Lapuan Kankurit weaves linen yarn from the best European long-fiber flax (with the Masters of Linen® seal) for this tea towel, making it very absorbent and durable. The proportion of organic cotton (40%) ensures a soft feel. Woven in a dense, durable twill weave, the tea towel is quite sturdy with an average basis weight of 300 g/sqm and can also be used as a kitchen towel or as a potholder substitute. The illustration from the pen of Teemu Järvi is woven in and shows up on the back in the opposite color. It fits in with the seasons and is just as appropriate in autumn and Advent as it is in spring and summer. A table runner and placemats with this motif can therefore also be found in our range.

The Lapuan Kankurit x Teemu Järvi collection is the result of a collaboration between the jacquard weaving mill Lapuan Kankurit in Lapua, Western Finland, and the Finnish illustrator Teemu Järvi. Both share a love of tradition and nature, aesthetics and natural materials. Lapuan Kankurit uses only natural raw materials, and traditional and newly developed processes intertwine in the production process, coupled with over 100 years of experience in its own weaving mill. Since 1917, all work steps, from spinning to setting up the looms and warping to weaving, have taken place at the company headquarters in Lapua in Ostrobothnia. Most of the clothing is made up in the company's own sewing workshop in Lithuania, with a small proportion also being made up in Lapua.

Teemu Järvi not only finds his motifs in nature, his drawing tools are also made from traditional, natural materials: black ink and self-made drawing pens, which he cuts from reeds (not bamboo, as is usually the case). For him, this is also an expression of his deep connection with Finnish nature, which has been both a creative cosmos and a haven of peace for Järvi since childhood. He draws animals and plants as he himself perceives them in what is usually only a brief moment of encounter, completely detaching them from their surroundings. This purely subjective perception results in an equally subjective rendering with its very own character. Teemu Järvi has been creating illustrations especially for the Lapuan Kankurit x Teemu Järvi collection since 2017.