This Tasmanian mill survived world wars and doonas. Can it go global?
It was founded in 1874 when Australia was the largest producer of wool on the planet. Today the team at Waverley Mills has big plans for a sustainable future.
The warp machine’s mechanical march makes up just one part of the percussive symphony at Waverley Mills on the outskirts of Launceston. Two parallel bars rise and fall in constant motion, lifting alternating woollen warp threads while the weft threads shoot across in between. The checked woven cloth appears centimetre by centimetre, slowly rolling onto a huge spool before being cut into blankets made from pure Tasmanian merino wool.
The Terrain Throw from the Tasmanian Wilderness Collection in Tarkine Forest, made from 70 per cent virgin wool and 30 per cent recycled wool.
