‘Hands in the Earth’ Blankets

The ‘Hands in the Earth’ blankets are woven in a small mill on the West coast of Scotland.

There are 3 designs - ‘Seed’, ‘Dancing Ledge’, ‘Sail Stitch’, sharing the same monochrome colour pallet. Each blanket is a blend of the highest quality cashmere and finest lambswool, finished beautifully with contrast blanket stitching.

Each blanket is individually numbered from a limited run. Size: 140 x 180 cm, Price £690.00

Please contact us if you would like to buy one.

‘Hands in the Earth, the journey of the mark’ a film, by Shelly Nel, about the making of the blankets. (September 2025)

‘The Seed pattern is the first field pattern I marked in my sketchbook. It holds a special place for me. It was on a walk through Higher Field, behind our house, that I noticed it. I remember the pattern stayed in the field for quite a long time. I walked through the field every day and I was drawn back to look at it. Something about the regularity and repetition of the marks, yet each one was different. The marks defined an area, as if someone had made each one individually within what looked like a circle. I drew the marks on gampi paper with a short stick, thinner at one end, quite rough at the other, found on my walk. Dipped into my pot of walnut ink, the mark varies in shape and colour, sometimes heavier at the bottom, sometimes at the top. The repetition of the mark reflects the repetition of my walks. Sometimes there may be a circle in the artwork.

What I love about the Seed Blanket is the uniqueness and irregularity of each of the marks, and the strong feel of the earth’.

Seed Blanket

  • Black and white patterned blanket hanging outdoors on a clothesline with clothespins, surrounding greenery and trees.

    Seed

  • Black and white luxury cashmere and wool blanket blanket hanging on a clothesline outdoors with greenery in the background.

    Seed

  • Person standing on grassy field wrapped in a StudioBudgeBudge Seed design luxury cashmere and wool blanket

    Seed

  • Close-up of a walnut and cream StudioBudgeBudge Seed & Dancing Ledge designs luxury cashmere and wool blankets draped over a person's shoulder

    Dancing Ledge | Seed

Dancing Ledge Blanket

‘The original Dancing Ledge design is a pattern I noticed in a field whilst walking to the woods at Durweston. A field which this particular year had a wheat crop, and there was debris from the crop lying in the earth. It made a bold pattern, which I translated into marks on Gampi paper with some bark found on my walk. The paper is then stitched with walnut dyed thread onto Japanese linen. There is a wonderful irregularity to the pattern and in the blanket you can see some of the stitch marks of the thread. The pattern is named after a famous stretch of Dorset coastline known as Dancing Ledge. Seen from the sea, the patterns of the chalk stacks and cliffs reminded me of the field pattern.

What I love about the Dancing Ledge blanket is the unexpected stitch marks you can see in the blanket, and it feels like a special place where the land meets the sea’.

  • StudioBudgeBudge Dancing Ledge design luxury cashmere and wool blanket hanging on a clothesline outdoors, with trees in the background.

    Dancing Ledge

  • StudioBudgeBudge Dancing Ledge design luxury cashmere and wool blanket hanging on a clothesline outdoors, with trees in the background and sunlight shining through.

    Dancing Ledge

  • Close-up of StudioBudgeBudge Dancing Ledge design luxury cashmere and wool blanket

    Dancing Ledge

  • A person wrapped in a StudioBudgeBudge Dancing Ledge design luxury cashmere and wool blanket standing outdoors in a field of grass and white wildflowers.

    Dancing Ledge | Seed

‘On my walks I often spot a repeat V shaped pattern in the fields where the tractor has ploughed. The marks made their way into my sketch book and they are a repeat pattern I often use in my work. It was later on that year when I was out at sea, I noticed on the hoisted, wind filled sail, the stitching on the sail was the same V shaped mark. The pattern on the sail was regular and repeated. I have combined the regularity of the sail pattern stitch with the irregular marks of the land, drawn with a cone and walnut ink.

What I love about the Sail Stitch blanket is the beautiful reminder of the sea, and how some of the marks have escaped the pattern.’

Sail Stitch Blanket

  • StudioBudgeBudge Sail Stitch design luxury cashmere and wool blanket hanging on a clothesline outdoors in a garden with green grass and trees.

    Sail Stitch

  • StudioBudgeBudge Sail Stitch design luxury cashmere and wool blankets, one walnut, one cream, hanging on a clothesline outdoors in a garden with green grass and trees.

    Sail Stitch