6ply Boxweave Blanket – 100% Cashmere – 140x180cm – Blue Glow

A pale blue cashmere blanket brings a cool, airy note to a bedroom or sitting room. Blue Glow is a very light aqua with a touch of green, and the boxweave texture breaks the colour into tiny squares of light and shade, so it looks fresh rather than flat, a little like shallow water.

Each blanket holds more than 700 grams of pure cashmere, spun into a thick 6-ply yarn and woven by hand in a basketweave, the pattern we call boxweave. Made in Nepal, it measures 140 × 180 cm (55 × 72 inches): big enough to curl up under on the sofa, or to lay across the end of a bed. When it needs a wash, use the hand-wash setting.

Reviews of this blanket in other colours talk about warmth, softness and how long it lasts. Kimberly, who has the Sandshell on her bed, counts it among her buy-it-for-life purchases and expects that “it will last a lifetime with proper care”. Liz chose Adriatic Blue and says she uses it “to wrap round myself while watching television in the evening”.