A handwoven Falkland merino and silk snood - 75% Falkland merino, 25% silk, hand-dyed
This snood is woven by Emma Baker on an 8-shaft floor loom in Salisbury, Wiltshire using a hand-dyed yarn of 75% Falkland merino wool and 25% silk. The fibre blend gives the snood qualities that pure merino alone cannot produce: the Falkland merino provides warmth and softness, while the silk adds a natural sheen and a slightly more fluid drape. After weaving, the fabric is wet-finished - washed to cause the merino fibres to full and soften producing a denser, softer fabric than the woven-but-unwashed cloth.
Falkland merino and silk - why this blend matters
Falkland merino comes from the Falkland Islands, where the cold climate and extensive natural grazing produce a wool with particular fineness and a natural lustre. It is a premium variant within the merino family - softer and more luminous than standard merino. Adding 25% silk to the blend introduces a second natural fibre with complementary properties: silk is smooth, has a natural sheen that catches the light differently from wool, and gives the yarn a slightly cooler handle and a drape quality that makes the snood sit and move more fluidly around the neck. The yarn is also hand-dyed, producing colour with a depth and tonal variation that commercial dyeing cannot replicate.
Three design variants
All three variants are woven in the same Falkland merino and silk yarn on an 8-shaft floor loom using a base structure of straight 8 chevron threading. The three variants differ in the weave pattern used across this threading:
Dimensions:
A - 32cm × 71cm
B - 34cm × 74cm
C - 34cm × 74cm
What makes this snood special
- Handwoven by Emma Baker in Salisbury, Wiltshire on an 8-shaft floor loom
- 75% Falkland merino wool, 25% silk - a premium fibre blend found on no other listing in this collection
- Hand-dyed yarn - colour with depth and tonal variation
- Wet-finished: washed after weaving to full and soften the fabric
- 8-shaft straight chevron threading - the base for three different weave pattern variants
- One of a kind - each snood is individually woven and hand-finished
- Sold in a gold-embossed gift box
A beautiful gift worth
The Falkland merino and silk blend, hand-dyeing, and wet-finishing make this one of the most materially distinguished snoods in Emma’s collection - the fibre story alone sets it apart from the commercial yarn alternatives. A birthday, Mother’s Day, or any occasion where a genuinely special fibre-quality gift is wanted. Arrives in Emma Baker’s gold-embossed gift box.