Round-Up: Knitted Home Decorations

These nubby-knit blankets, baskets, pillows, and more, all rendered in paled-out hues are proof that texture is just as powerful as tone.

Throws and Vase

Savor a lazy winter Sunday beneath a cozy, creamy throw.

From top: Cotton blend, $79; 50"W x 60"L; potterybarn.com. Double-knit wool, $105; 33"W x 46"L; jackubina.etsy.com. Wool blend, $200; 50"W x 60"L; eighteenkarat.com. Ceramic vase, $39.99; 13 3/8"H; ikea.com for stores.

Feel Better Than the Weather

Feeling under the weather? This tactile, wool-blend hot-water bottle cover by Lynn Garrett is sure to chase away chills. ABC Home's plush, recycled-cotton bath mat gives your feet the royal treatment after every single shower. Continue the pampering with ribbed knit slippers by Smartdogs.

Hot-water bottle cover, $32.50; biscuitscout.etsy.com. Bath mat, $100; 22"W x 32"L; abchome.com. Slippers, $45; zappos.com.

Cable-Knit Bowls and Cups

Designer Danielle Spector uses real sweaters to cast her cable-knit stoneware bowls and cups. HomePort Collections wraps a similar motif around ceramic candlesticks and vases.

Bright Idea: Stacked under a glass cloche (as seen on the right), even simple skeins of yarn resemble sculpture.

Bowls, $50 each, 6 1/2"W; cups, $28 each, 3 1/2"H and 5"H; etsy.com/shop/reshapestudio. Candlesticks, $9.50 for 7 1/4"H, $12 for 10 1/4"H; vase, $19, 6 1/2"H; thehomeport.com.

More Home Decoration Tips: If you want to know more about home decoration tips, please refer to Bedding Talks Blog to get more ideas.

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