A beautifully soft baby blanket with scalloped edging made from 100% silk. The gentlest fabric for your baby's skin.

• 100% silk
• 80cm x 90cm

This is made from 100% organic bourette silk.

All silk is excellent for the skin - it's gentle, insulating and breathable, and known for generations and across cultures as the ideal next-to-the-skin layer.

This silk is "bourette" silk which is a spun silk. It does not have the silky-smooth shiny quality of filament silk (we also have filament silk clothes for your family). Bourette silk has a more "earthy" feel and texture, often described as rustic with a subtle sheen. After the finest silk is harvested, the bits that remain are collected, combed and spun together into the Bourette silk fibre. Bourette silk is often used for women's clothes and baby clothes, as it has a lovely texture and is good for the skin.

Silk naturally refreshes itself when aired as it releases dirt and odours easily. Hang out to air when necessary.

Hand wash your silk in water that is no more than 30C, which feels lukewarm to the touch. Use a PH-neutral detergent designed to protect silk's natural oils, we recommend one of our liquid wool shampoos in our fabric care section here.

Air dry naturally out of direct sunlight. Don't tumble-dry but squeeze out excess water by wrapping your silk garment in a towel and hang to dry.

The Relax brand, also known as Reiff, is a product of family-run company Reiff Strickwaren. We love their products because they are carefully made and expertly designed for the whole family - babies and children as well as parents, grandparents and everyone else too!

All their beautiful Merino wool products are made near where they live, at the foot of the Swabian Alps in Germany. We first met some of the family at a trade fair and are delighted to be working with them. We like the quality of their products, their friendly service and attention to detail. Their bright colours are a favourite of children and add a smile to grey days.