{"product_id":"botanical-breeze-blanket","title":"Tropical Breeze Cotton 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;\"\u003eWhere is this blanket actually going to live?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne version, no options to weigh up — so the useful question is which room, or whether it leaves the house at all.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cotton is the one blanket material that doesn't punish you for taking it outside, and that changes what it's worth.\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;\"\u003eRight for you if\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eProbably not if\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eYou want a blanket you can throw on grass, take to a balcony or leave in the boot of the car without wincing.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eYou're looking for maximum warmth in a cold house. This is a light cotton layer, not a thermal one.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eThe bedroom is white-on-white and needs one botanical thing to stop it reading as a spare room.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eYou want something that stays perfectly flat and crease-free on a made bed. Cotton relaxes into folds.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eYou'd rather wash a blanket without a second thought than treat it as something delicate.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eYou need a specific finished size for a specific bed — this comes in one, and it's a throw rather than a bedspread.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA lot of these end up as the car blanket that also happens to look good on the sofa.\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 it shrink in the first wash?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCotton takes up a little on its first hot contact with water, and then stops — it's a one-time settle, not an ongoing shrink.\u003c\/strong\u003e How much depends almost entirely on the temperature you choose the first time.\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;\"\u003eDo this\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;\"\u003eWash cold the first time and every time. Cotton settles a fraction and then holds its dimensions indefinitely.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eA hot first wash. That's where the noticeable shrink happens, and it doesn't come back out.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eLine dry, or pull it out of the dryer while it's still slightly damp and hang it.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eA full high-heat tumble cycle. Heat drying shrinks cotton harder than hot washing does.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eStraighten the corners while it's damp so it dries square.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eWringing it out hard. Twisting a woven cotton panel distorts the weave along the diagonal.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003eGrass stains and picnic marks come out with cold water and ordinary detergent, provided you don't put heat on them first. \u003cstrong\u003eThe step people skip: rinsing a mark cold before it goes anywhere near a warm wash.\u003c\/strong\u003e Heat sets a stain into cotton permanently, and after that no cycle is going to shift it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: centre;\"\u003eThe blanket you don't think twice about putting on the ground.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost nice blankets have a quiet rule attached: not on the grass, not in the car, not where the dog sits. So the good one stays folded and looking decorative while an old fleece does all the actual work. A cotton blanket with a botanical print has no such rule. It goes from the end of the bed to a park lawn to the back seat and through a cold wash, and comes out looking exactly as it did — which is how a blanket ends up genuinely used rather than admired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Tropical Breeze Cotton Blanket showing the botanical leaf print\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/4_c7e95303-5287-4c6f-8619-ba4381c567c9.jpg?v=4503766145%20cm%20style=\" display: block margin-left: auto margin-right:\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWoven cotton is the reason it survives being useful\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe material decides the rules. A fleece or sherpa throw picks up grass seed, holds dog hair in the pile, and mats permanently the first time it gets hot-washed to clean off a picnic, so instinctively you keep it indoors. Woven cotton has no pile for anything to embed in — seeds and hair shake straight off a flat surface — and it tolerates repeated washing without changing its texture. That's the whole reason it can be treated casually.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trade-off runs the other way in winter, and it's worth being straight about it: cotton doesn't trap heat the way a synthetic pile does, so it won't warm a cold room on its own. What it does instead is regulate. Under it you stay level rather than climbing towards uncomfortable, which is why a cotton blanket is the one that stays on the bed through a warm night, and why it works better than a fleece as a layer on top of a duvet in the cold. The botanical print holds up to all of this because it sits in a flat weave with nothing to crush or flatten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOver the end of the bed\u003c\/strong\u003e — folded across the foot, where the leaf print gives an otherwise plain bedroom its only pattern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOn the sofa in summer\u003c\/strong\u003e — light enough to sit under on a warm evening without the trapped-heat feeling a fleece throw gives after ten minutes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOutside\u003c\/strong\u003e — the lawn, a balcony, a picnic, a beach. Shakes clean, washes cold, and doesn't need to be babied afterwards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIn the car\u003c\/strong\u003e — the blanket that lives in the boot for cold spectator sports and unplanned stops, and still looks respectable indoors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Tropical Breeze Cotton Blanket in use draped over furniture\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/5_6c215e70-4c56-4735-8ad9-898a48dd2f58.jpg?v=4503766145%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\u003eTropical Breeze Cotton Blanket\u003c\/strong\u003e, ready to use as it arrives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoven cotton with no pile, so grass seed, sand and pet hair shake off instead of embedding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA botanical print across a flat weave, which means nothing crushes or flattens with use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreathable rather than insulating — comfortable on a warm night, effective as a layer over a duvet in winter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobust enough for outdoor use: lawns, balconies, beaches and the boot of the car\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoftens with every wash instead of degrading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCold machine wash, cold first wash especially, and no wringing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLine dry or take it out of the dryer damp; rinse marks in cold water before any warm cycle\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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