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Fleece Blanket - All about Fleece and Fleece Blankets

Fleece has been around since its creation in 1979 by Malden Mills (now Polartec). Its full name Polar Fleece (microfleece or micrafleece) is often shortened to simply Fleece for ease, nowadays fleece is rarely called by its full name and most fleece products are simply referred to as fleece ... like this site with the fleece blanket.

 

Fleece is a soft insultating synthetic fabric made from PET or other synthetic material. It was created to mimic the qualities of wool but at the same time weigh very little in comparison. Fleece is used in many items of clothing such as hats and jumpers but is probably most well known for its use in jackets. Due to its well insulating and soft nature fleece is also commonly used to produce blankets, with fleece blankets being incredibly popular. Find the perfect fleece blankets.

 

Advantages of Fleece Blankets:

 

• Eco friendly - can be made from recycled plastic bottles
• Soft, light and easy to wash and dry
• Good insulater of heat comparable to wool
• Hydrophobic - holds little water / moisture
• Alternative for people with alergies to wool
• Considered the vegan alternative to wool
• Cheap in comparison to wool

 

Buy your fleece blanket today - cheap, colourful, novelty all available!

 

 

For more information on fleece see Wikipedia.

 

Also see our selection of articles on fleece blankets:

 

• What to look for when buying a fleece blanket
• What you need to know about fleece blankets