About the Macgee Cloth Company

Located in Roberts Creek, British Columbia, Canada, the Macgee Cloth Company is a bespoke textile company specializing in blankets and throws made on antique English shuttle looms. Our blankets have a true selvedge edge which can only be made by a shuttle loom weaving a continuous weft thread. We have sourced and imported Dobcross looms from Wales and Yorkshire in the UK manufactured from 1936 to 1953 as well as a Charlesworth warper from 1899 to craft blankets in the great tradition of heirloom weaving.

 

The company was started with the desire to create a blanket in the tradition of heirloom textiles craft but with transparent sourcing and environmentally sound provenance. Our blanket throws are made from 50% English Lambswool and 50% Ring-spun, organically grown, North American cotton. Our Lambswool is from Gledhill Spinners in Yorkshire, UK, a family-owned wool spinning company in business for nearly 80 years. The wool is 100% new superfine 21.5 micron lambswool.

We use ring-spun cotton from Hill Spinning, a family-owned mill and one of few spinners in North America who ring-spin cotton. Ring-spun cotton uses an older, slower spinning method which produces a stronger and softer yarn than the open-end spinning used in high production textile industries. The cotton we use is grown organically by the Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative and certified by the Texas Department of Agriculture.