It’s the end of the year, and this week we’re taking a look back at nine of the top stories of 2025, like this one:
Are you, like us, currently hiding under the covers? Newly noted—and admired—all over: wool blankets and throws in cheerfully bold abstract patterns. Many use traditional weaving techniques in a refreshingly devil-may-care palette.
For the color- and pattern-shy, these designs offer an easy way to splash out a room—and to stay warm, too.
Above: Block Shop’s Lawrence Tree Throw is inspired by a Georgia O’Keeffe painting and made of alpaca in Prato, Italy; $385. For more, see Block Shop’s Spirited Case for Color and Pattern. Above: London textile designer Eleanor Pritchard‘s designs, such as the Dovetail Blanket, are woven at a third-generation, family-run mill in Lancashire and then washed and pressed by wool finishers in Scotland. A while back, we featured Pritchard and her partner’s Inventive Small-Space Quarters. Above: From DWR, Røros Tweed’s Toskaft Throw, $325, is made of heavy Norwegian wool and comes in gray/turquoise (shown) and gray/yellow.
