Basotho Blankets (17)

Size: 155x165cm Fabric: 50% Wool 50% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

The Kharetsa is named after the spiral aloe which is only found in the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho. The aloe is prominently featured in the centre of the design. It is surrounded by iconic Basotho hat and shield motifs. You will recognise these blankets - made famous in the Marvel Studios' Black Panther movie.  Size: 155x165cm Fabric: 50% Wool 50% Draylon Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

The Kharetsa is named after the spiral aloe which is only found in the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho. The aloe is prominently featured in the centre of the design. It is surrounded by iconic Basotho hat and shield motifs. You will recognise these blankets - made famous in the Marvel Studios' Black Panther movie. Wakanda forever!  Size: 155x165cm Fabric: 50% Wool 50% Draylon Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

The traditional Seanamarena Chromatic. This is the original blanket, manufactured on behalf of the Kingdom of Lesotho by Aranda.  Size: 155x165 Fabric: 50% Wool 50% Draylon Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket

The Khotso Basotho blanket is an affordable version of the traditional blanket. The range includes the imagery well recognised in the traditional Seanamarena plus the iconic playing card spades and clubs. They are available in a series of colour combinations  Available Colours:  Cards - Peacock Blue & Black Cards - Orange & Black Cards - Green & Gold Cards - Cobolt Blue & Black Cards - Pink & Brown Cards - Red & Black Size: 155x165 (smaller sizes for children are available on request) Fabric: 100% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket

The Khotso Basotho blanket is an affordable version of the traditional blanket. The range includes the imagery well recognised in the traditional Seanamarena plus the iconic playing card spades and clubs. They are available in a series of colour combinations  Available Colours:  Cards - Peacock Blue & Black Cards - Orange & Black Cards - Green & Gold Cards - Cobolt Blue & Black Cards - Pink & Brown Cards - Red & Black Size: 155x165 (smaller sizes for children are available on request) Fabric: 100% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket

The Khotso Basotho blanket is an affordable version of the traditional blanket. The range includes the imagery well recognised in the traditional Seanamarena plus the iconic playing card spades and clubs. They are available in a series of colour combinations  Available Colours:  Cards - Peacock Blue & Black Cards - Orange & Black Cards - Green & Gold Cards - Cobolt Blue & Black Cards - Pink & Brown Cards - Red & Black Size: 155x165 (smaller sizes for children are available on request) Fabric: 100% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket

Mojafela (the heir) In 1860, King Moshoeshoe I, the founder of the kingdom of Lesotho, was given a wool blanket as a gift by Queen Victoria. He was very taken with it and soon abandoned his traditional leopard-skin kaross in favour of the blanket. In 1867, the Moshoeshoe approached Queen Victoria asking for Lesotho to become a British protectorate following skirmishes with Boers migrating Northwards into the interior. The crown represents the history between King Moshoeshoe and Queen Victoria and England. Available Colours:  Pink & Blue Pink & Brown Peacock blue & Black Cobalt blue & Black  Available Sizes: 155x165cm 110 x 130cm (Mini Kids) (smaller sizes for children are available on request) Fabric: 100% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with course salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine on a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket

Mojafela (the heir) In 1860, King Moshoeshoe I, the founder of the kingdom of Lesotho, was given a wool blanket as a gift by Queen Victoria. He was very taken with it and soon abandoned his traditional leopard-skin kaross in favour of the blanket. In 1867, the Moshoeshoe approached Queen Victoria asking for Lesotho to become a British protectorate following skirmishes with Boers migrating Northwards into the interior. The crown represents the history between King Moshoeshoe and Queen Victoria and England. Available Colours:  Pink & Blue Pink & Brown Peacock blue & Black Cobalt blue & Black  Available Sizes: 155x165cm 110 x 130cm (Mini Kids) (smaller sizes for children are available on request) Fabric: 100% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with course salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine on a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket

Mojafela (the heir) In 1860, King Moshoeshoe I, the founder of the kingdom of Lesotho, was given a wool blanket as a gift by Queen Victoria. He was very taken with it and soon abandoned his traditional leopard-skin kaross in favour of the blanket. In 1867, the Moshoeshoe approached Queen Victoria asking for Lesotho to become a British protectorate following skirmishes with Boers migrating Northwards into the interior. The crown represents the history between King Moshoeshoe and Queen Victoria and England. Available Colours:  Pink & Blue Pink & Brown Peacock blue & Black Cobalt blue & Black  Available Sizes: 155x165cm 110 x 130cm (Mini Kids) (smaller sizes for children are available on request) Fabric: 100% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with course salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine on a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket

