tregwynt
Down winding lanes dappled with shade from wild, overgrown verges is Melin Tregwynt, a woollen mill on the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. The site has been home to a working mill since 1819 and was originally used to mill corn. Melin Tregwynt began to process wool towards the end of the century, and today, the weaving room remains full of looms creating distinctive double-cloth fabrics rooted in the long tradition of Welsh textiles.
“My first memory of the business is wondering why there were all these people in the house,” Eifion Griffiths, whose grandfather Henry bought the mill in 1912, says. He remembers watching his father working in the mill, and his mother in the shop, which was in the parlour room at the front of his childhood home. Until a few months ago, the mill was owned by Eifion and his wife Amanda. In 2022, to mark the 110th anniversary of his family purchasing the mill, the company has now evolved into an employee ownership trust, with benefits shared equally between each of the 42 employees.