Wool from the steppe, made for the home
Hand-felted cat caves and undyed cashmere scarves, made in small batches by felt makers and knitters in Inner Mongolia and shipped from Australia.
Two things, done properly
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We started with two products: felt cat caves and cashmere scarves. Both come from the same place and the same animals’ wool.
Why felt
Mongolian families have lived inside felt for centuries
A ger, the round tent most people call a yurt, is wrapped in layers of sheep’s-wool felt. It keeps out winters that drop below −30°C and stays cool in summer. Our cat caves use the same wet-felting method on a much smaller scale.
- MaterialSheep’s wool, felted with hot water and soap
- Made byA felt workshop in Inner Mongolia
- ShapeModelled on the ger, with a round door and a domed roof
Why cashmere
Winter down, combed out in spring
Cashmere is the soft undercoat that goats grow to survive the cold. Each spring, herders comb it out by hand before the goats shed it. A goat gives a few hundred grams of raw down a year, and less once the coarse hair is removed. That small yield is why cashmere costs what it does.
We don’t dye ours. You get the colours the goats grow.
From the journal
Notes on wool, cats and the steppe
What is Mongolian cashmere?
How felt is made, the Mongolian way
Why cats love caves
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