Materials

7 min

The mill in Biella that weaves our double-face

Four generations, two looms wide enough for our cloth, and one very particular wool.

Double-faced wool is two cloths woven together at the same time and joined by a binding thread. Only a handful of mills can do it at the width we need.

Why Biella

The water is soft, which matters for washing wool, and the mill has been weaving for four generations. We visit every season to approve the first metre.

— The OSTRANDE atelier, Via Solferino, Milan

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(06) Fittings

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