Rio Grande Wool Blanket — IV

Description

Queen width, and the widest cloth the Belen mill weaves for us. A wide cream panel runs through the centre of an undyed brown ground, with a pair of thin brown lines holding each side of it. The edge is blanket-stitched in cream wool at about six stitches to the inch, which is visible from across a room and is meant to be. 72 by 96 inches, 5 pounds 8 ounces. It reaches the rail on both sides of a queen bed, or covers two people in camp chairs with room left over. Hang it over a rail in shade twice a year. Cold hand wash only, never a machine, dry it flat and turn it once part way through.

• Loomed wool, undyed brown ground
• 72 by 96 inches, 5 lb 8 oz
• Blanket-stitched cream wool edge, six stitches to the inch; wide cream centre panel
• Woven at a family mill in Belen, New Mexico; stitched and packed in Albuquerque, New Mexico