Most throws are display objects.
Pretty on Instagram. Useless on a cold sofa. They run 280-400 grams, slide off the second you try to pull them up, fold awkwardly across a bed because they don't have the weight to drape clean.
Ours weighs 720 grams. 110×170 cm of long-staple Portuguese cotton, woven in herringbone. The kind of weight that drapes from the second hook on the wall, not the wall.
We worked with a mill in Vila Nova de Famalicão, same region where The Robe's terry is woven. The herringbone weave was the part we argued about. A flat weave at 720 gsm feels like a tablecloth. Herringbone gives the weight texture, lets the throw drape with that slight diagonal pull, makes it readable from across a room as a heavy textile.
The fringe is hand-tied. The only thing on the throw Mei won't trust a machine with. She spends 18 minutes per piece on the fringe alone, knotting in groups of six strands. Each fringe is 8 cm long. We tested 5 cm first, it looked stingy on a piece this heavy.
Three colors. Charcoal, Oat, Sage.
What you give up: it's too heavy to carry casually. It lives on the bed or on the sofa. You don't move it from room to room the way you might with a lighter throw. That's the trade for the weight.
- Casa Hush