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 cooperation between the Lapuan Kankurit jacquard weaving mill in Lapua, western Finland, and the Finnish illustrator Teemu Järvi. Both are united by the joy of tradition and nature, aesthetics and natural materials. Lapuan Kankurit uses only natural raw materials and produces in an environmentally friendly and responsible manner. In manufacturing, traditional and newly developed processes intertwine, coupled with the experience of over 100 years in their own weaving mill. Since 1917, all stages of production, from spinning to setting up the looms and warping to weaving, have taken place at the company's headquarters in Lapua in Ostrobothnia. Most of the garments are made up in the company's own sewing shop in Lithuania, with a small part also being made up in Lapua.

Teemu Järvi not only finds his motifs in nature, his drawing tools also consist of traditional, natural materials: black ink and self-made drawing pens, which he cuts from reed (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 perceives them himself in what is usually only a brief moment of encounter, detaching them entirely from their surroundings. From this purely subjective perception emerges an equally subjective rendering with a character all its own. Since 2017, Teemu Järvi has been designing illustrations especially for the Lapuan Kankurit x Teemu Järvi collection.