This wrap really has me in the festive mood- it’s richness of colour glows against cold grey day. It draws your eye like the fire in the hearth does, warming your spirits as well as your fingers.
This is a 50% lambswool wrap, and the wool is unfortunately a limited edition weft that we’ll struggle to ever repeat exactly. We are a very small company compared with most British manufacturing (clothes, furnishings etc). They often end up with small batches of yarn left over that they can’t make use of, but we certainly can. This creates a no-waste, symbiotic relationship. We buy the remaining yarn that they have no other use for, and we get incredibly high quality, specialist yarns that we couldn’t normally source.
This particular lambswool is super soft and with absolutely no itch. It has also proved itself capable of being machine washed safely on a wool cycle. We have tested it with a spin of upto 800rpm, but recommend 600 or lower if your machine gives you the option.
Firespiral is the creation of Tamsin and Jen. We are passionate about woven wraps and had a shared dream to one day have our own designs woven. We live in an area with a wonderful weaving heritage and have been lucky enough to work with a very skillful weaving company capable of weaving something really special. Our designs are inspired by the universal patterns in nature that stray into both science and myth; the magical way in which we are connected to the world and its rhythms. We live at the edge of the west pennine moors, surrounded by stone circles, local legend and the wild beauty of the hillside, with the shadows of the cotton mills in the valley below. We feel a real sense of belonging to the ancient landscape and it is from this wonderful place that our inspiration takes shape. Some of our designs are an exploration of naturally occurring pattern, and some could be more accurately described as 'story cloths'. We both have creative backgrounds, Tamsin from an architectural viewpoint and bringing her experience of transforming wraps under the guise of violet chameleon, Jen as an artist and art psychotherapist. We want our woven wraps to be both artistically beautiful and take on deeper personal meanings for their wearers.
