Name: Ayni Throw • Porcelain
Brand: My Store
SKU: THB115ALC0001
Price: 415.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

A fringed woven throw blanket with a gray and white plaid pattern, laid flat against a light off-white background.

Ayni Throw • Porcelain

£415.00

Ayni Throw • Porcelain

£415.00

• Available in stock

White • Woven in Peru • 70% Baby Alpaca 30% Wool • 188 × 130 cm • Purled Fringes • Dry Clean Only

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A modern check pattern woven in Peru from baby alpaca and wool. Soft to the touch, naturally warm and breathable, with a generous weight that gives it presence without feeling heavy.

Hand-finished by Andean craftsmen and finished with traditional purled fringes. Made from 70% baby alpaca and 30% wool, combining softness, warmth and durability for everyday use.

188 × 130 cm. Weight 1,070 grams.

70% Baby Alpaca and 30% Wool
188 x 130 cm
Weight, 1,070 grams
Refresh your blanket by airing it often and spot cleaning with cool water when needed. To care for both the wool and the planet, wash only when necessary, lay flat to dry out of sunlight, and choose eco-friendly dry cleaning where possible.
Made in Peru

DELIVERY 

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  United Kingdom
 • Costs: £16.00
• Free UK delivery on orders over £150.00

  Europe 
• Costs: £25.00

USA & Canada
• Costs: £55.00

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• You have 30 days from delivery to return anything, for any reason. Email team@cardoonstudio.com with your order number and we'll take it from there.  
• If something arrived faulty or not as described, we'll refund your delivery charge too.   

REFUNDS
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Layer this blanket over your sofa or bed for a soft, flowing accent. Its ombre fringes and generous drape bring a sense of movement and calm, effortlessly grounding your space.

The alpaca has never been merely an animal in the Andean world — it has been a measure of wealth, a source of spiritual meaning, and the foundation upon which entire communities built their lives. For thousands of years, across the high altiplano where the air is thin and the light extraordinary, Andean women have been the keepers of textile knowledge — spinning, dyeing, and weaving in a tradition that predates the Inca and has outlasted every disruption since.

The animals were considered sacred, their fleece reserved for royalty and ritual, and the women who worked it held a power that was cultural as much as economic.

That knowledge was never written down; it passed through hands, through pattern, through the shared understanding of communities whose identity was always inseparable from the animal, the altitude, and the cloth they made from both.

Woven in Peru from 70% baby alpaca and 30% wool, this blanket combines the exceptional softness of first-shear alpaca with the resilience and natural crimp that wool brings to the weave — giving it warmth, structure, and a handle that improves with use. The baby alpaca leads the cloth, lending its hollow-fibre lightness and thermal regulation, while the wool grounds it, adding recovery and durability across every season. Each blanket is hand-finished, so natural variations reflect the behaviour of both fibres on the loom and the maker's control of it.

This is what Glenn Adamson, in Fewer Better Things*, calls 'material intelligence' — a knowledge that lives not just in the hands, but in an understanding of how two Andean fibres behave differently under tension, and must be woven together honestly for the cloth to fall exactly right.