Crosshatch Chenille Throw – Indoor Outdoor, 50x74, Flax or Latte

The crosshatch pattern is what registers first: a fine grid worked into the chenille pile so the surface catches light unevenly instead of reading as one flat block of color. At 50 by 74 inches the throw is longer than a standard lap blanket, enough to cover a seated adult from shoulder to ankle or to run the full width of a three-seat sofa back. Flax is the paler of the two colorways; Latte sits a shade warmer and browner.

Chenille takes its name from the French word for caterpillar, and the name describes the yarn rather than the cloth: short fibers bound perpendicular to a twisted core, so the pile stands out on every side. That is where the softness comes from, and also why chenille looks velvety brushed one way and slightly darker brushed the other. The crosshatch structure holds that pile in a grid, which keeps a throw this long from flattening into a single sheen across its length.

Sized for a sofa back or the foot of a bed, and specified for outdoor use as well, so it can move to a porch chair or a deck bench without being treated as delicate. Folded over an arm, the crosshatch shows more clearly than it does laid flat.

• Material: Chenille
• Size: 50" x 74"
• Colorway: Flax or Latte
• Suitable for: Indoor and outdoor use