# Artisan-Crafted Wool Trivets Trader Joe's New Felted Wool Trivet is Made from 100% Sheep’s Wool By Katherine Pendrill | Published 2020-10-29 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/felted-wool-trivet References: [traderjoes](https://www.traderjoes.com/digin/post/felted-wool-trivet) Fall is the season for warm and comforting foods, and [Trader Joe's](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/baked-sheeps-milk-ricotta-cheese) new Felted Wool Trivet is the perfect accessory for all those piping hot dishes. If you're unfamiliar with the term, a trivet is a coaster-like object placed between a serving dish or bowl, and a table, to protect the table from heat damage. Trader Joe's new Felted Wool Trivet is made by skilled artisans in Nepal, who "use a traditional felting process to create these woolen watchdogs of the worktop." The trivet itself is made from 100% New Zealand sheep’s wool that's been wrapped into loose balls, moistened, and then hand-rolled before being laid out to dry in the sun. This process stiffens the wool, making it perfect for protecting your table from all your [favorite fall dishes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vegetable-root-chips). Image Credit: Trader Joe's ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.7/10 - Popularity: 58% | Activity: 45% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Kitchen](https://www.trendhunter.com/kitchen) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Artisan-crafted Wool Products:** Exploring the market for artisan-crafted wool products presents disruptive innovation opportunities for creating unique and sustainable home accessories. - **Traditional Felting Techniques:** Adopting traditional felting techniques in product manufacturing can lead to disruptive innovation in the textile industry, creating high-quality and eco-friendly goods. - **Natural Fiber Protection:** The trend towards using natural fibers like wool for tabletop protection presents disruptive innovation opportunities for developing innovative and eco-friendly trivet designs. ### Who This Affects Most - **Home Decor:** The home decor industry can embrace the trend of artisan-crafted wool products to offer customers unique and sustainable options for enhancing their living spaces. - **Textile:** The textile industry can explore the use of traditional felting techniques to create innovative and eco-friendly products, disrupting the market with high-quality and sustainable textiles. - **Tableware:** The tableware industry can tap into the trend of using natural fibers for protection by developing innovative trivet designs that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing to consumers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Baked Sheep's Milk Cheeses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/baked-sheeps-milk-ricotta-cheese.md) - [Eco-Friendly Dish Drying Mats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecofriendly-dish-drying-mat.md) - [Timeless Wool Storage Baskets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wool-storage-basket.md) - [Autumnal Vegetarian Gratins](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/autumn-vegetable-white-bean-gratin.md) - [Texture Organic Pastas](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/organic-trofie-pasta.md) - [Delicate Tofu Skin Sheets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tofu-sheets.md) - [Festive Fall Hand Pies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/apple-pumpkin-hand-pies.md) - [Pre-Cooked Spaghetti Squash Nests](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/organic-spaghetti-squash-nests.md) - [Fruity Jersey Milk Cheeses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beehive-promontory-cheese.md)