{"product_id":"all-season-picnic-blanket-with-fringe","title":"All-Season Checkered Picnic Blanket with Fringe","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;\"\u003eMidnight, Rustic or Forest plaid?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll three are the same blanket — pick on where you'll most often see it, not on which is prettiest in the photo.\u003c\/strong\u003e A picnic blanket spends its life on grass, sand and car boots, and the plaid you choose decides how obvious the day's dirt is going to be.\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\u003eMidnight plaid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eKids, dogs, or outdoor concerts. Dark ground hides grass stains and spilled wine better than anything else here, and it still looks right folded on the end of a bed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRustic plaid\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eYou want it to live indoors between trips — over a chair, in the back of the car, on the sofa. The warmest of the three and the easiest to leave out on show.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForest plaid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eActual outdoors — hikes, camping, beach evenings. Green sits into a landscape instead of glaring against it, and it's forgiving about grass.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHouseholds that picnic properly tend to end up with two: one for people, one that's allowed to get filthy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\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;\"\u003eWill damp ground come through it?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the question that decides whether a picnic blanket is any good, and it's the one most listings dodge.\u003c\/strong\u003e Check the layer detail on this page before you buy so you know exactly what you're getting, and plan around it either way — no fabric blanket enjoys sitting on genuinely wet ground for three hours.\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;\"\u003eDry grass, sand, park lawns, decking, car boots, festival ground, and indoor use as a throw\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eStanding water, mud, thorny or rocky ground that will snag the fringe, and folding it away damp\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003eShake it out and let it air before folding. The step people skip: drying it fully before it goes back in the cupboard. A blanket folded away slightly damp comes out smelling like a tent, and that smell is much harder to remove than any stain on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: centre;\"\u003eThe blanket that means you can say yes to the park on ten minutes' notice.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicnics don't fail because of the food. They fail because the only blanket in the house is a good one you don't want on grass, so you take a beach towel, and then four people are sitting on a towel with their plates on the ground, and someone's leaning back into wet lawn. Having one blanket that's actually allowed outside is the difference between talking about picnics and going on them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"All-Season Checkered Picnic Blanket with Fringe spread out for a picnic\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/All-SeasonPicnicBlanketwithFringe4.jpg?v=4503764795%20cm%20style=\" display: block margin-left: auto margin-right:\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy a checkered weave earns its keep outdoors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaid isn't just heritage styling on a picnic blanket — a multi-coloured check is genuinely the most forgiving pattern you can put on the ground. A plain blanket shows every grass mark as a smear; a check breaks the surface up so that dirt reads as part of the pattern until you get round to washing it. That's why picnic blankets have looked like this for a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fringe does something similar at the edges. A hemmed edge on an outdoor blanket curls and frays where it's dragged; a fringe is already an edge that's meant to move, so it stays looking intentional through a lot of use. The all-season part is about weight: heavy enough to sit flat on grass in a breeze rather than flapping up over the food, light enough that it isn't a chore to carry to the park.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe three plaids in real light\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMidnight plaid\u003c\/strong\u003e — dark navy-based check. The most practical of the three and the least likely to show a day out. Also the one that looks least like a picnic blanket when it's folded on the sofa, which matters if it lives indoors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRustic plaid\u003c\/strong\u003e — warm earth tones. Reads as a proper throw first and a picnic blanket second, so it's the pick if you want it visible in the house rather than shoved in a hall cupboard between summers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForest plaid\u003c\/strong\u003e — deep green check. Sits into a landscape rather than standing out of it, which is why it's the camping and hiking choice. Green also handles grass contact better than anything paler.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"All-Season Checkered Picnic Blanket with Fringe weave and fringe detail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/All-SeasonPicnicBlanketwithFringe8.jpg?v=4503764795%20cm%20style=\" display: block margin-left: auto margin-right:\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat You're Getting\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne picnic blanket\u003c\/strong\u003e in your chosen Colour — Midnight plaid, Rustic plaid or Forest plaid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCheckered woven pattern\u003c\/strong\u003e that hides outdoor marks between washes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFringed edges\u003c\/strong\u003e, which handle dragging and use better than a hemmed edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAll-season weight\u003c\/strong\u003e — sits flat in a breeze without being heavy to carry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDoubles as an indoor throw\u003c\/strong\u003e for a sofa, chair or the end of a bed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFolds down for a car boot, festival bag or camping kit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShake out after use\u003c\/strong\u003e; spot clean marks as they happen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAir dry fully before folding away\u003c\/strong\u003e — damp storage is what ruins these\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: centre;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFree tracked shipping to your door. 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