A point blanket is generally made of wool (although many American ones used some cotton in their weaving) and has one or more fine lines, called “points” woven into one edge of the blanket. These blankets can be found in many styles, but are most often simple in design with one or more bars or stripes, called “headings” on each end.

My first book The Blanket: an Illustrated History of the Hudson’s Bay Point Blanket has a very detailed section on the manufacture of these blankets describing the process originally used when they were hand woven, as well as the modern manufacturing techniques.