Anta: Pillows & Throws

Posted on | January 25, 2010 | 13 Comments

If you followed this blog at all you know I am pretty obsessed with plaid and wool blankets. One of lovely readers sent me this link to Anta a woolen mill based in Scotland. Pillows, throws, rugs and fabric are available by the metre. Everything is beautiful and heavenly.

I would love to take a trip to the UK. I was discovering links to woolen mill trails this morning that were pretty seducing. Maybe I can get the BF to go if a scotch trail runs immediately along side? I hear Glenmorangie’s distillery is just down the road from Anta. hmm…I’m getting ideas. Check out Anta’s website for more inspiration: anta.co.uk.

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13 Responses to “Anta: Pillows & Throws”

chelsea
January 25th, 2010 @ 3:18 pm
Oh yes! I love Anta!
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Jane Flanagan
January 25th, 2010 @ 3:19 pm
Stunning!!
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liane
January 25th, 2010 @ 3:58 pm
looooove
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Bx
January 25th, 2010 @ 4:42 pm
Hello… Love your blog – am based in England but have a similar love of blankets/tweed, and am renovating an old cottage (built 1830) too.

I love melin tregwynt – based in wales for blankets of a more contemporary look. See
http://www.melintregwynt.co.uk/

You can visit them too.
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Annabelle B
January 25th, 2010 @ 5:49 pm
Rummaging through a linens pile at a Goodwill last year I found a pile of very old plaid wool blankets, all with sewn on tags from Scotland and Ireland. They were in pristine condition and I think I scored the pile for about $10.

I have never been so lucky since!

Also, I love your grey striped sheets- can you share where they are from?

AB
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Katy Elliott
January 25th, 2010 @ 6:08 pm
Hi Annabelle,

All my sheets and pillows are from Toast. I got them in 2008 so they could be sold out.

http://www.toast.co.uk/
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Annabelle B
January 25th, 2010 @ 6:17 pm
I love the sheets @ Toast. Uh oh! So long paycheck!

Thanks!
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Katy Elliott
January 25th, 2010 @ 6:21 pm
Bx I love Melin Tregwynt too. http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/anta-pillows-throws.html#comments

I was eyeing some holiday cottages for rent in Wales. It looks so beautiful there.
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Southern Gal
January 25th, 2010 @ 7:58 pm
It is indeed a lovely place – and the area where it is located is divine.

there is a great B&B – Wemyss House
http://www.wemysshouse.com/index.php

is lovely and run by the most sweet wonderful couple – Christine and Stuart – all food is local and organically grown (most from her garden) and ANTA is in ALL the bedrooms – so delicious.

its a fabulous place to stay as a base to drive up and around the Highlands – we went as far as Castle Mey (the late Queen Mother’s castle at the TIP TOP of Scotland) and back in one day… the highlands are very accessible .

just a lovely lovely place …
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Emily
January 25th, 2010 @ 9:40 pm
Scotch + woolly blankets sounds like perfection!
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Julia
January 25th, 2010 @ 10:44 pm
Katy, You may also really like Johnston’s of Elgin. If you go to Scotland, you may want to visit the factory. A lovely little museum and big store in one of the original bldgs. I loved it, but it was 10 yrs ago. They’ve been there for over 100 yrs, maybe 2. Yonks, anyway…
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Julia
January 25th, 2010 @ 10:46 pm
And if you are a foodie, you may want to check out Scotherbs and Baxter’s. At least some (and maybe all, I haven’t had them all) of their soups are very good.
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Elaine
January 30th, 2010 @ 2:04 pm
yeah, come to Scotland… it’s great here up North!!
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