A few days ago I wrote a very quick alert telling everyone that Cefyn had started to weave his new fabrics as well as his new Carthen Welsh nursing blankets. Well the good news is that Cefyn has just given me some photos of him weaving these new fabrics and given me some insights to what he has been doing over these past few days.

Good news… there’s NO trouble at’ mill!

When I asked Cefyn “So how did the weaving go?” I held my breath, but, before he said a word I could tell from the look on his face that it had gone well. “We had a really successful few days weaving the new blankets and I’m really pleased with the colours, they really look nice and I have some photos of them being woven for you”. Brilliant!

“What happened over the past few days?”

Well first of all I went over my designs with Frances and discussed the colours which I would like to use and then we start the colour sampling. This is where I start to be very critical because it is at this point where I start to whittle down my initial colours and make the final selection of which colours I’ll finally use in the new blankets. Once we have done this I then start the weave sampling.

“What is weave sampling?”

Once I have made my final decision on the colours we start to weave small sections of the blankets using all these colours to see how they will finally look and it is at this point where I make my final discussion on what gets left in. Usually the colours work so well that nothing gets dropped from the sampling and these new blanket colours work very well.

What happens now the weaving has finished?

The blankets now go to the finishing process where they are scoured to make them very soft and then the fringe gets twisted as this is a traditional characteristic of the Carthen Welsh blankets.

“When will the Cefyn Burgess Carthen Welsh blankets be available?”

They should be available in the next few weeks and will come in the following colours:

• Crimson Red
• Ultra Marine Blue
• Olive Green
• Nut Brown

Cefyn also went on to tell me that his new designs of Cefyn Burgess furnishing fabrics will be available in the next few months, but, one of the main things Cefyn wanted me to tell you was this…

Cefyn is re-weaving the VERY popular Angharad and Megan fabric designs and that they will come in NEW colours. Look out for photos and dates over the next few weeks.

If you want to talk to Cefyn about his new Carthen Welsh blankets just give him a call on 07787538234 or send him and email.