alafoss vetrarhiminn (winter sky) icelandic wool blanket

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# Copy · #0071 Álafoss Vetrarhiminn (Winter Sky) Icelandic Wool Blanket *Drafted by A11 Marketer (Ogilvy) · 2026-05-04 · second-pass refined*

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## Title Vetrarhiminn — Icelandic Wool Blanket from Álafoss, Established 1896

## Subtitle A 130 × 180 cm blanket woven by Istex in Iceland from 100% pure Icelandic wool, in a pattern called Winter Sky designed by Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir.

## Description Icelandic sheep have been a closed flock since the late 800s, when the first settlers brought them across the North Atlantic and never let another breed in. Their wool grows in two layers: an outer fibre called tog that is long, tough, and water-repellent, and an inner fibre called þel that is short, soft, and insulating. No other wool in the world combines these properties this way. A blanket made from it is genuinely warm in a way modern blends are not.

Álafoss has been making things from this wool since 1896, in Mosfellsbær, Iceland. Istex — the country's wool company — spins essentially all of Iceland's wool. The Vetrarhiminn pattern, which means Winter Sky, was designed for this generation of the company by Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir.

The blanket holds heat the way a sauna stone holds heat — by being made of the right substance to begin with. Every Vetrarhiminn sold contributes to one Finnish sauna session for one cancer patient. The warmth in the buyer's hands and the warmth in the patient's body are the same warmth, made of different materials.

## Tags arctic, iceland, wool, blanket, alafoss, heritage, textile, glowhood

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object№693

categoryarctic

makerAlafoss, Mosfellsbaer, Iceland (since 1896); woven by Istex; designed by Gudrun Gunnarsdottir

listedMay 4, 2026

edition1 piece

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