A handwoven merino snood with four different deflected doubleweave designs across its width woven with navy, blue and white yarn by Emma Baker in Salisbury
 
This reversible snood is woven by Emma on a floor loom in Salisbury, Wiltshire using a complex 8-shaft structure. What makes it exceptional is the number of different weave structures in a single piece of cloth: four different deflected doubleweave designs run across the 29cm width, each producing a distinct surface pattern zone in the same navy, blue and white merino lambswool. 
 
Four designs, one cloth
Deflected doubleweave builds two cloth layers simultaneously on 8 shafts, with the weft threads periodically deflected between the layers to create the pattern on the surface. Using four different deflected doubleweave designs in alternating sections of the same piece of fabric means four different pattern zones are woven side by side. The effect across the width of the snood is a visually rich, textured surface with four distinct but related geometric characters - each zone is different, but all are made from the same navy, blue and white merino.
 
Reversible
The deflected doubleweave structure produces a genuinely two-sided fabric: both faces of the cloth are woven simultaneously, both are finished, and both can be worn on the outside. The four designs have corresponding but different-looking arrangements on the reverse. Wearing the snood the other way round gives a different colour balance and pattern character.
 
Wet-finished for exceptional softness
After weaving, the fabric was washed to remove the spinning oils from the merino yarn, causing the fibres to full and plump up. Fulling - the process where wool fibres interlock under heat and moisture transforms the fresh woven cloth into a fabric that is noticeably softer, warmer and more cohesive than unwashed wool. The result is a snood that feels substantially softer.
 
Compact and foldable
The snood is sewn in a circle without a twist, which means it lies flat when folded and can be compressed into a small space - easy to slip into a bag and pull out when needed.
 
What makes this snood special
Handwoven by Emma Baker in Salisbury, Wiltshire on a floor loom
Four different deflected doubleweave designs across the width - unique in this collection
Complex 8-shaft structure
Fine merino lambswool in navy, blue and white
Reversible - two wearable faces, four design zones
Wet-finished - merino fulled and softened after weaving
29cm wide × 70cm circumference
Folds flat - compact for bag or pocket
Two variants: slight shade variation in the blue weft
Presented in a gold-embossed branded gift box
 
A stunning handmade gift
The four-design structure, the reversibility, the wet-finished softness, and the classic navy and white palette make this the most technically accomplished snood in Emma’s current collection. A significant birthday, a Father’s Day gift for a quality-conscious man, or any occasion where genuine craft and versatility are wanted. Arrives in Emma Baker’s gold-embossed branded gift box.