Norwich by Eaton Hill Textile Works
Warp and Weft: 100% Cotton. Four Wefts: Jubilee, (orange weft), and Ambrosia, (pink weft), Glorious, (turquoise weft), and Hallelujah, (green weft), Varied Color Weft.
Approximate Weight: 335 g/m2
Wrap Width: approximately 30" or 70cm
Wrap Finish: blunt, hemmed ends (no tapers), and unhemmed, natural selvedges.
Date of Weaving Date: July 2014
Warp Length: ~ 20 yards, yielding four unique wraps
Cost: $105 USD per meter
Weaving is nothing new up on Eaton Hill, but baby wraps are indeed a new venture, and offering handwoven, (in our home-state of Vermont), most certainly is new for Poe!
Our first collaboration was named Norwich after the antique pattern book, which inspired the stripe. Wanting to take a departure from the "grads", or graduation and ombre-esque stripes common in the handwoven babywearing world, we opted to design a wrap with a more classic stripe.
Both color and scale were adapted into a modern interpretation of the 17th and 18th century stripe patterns of olde. Though each color present in the warp may have its roots in the past, daring combination present in Norwich is far from olde-fashioned! A little bit brighter, and a little bit bolder, Norwich takes a modern twist on a piece of early American textile history, injecting an aura of fun and whimsy.
