A handwoven snood with a hand-spun merino weft and a British wool warp - twill design in orange, purple and turquoise, made by Emma Baker in Salisbury
 
This snood is woven by Emma Baker on a rigid heddle loom in Salisbury, Wiltshire. The weft - the yarn passed through the loom during weaving, and the yarn that sits against the skin when the snood is worn - is merino that Emma has hand-spun herself. The warp threads strung on the loom before weaving begins is British wool: traceable to UK farms and UK sheep breeds.
 
Two wools, two provenances
The hand-spun merino weft gives the snood’s surface a natural variation in texture and colour depth that commercially spun yarn cannot replicate. Emma spins the merino fibre on a spinning wheel before weaving - the yarn is her own creation, not a commercial product.  The British wool warp provides the structural backbone of the snood. British wool comes from UK sheep breeds, supporting domestic farming and providing a traceable UK provenance. The combination of hand-spun merino and British wool is unique in this collection and means every element of this snood was produced in the UK.
 
Orange, purple and turquoise in a twill design
The three colours - warm orange, rich purple and vivid turquoise are woven into the snood in a twill design. Twill produces a fabric with a diagonal interlacing structure that gives the surface a slight texture and a subtle directional quality. The combination of three distinct colours in a twill arrangement creates a snood with a depth and visual complexity that changes as the light falls across it. Each snood is one of a kind: because the weft is hand-spun, no two snoods have quite the same surface character.
 
What makes this snood special
Handwoven by Emma Baker in Salisbury, Wiltshire on a rigid heddle loom
Hand-spun merino weft - Emma spun the weft yarn herself; no two snoods are identical
British wool warp - UK-farmed, traceable provenance, supporting domestic sheep farming
Twill design in orange, purple and turquoise - three vivid colours with diagonal structure
Naturally insulating and breathable - the wool fibres regulate temperature
Sewn into a circle with a concealed seam
One of a kind
Presented in Emma Baker’s gold-embossed branded gift box
 
Dimensions
21cm wide × 72cm circumference. Sewn into a circle with a concealed seam.
 
A lovely gift at a good price
This is one of the most accessibly priced hand-spun and handwoven pieces in Emma’s collection. The British wool provenance, the hand-spun merino, and the bold three-colour twill give it a story that a buyer who values craft and UK provenance will appreciate. A birthday, a Christmas gift, or any occasion where something genuinely unique is wanted.