6 B.C.-made blankets to cosy up with this winter

1. Minca

Designed in Vancouver, Minca blankets are knit with extra-fine merino wool from Australia. The fibres are 100-percent biodegradable and “100-percent luxurious.” 

2. Macgee Cloth and Company

Roberts Creek weaver and entrepreneur Pam Magee founded Macgee Cloth Company back in 2019, using English heritage looms to create the wool, plus spinning, dying and weaving. She’s since moved the operation to New Brunswick, but her “luxurious cloud-like wool blanket[s] unlike any other” are still Canadian made. 

3. Cariboo Wool Bedding

For 37 years, Cariboo Wool Bedding has been making sleep better for British Columbians (and beyond). Simply put: the company makes blankets from sheep wool and llama fibre, which is naturally thermoregulating, moisture wicking and antimicrobial—in contrast to synthetic materials.  

4. Kanata Blanket

These custom cotton, wool and fleece throws have been on the market since 1993, but the introduction of the artist series gives a nod to the Indigenous rituals to which blankets are tied: celebrations of marriage, christenings and potlatches. 

5. Tofino Towel Co.

“Made to live outside and love inside” is the mantra by which Tofino Towel Co. makes its threads. These versatile blankets can be laid out on the beach or used to cozy up on the couch, but one thing remains the same for all of them: a philosophy of environmentalism.  

6. Salish Blanket Co.

Founded in 2023 by Musqueam mother-daughter duo Debra and Aleen Sparrow, Salish Blanket Co. brings Coast Salish textile traditions to the forefront of contemporary design. The hand-woven pieces are available by commission at their Granville Island workshop, but the business will soon be manufacturing high-end, commercially woven textiles in Salish designs.