Ida lambswool blanket

We're always impressed by the sure knack for style and color combinations that goes into the designs for Røros Tweed's blankets and pillowcases. For the Ida design, the designer duo Anderssen & Voll drew inspiration from patchwork quilts and hand-woven tapestries. The final pattern was created to scale from colored paper, traces of the handwork were thus preserved and found their way into the woven pattern. This has resulted in a rather small-scale, graphic pattern, which thanks to the unexciting, perfectly coordinated colors in muted tones or pastel, has an overall calm effect, but still gives a beautiful color accent on the sofa. The colors are also chosen to correspond with those of other Røros Tweed blankets and pillowcases. For the soft wool fabric, Røros Tweed uses Norwegian lambswool in its usual soft, supple quality. The surfaces of the fabric are additionally roughened, making the already pliant, warm lambswool even softer and more voluminous and able to trap even more heat-insulating air.

Norwegian designers Torbjørn Anderssen and Espen Voll are a force to be reckoned with in Scandinavia, their designs internationally renowned. They have a long-standing partnership with Røros Tweed - the duo designed the first blanket designs for Røros Tweed when they founded their label Norway Says. In the meantime, Anderssen & Voll have received several awards for their work, including for some of their Røros designs. Tradition and modern trends inspire them equally and flow into their timeless designs.

The Norwegian textile company Røros Tweed is characterized by a high level of vertical integration. All production processes, from shearing to weaving, are located in Norway, based on designs created in collaboration with renowned designers, including international ones. The fact that Røros Tweed pays such consistent attention to purely Norwegian production is also due to the appreciation of regional traditions - but not only that.

In Røros, Norway's only mountain town, it all began with a social motivation: the industrialist Peder Hiort (1715 to 1789) had stipulated in his will that his fortune should be used to purchase wool so that the needy of Røros could weave textiles from it in paid homework. Røros Tweed follows in this tradition of responsible action and continues the basic idea of the Hiort Foundation - technically advanced and ecologically minded. The products are designed and manufactured in such a way that the materials used can be reused and returned to the material cycle. This conserves resources, saves material costs and avoids waste.

Røros Tweed only uses wool from sheep farms in the region. The sheep live and graze freely on the pasture, even though the climate there is extremely harsh. At the same time, however, this provides a great advantage, as pests do not even settle in the wool. There is therefore no need for chemical treatment. Thanks to the natural living conditions for the sheep, Norwegian new wool has another special feature: It is very elastic. If you squeeze the raw wool with your hands and then let go, it quickly regains its original volume. This elasticity ensures that Røros blankets are so voluminous - and remain so for a long time.