Fruits Knitted Polyester Throw - Zesty Orange

This is a lightweight knitted throw in a soft sage green, embroidered with orange fruit motifs and finished along one edge with a run of long, cream tassels. It measures 130 x 180cm, a generous single-person size that reads as a proper throw rather than a small blanket. The fruit motifs are worked in dense embroidery, each one a segment of citrus with a leafy sprig, so the detail sits raised and slightly glossy against the flatter knit of the ground cloth.

A throw this size does its best work over the arm of a sofa or folded across the foot of a bed, ready to pull over your knees on a cooler evening. The pale green ground is quiet enough to sit against most upholstery, and the warm orange embroidery gives it a lift without taking over a room. It suits a relaxed, country-leaning setting and pairs happily with plainer cushions, letting the fruit detail be the thing your eye goes to. The tasselled edge adds a little movement and a hand-finished look when the throw is draped rather than folded flat.

The throw is made entirely from polyester, which is why it feels light in the hand and holds its shape without stretching out of true. Polyester is hard-wearing and quick to dry, and it resists the creasing that catches out looser natural knits, so this is a throw that copes with daily use and being folded away between seasons. The embroidered motifs are stitched into the cloth rather than printed, so the colour will not fade off the surface with handling. The supplier lists sibling designs in the same range, with lemon and berry motifs alongside this orange one, if you want to mix the fruits across a room.

What is this throw made from?

It is 100% polyester, which makes it light to handle, quick to dry and resistant to the creasing that affects looser natural-fibre knits.

How big is it?

It measures 130 x 180cm, a generous size for one person to pull over their knees on a sofa or lay across the foot of a bed.

Are the fruit motifs printed or stitched?

The fruit motifs are embroidered directly into the cloth, so the colour is worked in with thread rather than printed on and will not fade off the surface with handling.

Is the tasselled edge on all sides?

The photograph shows the tasselled trim running along one edge of the throw, giving it a hand-finished look when it is draped rather than folded flat.

Does it come in other designs?

The supplier lists sibling designs in the same range with lemon and berry motifs, so you can mix the fruit patterns across a room if you like.