{ "id": "new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200", "sku": "new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200", "title": "New Zealand Wool Blanket 140 x 200 cm", "slug": "new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200", "price": 129.99, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "wool-throws", "category_label": "Wool Throws", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://quietluxury.london/dropship-images/wool-throws/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200/main-new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200.jpg", "https://quietluxury.london/dropship-images/wool-throws/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200-2.jpg", "https://quietluxury.london/dropship-images/wool-throws/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200-3.jpg", "https://quietluxury.london/dropship-images/wool-throws/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200-4.jpg", "https://quietluxury.london/dropship-images/wool-throws/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200-5.jpg", "https://quietluxury.london/dropship-images/wool-throws/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200/new-zealand-wool-blanket-140-x-200-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from 100% New Zealand wool in red brown with a brown fringe, measuring 140 x 200 cm including the fringe, so it covers a two-seater sofa or lies neatly across the foot of a bed.", "description": "The problem with being cold in your own living room\n\nThere is a point most evenings in autumn and winter where the room is technically warm enough, but you are not. The heating is on a timer, the sun has gone, and the cheapest fix is to put another layer over your legs rather than push the thermostat up another two degrees.\n\nThat is the entire job of a wool throw. It is a personal heating solution that costs nothing to run.\n\nMost people reach for a fleece throw first because they are everywhere and they are cheap. Fleece works for about twenty minutes. Then it starts to feel clammy, because polyester does not let moisture out. You end up warm and slightly damp, which is a strange, uncomfortable kind of warm. You throw it off. Ten minutes later you are cold again.\n\nWool behaves differently, and that is the reason a blanket like this one is still being made the way it is.\n\nHow wool actually keeps you warm\n\nWool fibres are not straight. They have a natural crimp, a sort of permanent waviness, and when thousands of them are woven together that crimp gives the fabric loft.\n\nThe blanket on this page is 100% New Zealand wool, as stated by the maker. What you feel is the fibre.\n\nWho this size actually suits\n\nThe measurement is 140 x 200 cm, and importantly that includes the fringe. Some throws are measured without the fringe and some with it, so check which before you compare sizes.\n\nHere is what 140 x 200 cm does in practice.\n\nOn a two-seater sofa it covers both people with room to tuck your feet in. On a three-seater it covers most of the seat, or you can drape it lengthways over the back and one arm, which is how most people use a throw anyway. On an armchair it folds in half and sits neatly across the seat and back.\n\nOn a bed it is at its best laid across the foot of a double. That is where your feet get cold first, and adding a wool layer there is a much cheaper fix than swapping your whole duvet for a heavier tog. On a single bed it can be used on its own as a top blanket.\n\nFolded into quarters it becomes a knee blanket for a reading chair, a desk or an outdoor seat. The size lets it work both ways, spread out or folded down.\n\nChoosing between a wool throw and the alternatives\n\nIf you are comparing options, the honest breakdown is roughly this.\n\nFleece is the cheapest and the easiest to wash. It is also the least breathable, and the pile can mat down with use.\n\nCotton throws are cool, washable and good for summer, but cotton is a poor insulator when you want real warmth. It is lovely in July and underwhelming in December.\n\nAcrylic knits sit in the middle. They can look good and cost little, but they build static, pill quickly and do not handle moisture well.\n\nPure wool costs more at the start and asks for a bit more care. In return you get a natural fibre with real warmth and body. For a household buying one good throw rather than three cheap ones, wool is worth a look.\n\nThinking about colour\n\nThe maker names this colour Red Brown. In the photographs it is a deep red cloth flecked with brown, with a brown fringe. That is worth a moment of thought before you buy, because a throw is a large block of colour in a room.\n\nIt is a warm, strong tone. It works particularly well against grey sofas, navy, cream, natural linen and oak or walnut furniture, where it reads as a warm accent. In a room that is already full of strong colour it may be one colour too many, so check what else is going on in your space.\n\nThe flecked weave has a practical side. A deep, flecked colour hides everyday life better than a pale flat one does, which matters if the throw is going to be used daily. A plain pale throw shows every crumb.\n\nThe fringed ends give it a slightly relaxed, cottage feel rather than a sharp tailored one. If your room is very minimal and hard-edged, that softness is actually a good contrast, but it is the main stylistic decision to make here.\n\nLooking after wool without making it a chore\n\nPeople sometimes avoid wool because they imagine endless specialist washing. In practice, a wool throw needs washing far less often than you might expect, because airing does most of the work.\n\nThe maker recommends dry cleaning for this blanket. That is the safest route and the one to use for any serious stain.\n\nIf you would rather do it at home, you can. Hand wash in cool water with a detergent made for wool, or use a machine wool programme at a low temperature. The rules are simple. No hot water. No wringing. No tumble drying. Squeeze the water out gently, lay the blanket flat, and keep it away from radiators and direct sun while it dries.\n\nFor day to day care, air it. Hang it outside on a dry breezy day for an hour or two to freshen it. Spot clean spills as they happen by blotting, not rubbing. Give it a shake to lift the pile.\n\nFor summer storage, make sure it is clean and completely dry, fold it loosely and put it in a breathable cotton bag with a cedar block or lavender. Avoid plastic and avoid vacuum bags, which flatten the loft.\n\nA few honest caveats\n\nWool is a natural fibre and it behaves like one. New wool items shed a few loose fibres in the first weeks. That settles.\n\nClaws snag woven wool, so if you share the sofa with a cat, expect the throw to need the occasional pulled loop trimmed rather than yanked.\n\nAnd wool has texture. It is not the slick softness of microfleece and it is not trying to be. Most people use a throw like this over clothing or bedding, where the handle is part of the point.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 100% New Zealand wool blanket, 140 x 200 cm including the fringe, in red brown with a brown fringe, made in the EU as stated by the maker.\n\nIt suits you if you want real warmth on a sofa or at the end of a bed, you are tired of synthetic throws that feel clammy after half an hour, and you would rather buy one good blanket and look after it.\n\nIt is less suited to you if you need something you can throw in a hot wash twice a week, or if your room already has a lot of strong colour competing for attention.\n\nEverything else is simple. Put it where you sit. Air it now and then. It will do the rest.", "llm_summary": "This is a New Zealand wool blanket, made in the EU as stated by the maker. It is woven from 100% pure New Zealand wool and measures 140 x 200 cm including the fringe. The maker names the colour Red Brown, and the photographs show a deep red cloth flecked with brown and finished with a brown fringe. The maker describes it as a soft, thick throw that is warm. It suits use as a sofa throw, a bed blanket, an armchair cover, a knee blanket or a travel blanket. Care guidance from the maker is to dry clean, though hand washing in cool water or a low temperature wool machine programme is possible.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2015 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. 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