Raita Throw Featured at the Vancouver Sun

I was thrilled to find out that my new Raita throw was featured at Vancouver Sun holiday gift guide 2025! I am in a good company with other locally featured products from handmade ceramics to natural cleaners. The curated list of functional and decorative homeware features thoughtful and timeless holiday gift ideas.

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The Raita Throw by Vancouver designer Petra Kaksonen is what happens when Scandinavian cool meets West Coast warmth. Drawing on her Finnish heritage, Kaksonen combines natural influences and contemporary craftsmanship. Made from recycled cotton and available in red, green or beige this throw is a must-have accessory for modern West Coast homes.

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Sustainability x Simplicity

Every year, cotton-blend yarns are left unused in the textile industry — the byproduct of shifting markets, production changes, and inevitable miscalculations. USA-based In2Green doesn't see it as surplus as waste, they see it as possibility. This belief comes to life in their newest designer Deadstock Blanket Collection.

Reclaimed cotton blends are transformed into beautifully designed, lasting pieces such as striking Raita throw by Finnish-born, Vancouver-based designer Petra Kaksonen, whose clean, modern aesthetic is grounded in nature, tradition, and the quiet harmony of Scandinavian design.

The Raita throw’s rhythmic flow brings movement, depth, and warmth to any room, turning limited and leftover materials into a vibrant statement piece. Petra’s background in both design and textiles adds a thoughtful balance of form and function, celebrating timeless style while honoring sustainable craft.

The impact of this approach is as intentional as the design:

• 75% recycled cotton / 25% polyester, spun from pre-consumer tee-shirt clippings and up to 22 recycled water bottles

• 2,100 gallons of water saved per blanket through a resource-conscious process

• Reduced carbon footprint by designing with reclaimed yarns instead of new fiber

  
  

By embracing the constraints of deadstock materials, we not only reduce environmental impact — we also unlock creativity. The Raita throw exemplifies how sustainability and beauty can move in rhythm, proving that what’s left can truly become what’s next. In2Green gives cotton a second life, creating pieces that wrap you in warmth while caring for the world we share.

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Petra Kaksonen's Recycled Throws Featured at Salone del Mobile

I was thrilled to find out that my recycled throw blankets that I designed with New York based in2Green were heading to this year's Salone del Mobile also known as Milano Design Week. I was featured as part of five-designer collective in a curated exhibition about sustainability and circular design at Isola Design. Talk about excitement!

The only problem was that I was not going to be there –why not, you ask? I have no answer for you.

The Salone has been on my wish list for years now and every year I swear that this will be year that I will head to Milan but alas I didn't, did I? The FOMO was real. The beautiful setting! Milan in full bloom! The afterparties! People dancing on the streets! And all the beautiful, fabulous designs, objects of desire, people. Sigh. And missed it. Again.

Misery of my own doing.

(But I do blame it a tiny bit on living in Vancouver--we are simply too far away. From everything and anything. Well, not from trees or bears or stunning nature but you know what I mean.)

So, in the light of the reality not being in Milan, the only thing left was for me to search/follow/stalk every inch of Instagram to get a glimpse of all the fabulous events, products – and my own throws. There they were displayed among design giants from around the world. The throws looked beautiful. I felt proud to be included; having your products out in the word never gets old.

See you in Milan next year!