The Khotso Basotho blanket is an affordable version of the traditional blanket. The range includes the imagery well recognised in the traditional Seanamarena plus the iconic playing card spades and clubs. They are available in a series of colour combinations  Available Colours:  Ntjhe Poone - Pink & Blue Ntjhe Poone - Pink & Brown Ntjhe Poone - Peacock blue & Black  Ntjhe Poone - Cobolt blue & Black  Ntjhe Poone - Orange & Black Ntjhe Poone - Red & Black Ntjhe Poone - Green & Gold Size: 155x165 (smaller sizes for children are available on request) Fabric: 100% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket

The Khotso Basotho blanket is an affordable version of the traditional blanket. The range includes the imagery well recognised in the traditional Seanamarena plus the iconic playing card spades and clubs. They are available in a series of colour combinations  Available Colours:  Ntjhe Poone - Pink & Blue Ntjhe Poone - Pink & Brown Ntjhe Poone - Peacock blue & Black  Ntjhe Poone - Cobolt blue & Black  Ntjhe Poone - Orange & Black Ntjhe Poone - Red & Black Ntjhe Poone - Green & Gold Size: 155x165 (smaller sizes for children are available on request) Fabric: 100% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket

Masikane Masike has designed the Mokorotlo blanket.  The Mokorotlo blanket is worn by every Mosotho, everyone regardless. The Mokorotlo blanket features iconic Basotho hats, symbolizing Basotho and Lesotho.Mokorotlo, the conical straw hat, is known across the world as the symbol of Lesotho. It is inspired by Mount Qiloane, the hill with a sandstone crown, and close to the nation’s legendary fortress of Thaba Bosiu. The hat is worn to identify national unity and pride. The Mokorotlo is also the song to announce a pitso. Once worn only by men, the new designs now cater for women and the Mokorotlo blanket is worn by everyone.  The Mokorotlo is also a sign to acknowledge bonds with the ancestors and as protection against evil. Available colours:  Black / Cobalt / Natural Cobalt / Yolk / Natural Brown / Pink / Peacock Size: 155x165cm Fabric: 50% Wool 50% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

Masikane Masike has designed the Sekoele blanket.  Sekoele Basotho creates a spiritual awareness and a return to the God, Tlhatlha-Macholo. Motse ho hauoa oa morapeli - "the believer’s village is built". It encourages an abidance of spiritual laws. This will enable the Basotho to prosper. A return to Tlhatlha-Macholo will enable the people to identify themselves, bring rain and help the country prosper and become a great nation. The Sekoele blanket represents unity through the depiction of the iconic hat and a series of love symbols revealing the hearts of the Basotho. Available colours:  Black / Peacock / Scarlet Cobalt / Yolk / Natural Royal / Emerald / Natural Black / Natural / Cobalt Lilac / Natural / Peacock Peacock / Natural / Black Size: 155x165cm Fabric: 50% Wool 50% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

Khosi Leteba, a furniture designer has now added the Bodulo blanket to his furniture collection and is available under the Young Basotho Designers Collection. Inspired by Litema, a form of Basotho mural art, the design tells the story of the Basotho people’s traditional lifestyle. The people are represented by the distinctive Basothohats. The mountains depict the landscape of Lesotho, known as the “Kingdom in the Sky”. The horses show the main mode of transport used between the mountainvillages, where most people make a living through subsistence farming, represented by the crops. Available colours:  Black / Natural Brown / Sahara Sahara / Natural Size: 155x165cm Fabric: 50% Wool 50% Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

Our factory has partnered with Mokete Mohapi as part of the Young Designers Basotho Designers Collection. The Majaba-jaba blanket is an expression of love and adoration between him and his wife Mojabeng Mamatiti (Mamokete) Mohapi. Khabane e apara majaba-jaba. A woman of great beauty and poise. She wears Majaba-jaba to assert who she is and what she represents: leadership, elegance and good taste. Koete e tsejoa ka seriti sa eona. A man known for integrity and his dignity. He is also charming and confident and wears the Majaba-jaba as a sign of all his good qualities. Majaba-jaba draws them together in many ways, the overwhelming theme being one of affection, embracing their love for each other. Available colours:  Black / Cobalt / Gold Black / Emerald / Natural Black / Orange / Natural Black / Peacock / Gold Black / Pink / Natural Black / Silver / Cobalt Peacock / Yolk / Natural Cobalt / Light Aqua / Natural Size: 155x165cm Fabric: 50% Wool 50% Draylon Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

The traditional Seanamarena Chromatic. This is the original blanket, manufactured on behalf of the Kingdom of Lesotho by Aranda.  Available Colours:  Cobalt Blue / Black / Yolk Yellow stripe Brown / Pink / Peacock Blue stripe Peacock Blue / Black / Scarlet stripe Cobalt Blue / Scarlet / Black stripe Black / Red / White stripe Cobalt / Yolk / White stripe Size: 155x165 Fabric: 50% Wool 50% Draylon Acrylic Care: The best way to wash is to hand wash with coarse salt (the salt removes the dirt and keeps the fabric soft). However, it can be washed in the washing machine at a cool temperature - do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Have a look at our blog on the best way to care for your blanket