Best Organic and Fair Trade Blankets
Cuddling up under a cozy blanket or throw can be extra special when the cover is made from beautiful organic cotton or hemp. Growing conventional cotton is one of the most pesticide-intensive practices in agriculture. Farmers who grow cotton organically are doing us all a favor. So are the workers who transform the fabric into beautiful accessories for our living rooms and boudoirs.
While not all organic blankets and throws are made “fair trade,” we’ve found a few that are. Why should you care? Fair trade practices help artisans and craftspeople earn a livable wage. They also help ensure that workers operate under safe working conditions in communities that help improve social and humanitarian conditions.
Gaiam Natural Cotton Flower Throw
This wrap is hand-knit by women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who use their income to buy food and clothing and send their children to school. The organic cotton is unbleached, undyed, and otherwise untouched by chemicals.
Gaiam Natural Cotton Flower Throw
HaDong Patchwork Throw
Hand-spun silk from Vietnam’s famed Ha Dong district is dyed, woven, and quilted into a versatile throw you can use for reading at night, or as an extra blanket on your bed. Multicolored in shades of greens and grays and backed in a moss green floral jacquard silk over 100% cotton fill. The same design decorates a larger patchwork quilt and pillow shams.
HaDong Patchwork Throw
Starfish Fair Trade Textured Cotton Throws
The throws come in two sizes and three color schemes, matched by coordinating cushions. Use as single bedspreads or armchair throws. Long-lasting and washable, the soft, thick cotton throws are hand-woven with a smooth and even base weave and a raised woven lighter relief stripe to give the fabric a lovely texture and feel. Available in classic natural, deep blue, or emerald green, the fabric is hand-woven on looms that use no electricity, leaving no carbon footprint. Filler fiber for matching cushions is made from recycled plastic.
Starfish Fair Trade Textured Cotton Throws
Coyuchi Organic Cotton Weave Blankets
These jacquard snowflake throw blankets come in a wide array of colors that coordinate with other Coyuchi bedding. Not only is the cotton grown completely without pesticides or chemical fertilizers; the cotton is processed into fabric without the use of chemicals as well. White blankets are bleached using only mild hydrogen peroxide. All Coyuchi blankets are machine washable in warm or cold water, and they can be tumble dried on low heat, helping to save energy. While you’re visiting the website, take a gander at the line’s silk fleece and organic wool throw blankets.
Coyuchi Organic Cotton Weave Blankets
Rawganique Luxurious Hemp Blankets and Linen Pile Blankets
It’s hard to beat any fabric made from hemp, one of the most durable fibers in the marketplace today. Rawganique’s blankets are made from various combinations of European hemp, organic cotton, and organic flax linen, woven into a thick, plush fabric perfect as a throw or a more insulating cover.
Rawganique Luxurious Hemp Blankets and Linen Pile Blankets
Heart Weave Throw
This 100% certified organic throw features attractive fringe and a jacquard weave that illuminates the heart pattern. The soft cream color coordinates with almost any room scheme, but the throw’s heart pattern will probably blend best in a room decorated in a country or traditional style.
Heart Weave Throw
Company Store Organic Cotton Woven Blanket
The beautiful cross hatch pattern of this blanket comes in a range of six colors, including jade, sterling blue, toffee and natural. Complement the blanket with sheets, pillow cases, and comforters.
Company Store Organic Cotton Woven Blanket
Kushtush Crochet Weave Organic Cotton Blanket
This soft all-season blanket is perfect for reading or when you need extra warmth while sleeping. Its classic crochet weave is 100% organic cotton, making it easy and low-energy to machine wash and tumble dry. Also see organic merino wool blankets and organic Egyptian cotton blankets from Under the Nile.
Kushtush Crochet Weave Organic Cotton Blanket
Unison Larch Organic Blanket
For a more modern look, branch out into sheer graphic tones with printed flannel blankets made of organic cotton fibers. In charcoal, grey, khaki, shale, and rose.
Unison Larch Organic Blanket
AchooAllergy Organic Cotton Blankets
These blankets come in two weaves. The long-woven design gets cozy in natural cream. The crepe weave design comes in several colors, including blue, mint, natural, and watermelon. Available in standard twin, full, queen, and king sizes.
AchooAllergy Organic Cotton Blankets
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