{"product_id":"abstract-pattern-acrylic-blanket","title":"Abstract Pattern Acrylic Blanket","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"background:#faf8f5;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;border-radius:8px;padding:20px 22px;margin:0 0 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:0;\"\u003eBrick Red, Seafoam or Coffee?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA throw is the one thing in a living room you are allowed to be decisive with — it is not a sofa, and you can move it.\u003c\/strong\u003e The question is what the room needs: warmth, a cool note, or something that ties the existing furniture together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:14px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background:#f0ede8;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eChoose\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eIf this sounds like you\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrick Red\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eA grey or beige sofa in a room that has gone a bit flat. This is the one that makes people look at the corner of the room it is in. Also the easiest to live with in winter, and the most forgiving about the odd stain.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeafoam\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eA room that leans cool and light — white walls, pale timber, linen cushions. Seafoam adds colour without adding heat, which is what you want in a bright north-facing room that is already warm enough.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoffee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eYou do not want the throw to be the loudest thing in the room. Coffee sits with leather, walnut, rattan and cream, and it reads as texture rather than as colour. The one to pick if you are buying for someone else's house.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo throws across a three-seater is not excessive — it is how people stop fighting over the one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#faf8f5;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;border-radius:8px;padding:20px 22px;margin:0 0 28px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:0;\"\u003eAcrylic — is it going to itch, and will it pill?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt does not itch, which is the whole reason acrylic exists in blankets.\u003c\/strong\u003e The prickle people associate with a warm throw comes from coarse wool fibres pushing against skin. Acrylic has no scales and no lanolin, so there is nothing to react to — which also makes it the sensible pick in a house where someone is sensitive to wool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:14px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background:#f0ede8;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eWorks on\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eAvoid\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eCold machine wash on gentle. Washing on its own or with other soft items. Low tumble or flat drying. Bare skin, wool-sensitive households and kids. Sofa, bed foot, reading chair, car back seat.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eHot washes and hot tumble drying — heat is what makes acrylic go stiff and matted, permanently. Washing with towels or anything with velcro and zips. Ironing directly. Draping it over a heater or across a fireplace guard.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003eOn pilling: any knitted throw pills where it rubs, usually along the front edge of the seat. It is not damage and it is not a fault, it is friction. Shave it off with a fabric comb or a battery pill remover in two minutes and it looks new. \u003cstrong\u003eThe step people skip is checking the dryer heat.\u003c\/strong\u003e One hot cycle does more harm to acrylic than a year of use, and it cannot be undone — so if you take nothing else from this, dry it cool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: centre;\"\u003eWarm in about ninety seconds, without the wool prickle.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost households have the wrong blanket for the actual job. There is a heavy wool one that is too warm and slightly scratchy, so nobody uses it, and a thin fleece one that has gone bobbly and static and clings to everything. What you actually want on a sofa at 9pm is something that heats up fast, sits light across your legs, and does not make your arms itch by the second episode. That is precisely the niche this fills — and unlike wool, you can put it straight in the machine when somebody eats dinner under it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Abstract Pattern Acrylic Blanket draped on a sofa in use\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/5_756737fb-590b-4b7f-8811-19da37dc3f31.jpg?v=4503764375%20cm%20style=\" display: block margin-left: auto margin-right:\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the pattern is knitted in, not printed on\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two ways to get a pattern onto a throw. You can print it on the surface, which is cheap and looks correct in a photograph, or you can knit it with the yarn, which takes longer and costs more. The difference shows up in the first year. Printed pattern sits on top of the fibres, so it cracks along fold lines, fades unevenly in sunlight, and creates a slightly stiff panel you can feel with your hand. Worked into the knit, the abstract pattern is made of the yarn itself. There is nothing on the surface to wear off, and both faces carry the design instead of one good side and one blank back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also means the throw drapes the same across the whole piece. Nothing is stiffer where the pattern is, so it falls over the arm of a sofa in soft folds rather than holding a crease across the printed section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrick Red\u003c\/strong\u003e — a deep warm red, closer to terracotta than to pillar-box. It reads as an intentional accent against grey and beige upholstery, and it makes a room look warmer than the thermostat says it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeafoam\u003c\/strong\u003e — a pale, cool green-blue. Sits quietly with white walls, pale timber and linen, and is the one that keeps a bright room feeling fresh rather than cosy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoffee\u003c\/strong\u003e — a mid-brown neutral that behaves like a texture rather than a colour. Works with leather, walnut and rattan, and it is the safest pick when you are matching a room you cannot see.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Abstract Pattern Acrylic Blanket close-up of the knitted pattern\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/6_2cab2a12-2876-43d3-9d23-2359874f7b41.jpg?v=4503764375%20cm%20style=\" display: block margin-left: auto margin-right:\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat You're Getting\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne acrylic throw blanket\u003c\/strong\u003e in your chosen Colour — Brick Red, Seafoam or Coffee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbstract pattern worked into the knit\u003c\/strong\u003e, so it cannot crack, peel or wear off the surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo wool prickle\u003c\/strong\u003e, and nothing in it for a wool-sensitive household to react to\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWarms up fast\u003c\/strong\u003e and stays light across your legs rather than pinning them down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMachine washable\u003c\/strong\u003e, cold, gentle cycle — no dry cleaning, no hand-washing ritual\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDry cool\u003c\/strong\u003e: low tumble or flat. Heat is the one thing that ruins acrylic for good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePilling along the seat edge is friction, not damage\u003c\/strong\u003e — a fabric comb resets it in two minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuits the sofa, the foot of a bed, a reading chair or the back seat of a car\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: centre;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFree tracked shipping to your door. 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