Midnight Lights: Soft Aurora shimmers

This throw makes me think about the soft shimmer of color in the Alaskan night sky.

Midnight Lights throw displayed, 28 December 2023.

Suggested use: Cover your legs or drape the throw over your shoulders to keep off the evening chill. Watch out: The small size could inspire your child to use it to swaddle their doll.

Materials: 100% cotton in white and acrylic/polyester/nylon/metallic yarn blend in Dusk and Amaranth (woven December 2023-January 2024)

Dimensions: 28″x30″ (71×76 cm), not including fringe

Care: Hand wash cool or delicate machine wash ~ air dry flat or tumble dry low.

Handwoven on: 4-shaft floor loom

Special weaving technique: “Blanket Tweel” pattern, from Marguerite Porter Davidson’s A Handweaver’s Pattern Book (ninth printing, 1971).

Finishing touches: Hemstitching, short fringe, and a wooden ‘handmade with love’ button

You can find this item for sale at The Roaming Root Cellar in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Detail of Midnight Lights throw, 28 December 2023
Midnight Lights, a shield from the snowy cold, 21 October 2024.
Midnight Lights throw, reversed to show detail of button stitch, 21 October 2024.

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